Fixe pour des tas d’années
May 19, 2013
I have a love/ hate kind of relationship with my 35mm, but lately I’ve been leaning more towards the ‘love’ part. 35mm is raw, it’s honest. Also the bokeh on my Praktica is to die for. It always takes me forever to finish a roll though. For example I started this particular roll last year, there are photos of a shoot in November on it, and I finished it well, last week. A little reminder for me to shoot more of it (and maybe a little less 120 might be good for the wallet too!).
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It sounds like a whisper
May 12, 2013
After the polaroids, here are some film photos of our ‘white’ shoot!
Credits
Model: Renée @ Flag Models
MUA: Kathleen Van Walle
© Els Vanopstal
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Her white blank page
May 05, 2013
This day was so much fun, and so exhausting at the same time. I had a shoot planned with the lovely Renée but I didn’t quite know what the concept could be. I was thinking about it for two weeks, going back and forth and about two days before the shoot was due, I decided I was going to do a shoot inspired by the color white. This was one of those things I had been thinking about for quite a long time, but didn’t quite know how to pull it together. I got so excited about the idea though that I forgot my ‘impeccable’ timing and decided to just go for it. So the day before I went to the store, bought some cheap white fabric (one for a tutu, another for a dress), and folded hundreds of white origami flowers. And even though it was a lot of work in very little time, I really enjoyed it. I would quite like to get more into ‘set making’ and things like that. Well, enough talk, here are some polaroids!
Credits
Model: Renée @ Flag Models
MUA: Kathleen Van Walle
© Els Vanopstal
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The one thing we’ve got
April 27, 2013
As I’m a creature of habit, I probably don’t have to introduce you to Yaelle. She’s one of the few girls I like to call ‘muses’. Our shoots together are mostly rather impromptu since she lives abroad and we just make a habit out of meeting whenever she’s in the country. We decided to keep our latest shoot very simple and relaxed, just shooting inside the apartment and seeing what inspiration brought us.
Credits
Model: Yaelle
© Els Vanopstal
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To the sound of heavy rain
April 21, 2013
I’m not really what one would call a ‘fashionista’. But I can appreciate a beautiful outfit to contribute to the story of a photo. And that was exactly my plan when I contacted MUA slash stylist Katleen, and Lynn – a model who I’ve been wanting to shoot with for quite some time. This particular concept had been in my head for months so you can understand I was very happy when things finally fell into place.
Credits
Model: Lynn @ Models Office
MUA/ styling: Katleen Lison
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100 days of 365
April 10, 2013
As you may have read in an earlier post, I am doing a ‘photo a day’ project. Today I reached day 100! It has definitely had its ups and downs: some days I feel very inspired and could do several photos, other days I just go completely blank. Here’s a little overview of the past months, if you want to see more, check out my flickr!
Credits
© Els Vanopstal
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Times like these and times like those
March 30, 2013
The first shoot of the year was arranged on the spur of the moment. It was January, I had been on a shoot break for over a month, and they were predicting snow for the weekend. I for one, had never done a proper shoot in the snow, and I had this new old camera that happened to scream for attention, so out of the blue I texted Charlotte and Kathleen if they were up for a snow shoot, and they were! It was our tenth time shooting together and we froze our asses off (especially Charlotte who was such a trooper), but it was so much fun. Since we’ve worked together so many times already, there’s this easiness and relaxedness which just adds to the whole experience. Hopefully there will be plenty more shoots with this team to follow!
Credits
Model: Charlotte @ IMM
MUA: Kathleen Van Walle
© Els Vanopstal
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Let it all soak right through
March 19, 2013
Hello blog and blog readers! Long time no see. I have several things I want to share with you, guess I’ll just work my way back by posting some photos of my latest shoot, one with Mandy in the woods. It was the first time I knowingly used slide film (I used it once before by accident in the beginning of my film adventure), and I must say I am really pleased with it! The colors came out beautiful and they were so much easier to scan than the negative film. I will probably start using it much much more.
Credits
Model: Mandy Van Damme
© Els Vanopstal
