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Frankfurt - GERMANY
I was asked to head the first Frankfurt Strobist meetup and help out with lighting. I'd like to thank everyone for hiring me and giving me such a pleasant stay.
more pictures, setups, ... in the Frankfurt Strobist Group
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
Had a blast during the engagement session of Bart en Marleen.
LIGHTING INFO:
Available light + Sunbounce Pro
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BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Maya and her grandmother
Brussels, BELGIUM
Tonight I was one of the few fortunate people who got to play with a beta version of the new Canon EOS 5D mkII
I only held it for like two minutes but that was enough to be really impressed. It feels and handles well and it's amazing how little noise you get with such a megapixel packed sensor at high resolution.
I shot some HD video's at high iso's and they look just amazing. Too bad I'm not allowed to share them yet.
Because this is a beta camera there's no software that can handle the RAW-files, that's why I shot this picture in jpeg. This pictures was shot at iso 3200.
This is how it looks straight out of the camera.
I'm very impressed with this camera, thanks Canon.
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Aalst, BELGIUM
We did this series of pictures in an old factory near Aalst. I'm not used to shooting strobist-style so this can hopefully get you over your fear to just try it & be amazed by the results you can get using only 1 off-camera flash.
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Anderlecht, BELGIUM
The guys from Canon asked me if I could do some workshops at the Canon Eos Discovery Days. It was a bit weird for me to do this in front of such a huge and diverse audience in a really short time but it was big fun and I met tons of great people.
For those who couldn't be there or didn't understand my very special interpretation of the French language, I decided to try to replicate my workshop on my blog. 3 new posts are coming up.
LIGHTING INFO
I guess most people know me from my off-camera flash stuff, but I wanted to share some tricks for down-and-dirty work with the flash ON the camera. Because sometimes that's the only possible solution. You probably won't make masterpieces but you may just as well to try to squeeze the most out of it.
I tried showing some techniques by a series of 3 photographs. I did the first one with the camera in P-mode and letting all those clever Japanese inside do the work. The picture didn't turn out particulary well, so I switched to Manual mode for the second picture. In these kind of situations I always look for light in the background to get more depth and separation between the subject and the background. I lowered the shutterspeed and increased the ISO to let more available light in. The flash does the rest.
The last step was to create an off-camera light source without getting the flash off the camera. Many people know the technique to bounce flash onto the ceiling but never take it a step further while there so much other stuff you can bounce the light on and gain more control over your lighting. I picked somebody with a white-ish shirt/sweater out of the audience to stand on my left side, so I could bounce the flash on his/her clothes. My message is that there's often uncoventional lighting equipment to be found just about anywhere.
Check out the photoset to see how the shot evolved
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BELGIUM - Zaventem
After the bad weather outdoor shoot with model Kaatje, we also made some pictures in my office.
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BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Kobe swimming
Alpendorf, Sankt-Johan im Pongau, AUSTRIA
Like almost every year for the past 10 years or so, my parents and our little family went for a ski holiday in Austria.
I have replaced my backup camera (that was stolen) with a 1Ds mkII. Because I never worked intensively with this camera befor, I took it on holliday to get used to it and play around.
My dad getting hit by a snowball
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Frankfurt - GERMANY
I was asked to head the first Frankfurt Strobist meetup and help out with lighting. I'd like to thank everyone for hiring me and giving me such a pleasant stay.
more pictures, setups, ... in the Frankfurt Strobist Group
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BELGIUM - Zaventem
I've always been the kind of person who likes to do the opposite of what a sain person would do. So what do I do on a very windy, rainy, cold day with low and uninteresting light, yup, I go outside. Model Kaatje was a trooper in that bad weather.
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BELGIUM - Zaventem
In the class of my son Kobe they have a doll called 'Jelle'. Every weekend he stays with another kid. You're supposed to write what Jelle did and add some pictures.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
We went to a disco for kids. Maya with her friend Mats.
Bierbeek, BELGIUM (studio)
I was seriously considering not doing weddings anymore next year, in fact the decision was made. But some amazing weddings this year made me recall that decision. Bart and Marleen are two fantastic people who trusted my vision and skills completely and are amongst some other couples that pushed me to go on.
Next year I'm going to do a limited amount of weddings and I'm going to do it my way. I'll focus on quality instead of quantity. I won't guarantee to capture every little moment any more but I will guarantee that I'll capture the mood of the day in less but better pictures.
