Week 30 - Isa and Jurre

July 29, 2018 in 52 rolls project

Some more portraits this week with Isa and Jurre. Both very funny people, but I also wanted to capture their more serious side. So I went up close with them, trying to capture them as real as possible. I'm really liking this style of portraiture: one light, one person, one roll.

52 Rolls
2018

Welcome to my 52 rolls project for 2018.
This project is very simple, yet very challenging. Shooting and developing at least one roll of film per week. Even in the weeks of creative drought.
And that's what it is all about. Keep on shooting, keep on making mistakes and learning from them. I'll post a blog every week here so you can keep track of all my shenanigans.

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Nov 11, 2018

Week 45 - Dilem

Nov 11, 2018

I got the opportunity to do another portrait shoot. This time with the beautiful Dilem. She’s an actress, living in Rotterdam. I tested out some Kodak Tri-X 400 as a portrait film and I shot another roll of the beloved but disappearing Fuji Neopan Acros 100. The grain in the Tr-X shots is obviously more apparent, which can be a choice of style. For these shots I really like the cleanliness Neopan Acros gives me. It’s time to find a worthy successor, as this film is discontinued. by Fuji.

Nov 11, 2018

Nov 5, 2018

Week 44 - Berlin Teufelsberg

Nov 5, 2018

Berlin, on of those cities I will happily live in if I had to choose something outside of the Netherlands. We went on a trip to the Grünwald, a big forrest on the outskirts of Berlin. There you have the Teufelsberg (Devils mountain), an artificial made mountain on top of an old SS training centre. That mountain is made out of the Berlin rubble from the 2nd WW. On top of that is an old NSA spy centre that was active during the cold war to spy on the East. Now it is a creative spot with a lot of street art!

Go and have a look.

Nov 5, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

Week 43 - Judith Mark Ivar

Oct 28, 2018

Judith, Mark and Ivar are a happy little family. They came to visit us this week, so we decided to do a little portrait shoot. It is always a challenge to make photos of little kids. But after a minute Ivar already decided to laugh as best as he can.

Oct 28, 2018

Oct 21, 2018

Week 42 - Flora

Oct 21, 2018

This week I went plant bathing. What? Yeah, plant bathing. IT was a pop-up thing in Amsterdam where you can feel a moment of zen in between lushious green plants. I took this moment to shoot a roll of black and white film, that’s my zen.

Oct 21, 2018

Oct 16, 2018

Week 41 - Commute

Oct 16, 2018

This week I decided to take out my Hasselblad on my commute from work back to my home. So you can see some train station geometry, caged people and geese looking at a pond of ducks. Yeah, that’s how a commute looks like in my book.

Oct 16, 2018

Oct 8, 2018

Week 40 - Amsterdam

Oct 8, 2018

A pretty uninspired week this time. So I just went out with my camera and went to the centre of Amsterdam, looking for compositions, lines and faces in the strangest places. I actually really like the triangular composition, looking for frames within the frame. That’s what I always like about street shooting with a long lens. Looking trough the view finder is where you’ll find these interesting compositions. But it is the exercise to spot these opportunities without looking trough the viewfinder.

Oct 8, 2018

Oct 1, 2018

Week 39 - Puck & Maud

Oct 1, 2018

We’ve got a new set of portraits this week. The lovely sisters Puck & Maud came over for a shoot. I did some testing with the white backdrop and an out of focus shot. All was shot on my go to portrait film, Fuji Neopan Acros 100. I really hope Fuji is going to restart the production of this wonderful film.

Oct 1, 2018

Sep 23, 2018

Week 38 - Amsterdam

Sep 23, 2018

I went on another photo walk trough Amsterdam with a part of the Hassy Gang. I rocked my Hasselblad 500CM with 180mm on, so I could go for the street details. So here we are, a lot of street details, a double exposure of the Westertoren. And to top it off: a macro shot of funny looking flower. All shot on Kodak Tri-X 400.

Sep 23, 2018

Sep 16, 2018

Week 37 - Rotterdam

Sep 16, 2018

I went to Rotterdam this week for the Street Art Awards and I took my Hasselblad with me for some street shots. I put in the old favourite Kodak Tri-X 400. So have a look and tell me what you think!

Sep 16, 2018

Sep 8, 2018

Week 36 - Jildou

Sep 8, 2018

Jildou started her coaching career at about the time that I started working at an advertising agency. That time I was one of her first coachees. Finding out what I wanted to do, where my strengths and weaknesses were and altogether getting to know myself a lot better. If you are around Amsterdam and in need of some quality coaching? I surely recommend JIldou, check out her website: jildouoostenbrug.nl.

For some reason life has made us cross each others paths again. I had the opportunity to do a portrait session with her. I shot one roll of Fuji Neopan Acros 100 during this session. Below are the outtakes of photos I liked the most.

Sep 8, 2018