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When you shoot HDR (high dynamic range) photography you have to keep in mind to keep the camera steady for all the shots (under-exposed, over-exposed and with proper exposure). The best solution of course is to put a camera on a tripod but what to do when you would like to shoot HDR but you don't have a tripod with you? Is it possible to shoot HDR without a tripod and still end up with good HDR photograph? The short answer is: Yes, but you need to remember about few things to eliminate any camera movement between the shots.


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After several weeks of silence from my side, I want to share with you my very first time-lapse video I made out of the pictures when shooting the Joker campaign. The pictures and a blog article about the shoot will come soon (I hope :) ).


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I particularly like soft and nicely diffused natural light during most of the photo shoots (unless I decide that hard light is what I need for a particular shoot) and I use windows as light diffusers more and more often.


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Fresh breeze, smell of the sea and getting away from the busy city streets even for 3 days are for me a good inspiration and a already nice holidays. That's what I did at the end of March 2011 by going to the Belgian coast to De Haan city. Although I was raised and spent most of my youth in a city very close to the seaside, I haven't had much chance to see the sea often lately as I spent much time in Brussels (probably too much :) ).


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Until only recently I was either using only natural or only artificial light (speedlight or strobes) in one picture at the same time. However, rules are meant to be broken (yes, it was a very weird rule I had to use only one type of light during a shoot) and lately I've been combining and mixing natural and artificial lights. I really like to use one type of light as a hair light and the second as a fill light or as the main light.


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I love 2 things about blue jeans as a photographer: their color and their texture. Most jeans are in a really nice blue color spectrum and temperature, which is nice to look at and doesn't overpower a subject in an image. Add a nice texture to this pleasant blue color and a good-looking model and you'll have a perfect combination for  a photo shoot (not to mention you'll also need good light but it's a different story). ...


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I had an indoor photo shoot (in a rented out apartment specifically for it) in Poland. Since I live in Belgium and most of my equipment is there and I was traveling to Poland by airplane, I only had the photo equipment with me which I could put into my carry-on (camera, couple of lenses including 50mm f/1.8, SB-900 speedlight, a light reflector, etc.). Unfortunately, we had to shoot in the evening, which meant no natural light and which meant I had to put up a fight with artificial lights, lamps and white balance.


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Until just recently, whenever someone talked about pictures of a person taken in a mirror, I only associated this kind of pictures with Facebook profile pictures of teenagers (I think you know about what kind of picture I talk about). But I have discovered the great advantage of mirrors during my recent photo shoot in Poland - mirrors are great to frame a subject. There are other ways to frame a subject, for example with door frames, windows, trees, etc. but I never used a mirror to frame a subject before.


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I have to admit that I haven't tried taking abstract pictures before and if I did abstract photography it was purely coincidental. I have discovered lately that my portfolio and photography library don't have any abstract photographs. I honestly have no experience in taking abstract pictures and I'm not even sure if you need experience for this type of shots. So I decided to give abstract photography a try during a walk in my Brussels' neighborhood (it was a great weather that day so how could I miss probably the very first feel of sun this spring).


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You'll hear that every time you talk with a photographer: "Take a camera everywhere you go". I have mentioned that already a couple of times on my blog already but I'll add something this time. Therefore, "take a camera everywhere you go, EVEN BOWLING!".


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I would like to share with you a slideshow video (click the picture above) from the pictures taken during the Belgian Geeks Photo Shoot with Niejana and Knight Wise - a Belgian geeky and very cool couple. If you follow the blog, you probably saw some of their pictures in my previous post Improvising a Photo Shoot on Location. In case you prefer to watch it directly on: Youtube.com (click) or Vimeo.com (and click). Visit Niejana and Knight Wise's website www.knightwise.com


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I love working with people, professional or aspiring models, people who want their portraits taken, people who look for specific type of photography for their businesses, commercial or promotional purposes. However, it's not always possible to prepare some of these photo shoots and often it's necessary to improvise... actually you can never be confident that you're 100% prepared for a photo shoot as a photographer. There are almost always unexpected things happening: bad weather, people not showing up or showing up late limiting your time for a shoot, location turning out different than you expected,...


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