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Nieuwenrode, BELGIUM
A few years ago I made a video of Ann's 18th birthday party. Ann and her parents went throught some really though times during the last years. To celebrate that everything is going well again they threw another party. Ann and her friens might be handicapped but boy do they know how to party.
I photographed this party to thank those great kids and their supporting families for one of the best parties I've ever been to.
No well paid commercial job or drop dead gorgeous model shoot can compeed with this. This is what really counts.
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Bonheiden / Mechelen, BELGIUM
I don't shoot much weddings anymore but how could I say no to an old friend who asked if I wanted to shoot her brother's wedding.
leaving the church
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Ghent, BELGIUM
A series of images about how I build up a groupshot outdoors at night, combining flash with a long shutterspeed to get enough ambient light in.
Final testshot for the background exposure.
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Aalst, BELGIUM
We did this series of pictures in an old factory to illustrate how you can 'flow' from one lighting setup to the next. Check out the cool making-of video we made at:
BELGIUM - Brussels
Sven aka Ponette is my best friend and the godfather of my youngest daughter. We don't need to see each other very often to have complete trust and have great fun.
This time we took Sven and his g/f Marijke to the market in Brussels. Going somewhere with Sven is always a bit like watching Crocodile Dundee in New York. And going to the market was like a 5 hour exotic vacation.
My lovely wife Nancy, giving me the finger ;-)
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BELGIUM
As a personal project, I decided to shoot everything and anything for 50 days with just a 50mm lens (on a full frame body).
Day 2
Check out my blog for more on the project: www.bertstephani.com/blog
BELGIUM
As a personal project, I decided to shoot everything and anything for 50 days with just a 50mm lens (on a full frame body).
Check out my blog for more on the project: www.bertstephani.com/blog
Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
I got my new scanner (the Epson V700) and I did some quick test scans of some Hasselblad negatives to see how it performs against my old crappy scanner. It really blew me away and then I'm sure that with some experience you can certainly get even more out of the scanner.
This is a 100% crop of a negative scanned at 2400 dpi, not bad hey?
Did some postprocessing on it, mostly cleaning up the scan and some minor burning and dodging.
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ISO 400, 1/60th, f/4, SB600 at 1/16 power in Ezybox softbox. In hindsight, the softbox was spilling too much light on the background and a snoot (or smaller softbox) might have worked better.
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De Haan, Belgium
My son Kobe sometimes doesn't get the attention I'd like to give him. So once in while we take some time to do something fun with jus the guys
Kobe had been talking about fishing, so I asked one of my best friends Sven (aka Ponette) to take us fishing.
We spent the afternoon at a creek but didn't catch anything. But we took enough food for a nice bbq on the beach anyway. Sleeping in a tent on the beach was quite an adventure for Kobe. The three of us really enjoyed it.
Waking up on the beach and then taking an early morning walk is just great.
After the Strobist Seminar in Paris we were hungry for more Strobist facts. Bert Stephani, Pieter Van Impe, Didier Jouret and me went on a Strobist trip in Vilvoorde, Belgium.
Without the help of the fantastic models Dirk Hesse and Sylviane Alliet this day wouldn't have been possible!
After the Strobist Seminar in Paris we were hungry for more Strobist facts. Bert Stephani, Pieter Van Impe, Didier Jouret and me went on a Strobist trip in Vilvoorde, Belgium.
Without the help of the fantastic models Dirk Hesse and Sylviane Alliet this day wouldn't have been possible!
Herentals, Belgium
After a busy week with two workshops it was time for a break. Kobe and Maya are always up for some adventure. Noa stayed with her grandparents while we went for a canoe trip on 'the kleine nete'. Good weather and great fun.
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Zaventem (Belgium)
wedding katia and michael
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Lighting Info:
The portrait session of this wedding was interupted by the rain, so we sheltered in a hallway of a public building nearby. No need to waste time by waiting for the sun to come out again. So I set up a single SB24 on a lightstand with a small translucent umbrella to camera left. Trigered by pocketwizards.
Oh man, I love my portable lighting gear. It allows me to pull something off in any situation, even a dark hallway.
