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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.
Annelien on the beach at sunset
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Ghent, BELGIUM
I don't shoot many weddings anymore but how could I resist shooting the big day of a good friend and his stunning bride.
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Ghent, BELGIUM
I don't shoot many weddings anymore but how could I resist shooting the big day of a good friend and his stunning bride.
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
Now the new studio is getting pretty close to being finished (at least the top floor), I wanted to test out a bit what kind of picture I can take in the space. So I asked the wonderful model Ine to pose for a couple of hours. Everything was lit with flash, no available light.
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Ostend, BELGIUM
Some snaps taken on a weekend trip with my wife to the Belgian coast.
playing around with the lensbabie
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BELGIUM
wedding Tinneke & Koen
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Sometimes priests aren't very coöperative but this guy was great. He said I could stand and move wherever I wanted as long as I wouldn't jump on his altar. Here he's lauging because one of the bridesmaids starten reading her tekst 5 minutes too early.
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!
BELGIUM - Zaventem
Photographing 5 kids is always a challenge but this time it went pretty smooth.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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 mom
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Leuven area, Belgium
I had the honor to document the baptism and welcoming party of Tigist, a cute, fun, small girl from Ethiopia that was welcomed in her new amazing family.
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BELGIUM - Zaventem
Photographing 5 kids is always a challenge but this time it went pretty smooth.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Antwerp, BELGIUM
Today I was in Antwerp to pay a visit to Mike Larson who was giving a workshop for Calumet. While Tom, Bert & me where there we got a Profoto 7B pack from Calumet to play around with. We hijacked Mike's model to add at least 1 good looking person to these shots :-)
BELGIUM - Vilvoorde
After we finished the 'Running in 2020' pictures, we were joined by pro model Sylvianne. We improvised and had a lot of fun with Dirk and Sylvianne. This picture was shot under a highway bridge.
LIGHTING INFO:
A Vivitar 285HV with shoot through umbrella to camera right is the main light. Another Vivitar with a black straw grid was placed behind the models as a hair light.
A video of this shoot can be found at:
youtube.com/watch?v=bUOfBY05_K8
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
Another shoot I did for LIME a while ago. I photographed Herlinde on her first shoot ever.
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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. This is one of Maya's friends.
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
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Cologne, GERMANY
At photokina I only took one picture and my friends didn't do much better. On our way home from Photokina we were all so tired that we started taking pics anyway to stay awake.
Me
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
As a personal project, I decided to shoot everything and anything for 50 days with just a 50mm lens (on a full frame body).
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Schoten / Schelle, BELGIUM
One of the most beautiful weddings I ever photographed was the one of Daphne & Katrien.
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Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
Another shoot I did for LIME a while ago. I photographed Herlinde on her first shoot ever.
For a making-of video and more info, please visit www.squeezethelime.com
BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Maya and grandma.
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, ...
That's what you get when photographers and their sons get together.
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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.
Pieter having fun
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Drongen, BELGIUM
As part of my workshop 'the Decisive Photographer', I did a one hour live shoot. I wanted to play it fair and didn't check the location or anything in advance. We just took a walk and stopped when we saw some good light, backgrounds, ... for portraits. Thanks to some of the people in the class for modelling.
This picture is part of the demonstration of my 'under cover' technique. This is based on the fact that the light usually gets a lot better when the subject stands under some cover . Here it was a garage and by having the subject stand about 1 meter in the garage, the light becomes more directional than in the open shade. So the open end of the garage becomes the main (natural) light.
To get some depth in the picture we placed a 580EXII flash behind the subject (camera right) as a hair light/kicker.
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BELGIUM - Lommel
Family Holiday in Centerparks De Vossemeren
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my mom
Zaventem (Belgium)
My son Kobe and his friend Louise told me they were going to get married. So we did a small engagement shoot. Don't take these pictures to serieus. Five minutes in the studio with one light and 2 minutes in Lightroom was all I had before they wanted to play in the garden.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI
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.
When I recentely borrowed an Ixus in Valencia because my gear was stolen, I realised I had to get a good compact camera myself, so I bought a Canon Ixus. It's far from as powerful as my DSLR's but because it fits in my pocket I can take it with me all the time. Great for some memories I wouldn't have captured otherwise.
Kobe and Maya with their certificate and gold medal.
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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.
When I recentely borrowed an Ixus in Valencia because my gear was stolen, I realised I had to get a good compact camera myself, so I bought a Canon Ixus. It's far from as powerful as my DSLR's but because it fits in my pocket I can take it with me all the time. Great for some memories I wouldn't have captured otherwise.
Maya wanted to wear her ski mask day and night.
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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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BELGIUM - Brussels
I proudly present you my daughter Noa. She was born at 01.38 am on august the 15th 2007. She weights 2,880 kg and mesures 49 centimeters. She and her mother are a bit tired but otherwise fine.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
LIGHTING INFO:
I wanted to concentrate on my sweet little girl, so no complicated setups. Just a 580EX pointed at the ceiling, Triggered with the ST-E2 in E-TTL mode.
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, ...
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FRANCE - Paris Strobist Seminar
Pieter drove Ake, Madelien 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.
Steenokkerzeel, BELGIUM
Now the new studio is getting pretty close to being finished (at least the top floor), I wanted to test out a bit what kind of picture I can take in the space. So I asked the wonderful model Ine to pose for a couple of hours. Everything was lit with flash, no available light.
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Schoten / Schelle, BELGIUM
One of the most beautiful weddings I ever photographed was the one of Daphne & Katrien.
Check out my blog: www.bertstephani.com/blog
or our photography project: www.squeezethelime.com
Steenokkerzeel, Belgium
Most of the pictures during my 5-day portrait Master Class are taken by the participants, but here are some that I took myself as an example.
Dirk receiving some unflattering (but good) light
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Leuven area, Belgium
I had the honor to document the baptism and welcoming party of Tigist, a cute, fun, small girl from Ethiopia that was welcomed in her new amazing family.
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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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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.
Cologne, GERMANY
At photokina I only took one picture and my friends didn't do much better. On our way home from Photokina we were all so tired that we started taking pics anyway to stay awake.
Funky Pieter behind the wheel
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BELGIUM - Zaventem
Just a family picture of my lovely wife and daughter Noa.
I love the way the 1DmkIII with the 50mm f/1.4 can still produce nice pictures in low light.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Leuven area, Belgium
I had the honor to document the baptism and welcoming party of Tigist, a cute, fun, small girl from Ethiopia that was welcomed in her new amazing family.
Check out my blog: 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).
Day 1
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BELGIUM - Sint-Katelijne Waver
Noa turned 10 days, we've been married for 7 years and the family (on my mother's side) got together for a party. What I really liked is that so many members of the family got together. It's been several years since I saw some of them.
PHOTO BY BERT STEPHANI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
I used to spent many weeks every year camping and mountainbiking with my nephew Jef. Together we also took our first steps in photography with a couple of second hand Praktika's.
Strobist info: two strobes –right and left, and very close to the face–, 1/4 power, shoot through two DIY strip litghts. Here you'll find how to build it.
2007 may 5, Zaventem (Belgium), School party
Every year this school (Zavo) organises a big party/show starring all the kids and teachers and staff. This year the theme was 'the wrong party', meaning that they used music, costumes etc. that you should like if you want to be in fashion.
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 one is slightly processed in Lightroom.
I'm very impressed with this camera, thanks Canon.
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