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A short post in Dutch, this time. A bit of a rush thingy. Sorry for the inconvenience – we’ll make it up to you shortly.

Today, we shot several Laga crews in action during the races at the Bosbaan in Amsterdam.

Zaterdag 3 juli hebben we – met veel plezier -  enkele ploegen van Laga vastgelegd op de NSRF slotwedstrijden.

Het weer zat – met name aan het eind van de dag -  (weer) niet mee, maar de spanning en sensatie wel.

Met dank aan Laga, Arjon Pals, de kamprechters voor het meevaren, en met felicitaties voor de Jonghe acht voor de winst van het eerstejaars klassement!

Foto’s van andere ploegen staan hier!

Ik vond het mooi – kijk uit naar nieuwe mogelijkheden, met beter weer – driemaal is scheepsrecht…

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Allez Lagaai!

Last Monday, we finally managed to plan in a shoot, which has been on our list for quite some time. Using the Corepics approach, we set out to Rotterdam Harbor for an industrial photography session, the primary strength of the 36clicks part of our portfolio. The weather was perhaps even a bit too nice, but the setting – as always – impressive.

Taking it casually, we scouted a few locations, noting the quick pace of changes and accessibility of the world’s largest harbor, and leisurely set out to half a dozen spots I’ve visited before. Taking our time,  shooting at various locations and shooting throughout the day, I think we managed to create a large variety of different photos.

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Realizing it’s been more than a month since the last update, a small note to our subscribers: We haven’t been sitting still. On the contrary; our business model is evolving, and we’re successfully expanding into commissioned work as well.

After a long, predominantly grey, and foremost cold winter, it’s spring again! Time for new things, and catch up with things long overdue. Running errands, and with a bit of time to spare, I thought I’d take the B-roads through the famous Dutch flower fields with daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. Eventhough the center of this colorful spring show is only 30minutes away from the studio, I’ve never – ever – actually seen them properly, let alone to stop to watch them more closely.

Playing the tourist in my own neighborhood, I took an afternoon off to admire the sights. I even brought along a camera, to complete the picture, so to speak. Shooting flowers isn’t really my thing, and it felt rather awkward. However, I returned home with a few snaps here and there to add to our vast variety of images in our collection.

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Yesterday was a very nice day – temperatures are up, and the sun is regaining its strength. It feels like spring again! Yesterday was also quite a busy day. (Almost) First thing in the morning, we had a photo shoot at Leen Franken’s greengrocers, followed by a second shoot at Emile van der Oest’s florist shop, and on to Ad Schilperoort’s hardware store for a third shoot. Done by 1pm, as planned Despite the familiarity of the locations, it isn’t very often we get to shoot inside!

Our preparations started early February, when we compiled our spring shoot list. As usual, the final shape of the shoot only materialized on Tuesday evening, and again, the joint effort once again paid off. To quote good old Hannibal Smith, “I love it when a plan comes together”! I’m already looking forward to the next venue. With special thanks to Leen Franken, Emile van der Oest, Ad Schilperoort, and, of course, Wendy, Willem and Joris – I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Below an assorted sneak preview of yesterday’s images. There are more to follow, so stay tuned.

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Recently, I retrieved a huge stack of old drawings I created years ago, which was the start of a new shoot, inspired by some older photos of Teun van den Dries. Reviving the memories of a previous working life as industrial design engineer, we organized a minishoot in our studio – The engineer.

Going over huge piles of technical drawings is a tedious job. The shoot itself was a lot more fun, and our trip down memory lane isn’t over yet – We’ll continue shortly with some lensbaby 2.0 images of the same scene.

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Another minishoot after our trip to the supermarket. Breaking the lock of a bicycle using a grinding machine. Another quick exersise using a speed light and slow shutter speeds. All intended at preparing for bigger events. (No, won’t go into specifics, now. Guess you’ll have to stay tuned, or subscribe to our RSS feed!)

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Its something we face rather frequently: Shopping for groceries… Plenty of choice in a supermarket

Originally arranged as a training session, and predominantly a learning experience, we aimed at perfecting our skills to get things right in-camera. Using a deliberate shallow Depth of field, various zoom techniques, and as combination of a fill flash, together with a panning camera, we aimed at obscuring as many trademarks whilst pressing the shutter as possible. Not an easy challenge, but fun for an hour or two. Despite our efforts, quite a bit of postprocessing in retouching logos was unavoidable. Thanks to our current featured model, the images turned out pretty nice, I think!

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Sometimes you loose, sometimes, you win, but the tension during the game remains the same. With the Olympics just behind us, it’s time to prepare for the Soccer World Championships in South-Africa.

More images after the read more link. A lot more images have been added, and we expect to have more news about the availability of these images soon.

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Constantly looking for new opportunities and locations for a shoot, we ended up at a modern dairy farm “Boerderij de Kasteelhoeve“, where we were generously welcomed by Leo and Marjo Duivenvoorden, who showed us around their modern and state of the art premisis. Although we’re still processing the images, I thought I’d already share a few with you…

With a big thanks to Leo and Marjo for showing us around, and Leo to model as “himself”!

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Taking another “not-so-well” covered take at sports – and Olympic Sports, that is – we were fortunate enough to work together with a top curling team, to shoot some unusual photos.

With special thanks to the Curling Rink in Zoetermeer, Team Vilain and Laurens van der Windt, we’re more than happy to present you with the dynamics and dynamism of Curling.

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