De Haan, BELGIUM
I strongly (convince myself to) believe that professional photographers should take some time to play every now and then. We played around all the time when we where amateurs and that's what made us good enough to go pro anyway. So to become a better pro, I try to allow some time to play in my tight schedule.
A few months ago I got into a conversation between some like minded photographers and we decided to do some kind of fun shoot together. I actually didn't have the time but I went anyway. And I'm glad I did, because I came back with more energy and motivation.
Testing out Pieter's 1.4 extender for this lighthouse shot. (Made me decide to buy the 2x extender)
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM - Professional photographer Bert Stephani (www.bertstephani.com) tries to squeeze the most out of the available light on a short shoot with professional model Sylviane.
For a making-of video and more info, please visit www.squeezethelime.com
FRANCE - Paris Strobist Seminar
Pieter drove Ake, Anelien en myself to the Strobist seminar in Paris. The ride home was a lot of fun and despite the fatigue we couldn't resist taking some pics. And that made us take a wrong exit.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHT RESERVED
LIGHTING INFO:
This is done with 1 speedlite held by Ake on the back seat. And two speedlights on the dashboard. One on Pieter, one on me.
Aalter, BELGIUM
The Belgian association of Professional Photographers organised a lecture/celebration about the life and work of Filip and Ria Santens. It was great to see how they still have this crazy appetite for creating images and we had lots of fun.
Ria speaking
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De Haan, BELGIUM
I strongly (convince myself to) believe that professional photographers should take some time to play every now and then. We played around all the time when we where amateurs and that's what made us good enough to go pro anyway. So to become a better pro, I try to allow some time to play in my tight schedule.
A few months ago I got into a conversation between some like minded photographers and we decided to do some kind of fun shoot together. I actually didn't have the time but I went anyway. And I'm glad I did, because I came back with more energy and motivation.
I had my lensbaby for a while but never really got to play with it.
Ake shooting with her trusted 50mm
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BELGIUM
As a personal project, I decided to shoot everything and anything for 50 days with just a 50mm lens (on a full frame body).
Day 1
Check out my blog for more on the project: www.bertstephani.com/blog
Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
For the last 6 months my friend Pieter and I have been working really hard on this new big secret project. We are about to reveil what it's all about. In the mean time, you'll have to do with this tasty preview.
More on www.squeezethelime.com on december 18
This is Pieter
LIGHTING INFO
2 Vivitar 285HV's on each side (slightly behind subject) with gobo's to prevent light spilling on the background. One Canon 580EX to camera left for just a little fill.
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
That 25 EUR plastic Holga camera has a hotshoe so for my second test roll of film I wanted to see if I could trigger my Hensel Expert Pro monolights with it. Seems to work just fine although it might be a bit weird to use top notch Hensel equipment with the extremely low end Holga.
This picture was lit with a Single Hensel Expert Pro 500 monolight with a 150cm Hensel Octaform
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BELGIUM
As a personal project, I decided to shoot everything and anything for 50 days with just a 50mm lens (on a full frame body).
Check out my blog for more on the project: www.bertstephani.com/blog
Zaventem / Sterrebeek, BELGIUM
Always fun to spend a day with a friend and fellow photographer. Jean brought his fantastic son Zoran and we all had great fun: indoor playground, go-carts, pancakes, Wii, ...
a lovely father-son moment
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Zaventem (Belgium) - Fotoshoot with Anne and her daughter Jamie in the park.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI (www.berstephani.com)
BELGIUM
wedding Tinneke & Koen
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The sign says "not responsible for any accidents". That's what I have all my clients sign before I start shooting ;-)
BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Viroinval, BELGIUM
Some pics of the camping trip in the Ardennes with the kids.
All shot with the Panasonic Lumix GF1 and the 20mm with available light
Check out my blog: www.bertstephani.com/blog
and our photography project: www.squeezethelime.com
Frankfurt - GERMANY
I was asked to head the first Frankfurt Strobist meetup and help out with lighting. I'd like to thank everyone for hiring me and giving me such a pleasant stay.
more pictures, setups, ... in the Frankfurt Strobist Group
Also check out my blog:
Frankfurt - GERMANY
I was asked to head the first Frankfurt Strobist meetup and help out with lighting. I'd like to thank everyone for hiring me and giving me such a pleasant stay.
Try the other end ;-)
more pictures, setups, ... in the Frankfurt Strobist Group
Also check out my blog:
BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED