Frank Doorhof
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Hi,
Let's introduce myself with a little story and my views on model and glamour photography.
My name is Frank Doorhof born the 6th of May 1971 and I have been photographing for as long as I can remember, however found model photographing only a few years ago and it's been going fast ever since.
In modelphotography I strongly believe in a few points which for me are the key elements in a good and strong photo.
First of all it's important that a photo tells you something, I hate the static pictures where nothing happens (never been a landscape photographer with passion, although I love to do it sometimes), also the picture have to tell you something about the person, in other words it should be a journey, some short some long.
As my main inspiration I see the work of icons like David Lachapelle and Erwin Olaf, those photographers can get a whole story across with one photo, and you keep revisiting the work for more information or hidden clues, or just for the experience
When knowing this it can be a guide line for your photography.
Take for example the simple portrait, a lot of photographers will photograph the model looking straight in the camera heads on a smile.
This seems like an ok picture but it won't survive on the wall very long, try to let the model look away and there comes a story, what is she seeing, what is happening, why isn't she looking in the camera.
Experiment with subtle expressions and complete the shot, add a nice angle and you're home free
Now crossing over to glamour we can complete the story.
Glamour over the years have gotten a bad rep by many people, being indecent, or what ever worse.
However glamour from it origin had nothing to do with er0ti_a or even lingery.
Glamour in it's purest form is making something better/more beautiful than it is in it's original state.
When getting very to the basics, the standard beauty portret COULD be called glam'r, because the model looks better than she is in real life (although most of the time when PS is applied).
For me however glamour is a little bit more.
Glamour should be accompanied by a certain tension, a certain feel, for me that's a little bit sexy or daring.
This should not mean nu__ (abbrev unclothed model0, one of the best examples I heard for glam'r photography was the simple photography of a wedding dress, show the bride on the back of a motor and it's a wedding photo, take the dress a little higher so you can see a bit of stocking and it's glam'r.
When someone asks me what I do, or what kind of corner they can put me in, I often reply Glam'r and Fashion but mostly Glam'r, the reason for this is that even with my fashion photography I try to put a little bit of tension into the shots, a little bit of connection to the viewer.
When you play with this it can greatly improve the way your shots are viewed by people.
Let's have fun on the OPF and ask what you want.
Greetings,
Frank
Let's introduce myself with a little story and my views on model and glamour photography.
My name is Frank Doorhof born the 6th of May 1971 and I have been photographing for as long as I can remember, however found model photographing only a few years ago and it's been going fast ever since.
In modelphotography I strongly believe in a few points which for me are the key elements in a good and strong photo.
First of all it's important that a photo tells you something, I hate the static pictures where nothing happens (never been a landscape photographer with passion, although I love to do it sometimes), also the picture have to tell you something about the person, in other words it should be a journey, some short some long.
As my main inspiration I see the work of icons like David Lachapelle and Erwin Olaf, those photographers can get a whole story across with one photo, and you keep revisiting the work for more information or hidden clues, or just for the experience
When knowing this it can be a guide line for your photography.
Take for example the simple portrait, a lot of photographers will photograph the model looking straight in the camera heads on a smile.
This seems like an ok picture but it won't survive on the wall very long, try to let the model look away and there comes a story, what is she seeing, what is happening, why isn't she looking in the camera.
Experiment with subtle expressions and complete the shot, add a nice angle and you're home free
Now crossing over to glamour we can complete the story.
Glamour over the years have gotten a bad rep by many people, being indecent, or what ever worse.
However glamour from it origin had nothing to do with er0ti_a or even lingery.
Glamour in it's purest form is making something better/more beautiful than it is in it's original state.
When getting very to the basics, the standard beauty portret COULD be called glam'r, because the model looks better than she is in real life (although most of the time when PS is applied).
For me however glamour is a little bit more.
Glamour should be accompanied by a certain tension, a certain feel, for me that's a little bit sexy or daring.
This should not mean nu__ (abbrev unclothed model0, one of the best examples I heard for glam'r photography was the simple photography of a wedding dress, show the bride on the back of a motor and it's a wedding photo, take the dress a little higher so you can see a bit of stocking and it's glam'r.
When someone asks me what I do, or what kind of corner they can put me in, I often reply Glam'r and Fashion but mostly Glam'r, the reason for this is that even with my fashion photography I try to put a little bit of tension into the shots, a little bit of connection to the viewer.
When you play with this it can greatly improve the way your shots are viewed by people.
Let's have fun on the OPF and ask what you want.
Greetings,
Frank
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