Making of High rise action
The video below shows the making of the composite “High Rise Action” with model Henny Seroeyen. The background photo was taken by me in the Rotterdam-building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Making of “Big black dress”
The following video is a timelapse of the editing I did on the Big black dress photo. The photo consists of a background (hdr) photo I took in the “De Rotterdam” building. I combined this with a studio photograph of model Nisa. To make the dress I had my sweet assistant Vera hold and move […]
Another before/after
This image will show you the before and after retouching of the photo “Flagged” with model Anne. The steps involved are: – double RAW (see the tutorial on my website) – Softening and retouching skin using frequency seperation – dodge & burn two passes (see the tutorial on my website) – toning using Nik’s color […]
An inside view
Below a video I posted on Youtube of a time-lapse recording of a beauty portraiture shoot with model Demi. The final image shows one of the retouched results of the shoot.
Cleaning up (white) seamless background
Everyone that shoots using a paper white seamless background will recognise the problems cleaning up spots and stains on the paper while retouching. Especially the floor will become dirty very quickly. Changing the paper very often is a way to avoid the stains and spots but can become an expensive task. Take a look at […]
Lost at dawn
This week I published my latest work called “Lost at Dawn”. It is a composite I made from a background photo I took at the port of Scheveningen and studio shots of models Melissa, Nick and Vera. As usual I published on my 500px page also. On 500px.com images that get a lot of likes […]
Portrait retouching
Below a splitscreen showing the difference between the original photograph and the retouched version. Techniques used in this retouch are: – Double RAW converting – Frequency separation – Skin smoothening – Two pass non-destructive dodge & burn – Eyes highlighting – Liquify shaping Photographers who lack the time of skill to do this kind of retouching […]
Something different
This time I was asked to edit a photo that the client herself had shot and make something nice of it. The goal was an image that could be printed on canvas to be displayed on the wall above a fireplace in the house of the children’s grandmother. This video shows the editing: And the […]
Work in progress
Let me show you some work’s in progress. A couple of different projects in different stages of development. Most of them still need a lot of work before they are finished. I want to show these images as sort of moodboards. Of course all these images are all shot by me. I am still looking […]