Frank Doorhof - Latest Comments

Re: Adding pets

Dave Pruett — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:21:40 -0000

Great advice AND great shots.

Re: The dark side of light…..

Dave Pruett — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:45 -0000

Way cool!

Re: The dark side of light…..

Kenny Partington — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:44:23 -0000

wow. You never cease to amaze me with your talents Frank. I always wanted to shoot some UV/Blacklight photography as it always looks so darned amazing and has such impact. These are a step above what I have seen before.You took black light and made it beautiful art. I love them

Re: Some images from PSW

DaniLew — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:35 -0000

Sorry, Frank, but no Vegas. I can only afford one PSW per year and Orlando was it.

Re: Bio/Contact

PaulRev — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:12 -0000

Hello Frank
Greetings from the uk!
I discovered you and your work after watching a youtube seminar during my search for taking my photography into a more creative level. I loved what you had to say and spoke a lot of things that I too feel.
Im looking forward to using some of your techniques and really making photography a lot more funa nd interesting!

Re: the UK tour

Graeme Webb — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:17:03 -0000

Can't wait for Edinburgh on Friday!!

Re: the UK tour

Chris Rowe — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:06:49 -0000

Woohoo - see you on Monday. :-)

Re: Album PSW 2013 Fantasy of Flight

Ted Vallejos — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:49 -0000

Love the images, Frank. It was a real pleasure to spend the day shooting with you and Moose. So glad I could make it.

Re: Album PSW 2013 Fantasy of Flight

Bob Redd — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:06:52 -0000

Most impressive.

Re: Some images from Loes

Frank Doorhof — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:57:31 -0000

the look is real, the color is changed with DxO and Alien Skin

Re: Calibrating the Light meter, some quick notes

Frank Doorhof — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:57:04 -0000

You can do both but in this case I would do CAL so you can still use ADJ if needed.

Re: Forum

Frank Doorhof — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:31 -0000

I think that this way of metering doesn't really work, sorry :D

We meter to get a correct exposure, meaning incident towards the lightsource in most cases, if you want to chance that... no problem but at least the basis is correct.

The way you describe metering is actually not really what the meter is intended for, it's... well I don't know I would just skip the meter in that case and shoot :D

I don't mean to offend you in any way by the way, it's just that the meter will give you a starting point that's "perfect" if you use it correctly. The way you describe metering is just pointing it somewhere and work from there, that's more a creative process. NOW... if you repeat the same process over and over again to get the same look... well that's what the meter is for :D

Re: It’s all about expression

Gus Samarco — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:57:43 -0000

Downloading it now :)

Re: Forum

steve — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:03:38 -0000

Hi
There seems to be so many ways of doing metering you can get total headwarp lol
I used to spot meter everything.Col neg. +2ev on skin, or -1ev for my darks (i like overexposure) Slide I meter my darkest and lightest points, make a judgment, filter for highlights.
But now Im trying this...for portraits...For backlight shots; I meter with bulb in, pointing meter towards camera, and depending if i want to overexpose a lot i point the meter towards the floor (unless there is some very bright light source below which could throw out the meter)
If in flat light, i'll do the same but push it more, by adding +ev or rating the film lower.
what you think?

Re: Adding pets

kurt pas — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:54:53 -0000

Yep I agree. Every frame a pet wil show you different expressions. Thats why I love pet photography so mush!
Working with pets usually take more time then humans. Especially if you are into snakes, ferrets, frogs, spiders etc...

Re: Calibrating the Light meter, some quick notes

Adi Marwan — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:33:14 -0000

I'm sorry to ask, but in your tutorial, you mentioned "With Sekonic you can do this by pressing the two ISO buttons and you can set the offset.", If you do this on an L-358, you will enter "Exposure Compensation", which shown as "ADJ" on the display.

in the manual, the exposure compensation setting is "Exposure compensation can be made in precise 1/10 step increments in a +/- 9.9 EV range. Exposure compensation may be desired when requiring compensation for filters, bellows extension, etc."

To enter Calibration Compensation in L-358, you will need to turn off the meter first. When it's off, hold the 2 ISO buttons, while pressing the Power button. It will then show "CAL" on the display, which means calibrating. So now, which one should we select?ADJ or CAL?

Re: Review Vello wireless shutterboss

Scott Valentine — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:41:42 -0000

I have the Pixel version for a 10-pin Nikon. The receiver is tiny, and I use one of those elastic hair ties through the strap lug on my D800. Just feed the tie through the lug and loop it, then stick the receiver in that.

Another thing I tried was to put a cold shoe adapter on the receiver, then stick velcro to the back of the adapter. This let me put the receiver on the grip of my tripod head, which is more secure, but gets in the way of using the trigger grip.

Both of these options leave the hot shoe available. I use this setup with radio triggers (my current profile pic was shot this way).

Re: Some images from Loes

kartamihardja — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:52:06 -0000

love the soften color on the petri, was it original or created in PS/Lightroom ? I keep coming back to the last shot.

Re: Nadine results Book signing and demos

Joris — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:45:10 -0000

Nice Frank. You always amaze me what you can do with ( small) light!

Re: Nadine results Book signing and demos

Frank Doorhof — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:35:10 -0000

If you want to interview me (I think that's what you ask) just send the questions and I'll try to answer them in a blog post.

Re: Adobe and the cloud

Frank Doorhof — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:34:42 -0000

Correct and there is no reason to upgrade if the software does everything you need, I always look forward to a new update to be honest because there's always something that is better than before that I do use :D

But I can manage with CS5 of course or CS4.

Re: Nadine results Book signing and demos

Usual Shutter Specs® — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:38:26 -0000

one light, love it. love an interview too?

Re: Adobe and the cloud

crisdarocha — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:28:00 -0000

Frank, I actually think that if any organization stands a chance of getting Adobe to listen to the users is NAPP. Probably the largest organization of this sort, highly international, organizes the main conference in the topic ...

I really think this is a point that NAPP could do on behalf of its members.

To put the topic on numbers, on the european prices you would have paid photoshop CS6 with about 36 months of CC subscription. If you think on upgrading to CS"next" every time a new version would come, it would be more or less equivalent on price. But if you don't go on that direction then, as you said, you're left with nothing. I know a bunch of people that still work on CS4 or CS5 (you can see that in the photoshop user magazine section where they renew a given brand).

Re: Mini review Petri 50mm 1.7

Frank Doorhof — Sat, 11 May 2013 03:19:50 -0000

Thanks, I always try to do different stuff :D

Re: Mini review Petri 50mm 1.7

Frank Doorhof — Sat, 11 May 2013 03:19:25 -0000

It's probably the look from DxO :D