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16 January, 2015

My shoot prep-routine

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Location, model, theme …always enthusiastic when I got an upcoming shoot. For me the best way to prepare one is by illustrating my ideas, locations and inspiration I found in mags or online. That way I get a better visual that I can also present to the model/ client to be even more prepared before actually doing the shoot and sharing ideas results in a better result.

By illustrating I don’t mean the well detailed illustrations (maybe sometimes) …often I just doodle around during the meeting to immediately present my ideas. It’s only natural doing this because of my illustration background. Above you’ll see an example of a moodboard I made for my shoot : Laundry day.

For me it’s nice to be able to combine my other great passion ‘illustration’ with my photography. If you guys got any tips or things you like to do before a shoot share it below.

14 January, 20155 May, 2023

Shoot: Laundry day, Jill

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“Saturdays are for laundry …so it seems”

Had such a great time shooting Jill again, this time in the ‘early’ Saturday morning at the self-service laundry. While freezing our asses off we arrived around 10 AM (Yes, that is early for a Saturday) at the self-service laundry where the heating was on, like for real …lucky us!

After a quick look at the moodboard(posted soon) and illustrations I prepared we started the shoot. This was quite challenging because there were customers doing their laundry so we had to work around them …and it was quite busy. Even people from out of town visited this place! So while shooting we not only had to avoid them physically but also trying to keep them out of the shot.

In the end the shoot went well, had a great time and finished the morning with a nice cup of coffee while going through the photos on my camera.

29 December, 2014

Shoot: Night walks, Lloyd

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“For me the way to clean my head …”

Nothing beats a nice walk after a full day at work …I’ll have a fag as I look back on the interesting things that happened that day and try to prepare for the next day. Often I visit friends right after work, but no matter what I always walk. For me the way to clean my head, take a moment to check the latest on social media and make a phone call to my parents.

2 October, 201411 January, 2015

Editorial: United Airlines magazine

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I got approached by Ink Global to do a street style assignment, which will be published in United Airlines in-flight magazine Hemispheres. I really was a nice experience and a great feeling to know that the photograph I shot will be seen by the customers of United Airlines during their flight.

When I visited New York a few weeks ago I went to Brooklyn to pay Ink Global a visit (read about it here). I was great meeting them in person and receiving my copy of the magazine.

6 September, 20146 May, 2015

Shoot: Sport court photo shoot, Jill

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A selection of the results from my latest photo shoot with Jill can be found at the portf0li0 section.

27 August, 201420 September, 2014

Personal: Working with motivated people …

“It’s dry now so let’s go back to shooting”

Last weekend I had such a great time with my friend Jill during our shoot, only this time we got interrupted… During the shoot we got interrupted by an awful rain storm! One that suddenly appeared so we had to rush our way towards this nearby bridge for shelter. And as we were on our way home the rain stopped ….so we both decided to turn around and go back to finish the shoot.

We had such a nice time even though it rained like hell and we succesfully finished the shoot! I really like working with motivated people.

15 August, 2014

Personal: Shoot prep-time

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“Those moments before a shoot”

What location shall I use for the shoot? What’s the theme? Where to get inspired? ….the questions I normally ask myself before doing a shoot.

So what I do next is going through some magazines, do some drawing and brainstorm with my partner. To get an idea and visual making a moodboard really helps …it also comes in handy for presenting my idea to the model and client. Eventually it’s about getting the right photos so sharing my ideas and hear what others have to say makes it possible to get those shots.

I’m always excited to do a shoot …filled with positive energy, so I really like the prep_time!

12 July, 20148 October, 2014

Studio shoot: Basic shoot, Jill

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“A nice shoot! I love the way how he does his work – Jill”

A basic shoot with my friend Jill, who I approached on the streets about a year ago for a street style photograph. It’s so great that we’ve stayed in touch with each other …now we often meet for shoots. I really like her style, which you can see in one of my previous posts.

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