tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:22:42 +0000assignment workmusicpersonal workeditorialtechnicalMarcosequipmentnews/journalismportraitsprivate4 salecommisionedsoftwareB/WDIYbest of marbellaconcertscorporatedutch blogmaria petrakweddingsworkshopsVincent de Vries is a Dutch photographer based in Malaga on the Costa del Sol, Southern Spain. In his 17 year career he has been an allrounder shooting in different fields; advertising, editorial, journalism, theater and music and private clients. His main fields are travel, portraits and interiorshttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Vincent)Blogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-5497697861746112068Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:14:00 +00002010-01-27T02:18:17.856+01:00Hi everyone, I decided to move to wordpress for several reasons. You may find my new blog at: http://www.holandaluz.com/blogThanks and hope to see you thereVincenthttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-moved-to-wordpress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-440636466364274699Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +00002009-12-24T17:01:24.458+01:00On behalf of my model and son Marcos and my beautiful wife Judith and me we wish you all a fantastic holiday season.With love V http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-greetings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-3273012881223153324Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:00 +00002009-11-05T21:55:13.398+01:00assignment workHad to shoot a car in about an hour on a shitty part of the Marbella beach. (why do photographers always lacking time??). This was for a client of mine who is a highly mobile Beautician making house calls for the whole scala of beauty treatments. She just got the car and needed a photograph for an upcoming wedding fair (the one with the bride I shot some time ago) to show her mobility. The http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/11/beauticiun-by-hestiun-car-shoot_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1520518902706428893Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:33:00 +00002009-10-27T00:33:43.315+01:00personal workHow beautiful the sky is in Andalucia after the summer heat of August. In September it starts already, but October is the best imo. Last week was so clear you could see the Riff mountains in Africa over the Mediterranean from my window....such a nice place to live http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-sunsets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-7101874901190574793Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:28:00 +00002009-10-19T21:29:03.660+02:00editorialpersonal workportraitsMe and Marta have been working on some new stuff. A bit more conceptional and towards fashion (what I never really did before). All kind of new to me in the sense that I also have to watch fabric and textures. It is really outside of my comfortzone but I found it challenging and that´s something I really have to force upon myself. I used a big window with natural light blasting in through a sheethttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-new-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-7306720183463050436Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:28:00 +00002009-09-30T01:29:57.490+02:00B/WsoftwaretechnicalAnother try with Silver efex. I really think I will get used to this! some posibilities......I include the original RAW file as well. I used the 'pinhole' preset this time and tweaked it to my liking. Made the silver areas in the blue spectrum. More tests to come.... hope you like them. --V http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-wish-prague-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-6176066336639900109Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +00002009-09-28T23:59:43.310+02:00softwaretechnicalI downloaded the NIK plugin software for photoshop, lightroom and aperture this morning. It consists of sharpen, noise reduction, color, lightcontrol and black and white modules for the above mentioned programs. I played around with the color and the black and white modules a little bit. Having not really done black and white for ages, actually since I abandoned sadly my wet and chemical darkroomhttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/nik-plugin-software.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-4271787936014578550Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:44:00 +00002009-09-21T18:02:36.115+02:00MarcosportraitsprivateSome private stuff again. I shot these pics about 2 weeks ago around Marcos being 5 months already. all shot with natural light with a nikon d700 and a 50mm 1.8 (very old) prime man focus lens. He really communicates now and I have alot of fun with him. We yell and giggle together. Since about 3 weeks he´s able to sit and he loves it, laughing at the cats and at himself in the mirror. He´s still http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/marcos-5-months-already.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-7939503254786864051Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:06:00 +00002009-09-18T14:22:54.557+02:00commisionedcorporateportraitsLately I am getting more and more jobs for corporate portraits. I am very pleased with that cause I love being on location and you get to deal with different environments and people everytime you go out there, I enjoy that so much. Usually there´s not much time available to do these shots. That really put some pressure on your creativity and technical abilities. I try to be able to be there 30-45http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/corporate-portraits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-368001717371690773Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:00 +00002009-09-03T11:38:56.543+02:00assignment workweddingsI gave up on doing weddings, just don´t like doing them. Besides considering the competition here on the coast and the outragious price differences, I think that market is corrupt. Anyway, I met a lovely Dutch coming from my hometown owning 2 bridalshops here and is organizing a massive english spoken bridalfair in November in Fuengirola. I decided to help her out with the commercial images for http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/alternative-weddings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-4287615275419730858Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:39:00 +00002009-09-02T16:40:42.015+02:00Marcospersonal workprivateJust a little private update of Marcos. http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/09/marcos-4-months_8012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-5945936373642306060Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:22:00 +00002009-08-12T13:48:28.336+02:00MarcosprivateFinallly a bit of an update of Marcos, my son. He´s almost 4 months now. On the photos he´s almost 3months (gotta kick ass to keep it up)Enjoy Vhttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/08/marcos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-6846142809250787841Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:52:00 +00002009-08-16T09:59:20.370+02:00commisionedconcertsmusicIf Javascript is disabled browser, to place orders please visit the page where I sell my photos, powered by Fotomoto.Finally a new post again, caught up in family life and of course work (still lucky in these times). Thought it was about time to post a new entry. Got many really nice comments on my entry of the birth of my son Marcos, thanks for that, really nice! Planning to upload some newer http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/08/diego-el-cigala.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-8888416551411183000Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-04-23T23:01:00.483+02:00Last Sunday, early morning the 19th April, something wonderful happened. My first son Marcos got born. After 45 hours of hard labour (my total respect for all the women out there!) He set foot on the world. As good parents we of course find him the most beautiful baby in the world! More to come!Meet Marcoshttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/04/marcos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-3564113144669472107Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-04-14T20:47:38.471+02:00Got a bit sick of sending my high res photos with multiple emails. through my friend Rene at Sotopiaconcepts.com, I found 4shared.com; . I took to start off with the free option. I will upgrade some time later. It works very well, like uploading multiple files in one go. click on the above Icon and check it outJust went to prague for a travelguide, I will show you some stuff soonTake it http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/04/4shared-free-file-sharing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-5143632172476743802Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:00:00 +00002009-03-22T21:13:46.194+01:00best of marbellamaria petrakYesterday I had the pleasure to meet Maria Petrak, the founder of "The Best of Marbella" website. After a very nice conversation about her product of bringing solid, reliable and quality businesses together, I decided to join her iniative and give her the word on my blog today to promote this fantastic service........... www.thebestofmarbella.com, is first and foremost a service available to the http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/03/best-of-marbella-with-maria-petrak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-210688933730679185Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:59:00 +00002009-02-06T18:25:07.342+01:00assignment workeditorialI´ve been at the SIMOF 09, THE Flamenco fashionshow, held in Sevilla together with my dear clients Isabel and Antonio from the magazine BodaNova. They asked me to photograph the catwalk of young Fuengirola designer Melisa Lozano with some cutting edge, rule breaking designs and color patterns. A cool day out, hanging out with them means meeting people, cocktails and of course some great food http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/02/flamenco-catwalk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-4973657889071083569Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:51:00 +00002009-01-28T12:04:41.218+01:00workshopsHi all, Its been a long, long time. A bit of a turbulent time, but back now with some regular posts I hope :-)Earlier this month I had a classroom full of fashion-design students. We talked a bit about photography and fashion. I really have no photgraphic or other background in fashion, so you just make the best of it I suppose. We decided to make it a rolI-play was in charge of the light and http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-fun-with-class-of-fashion-students.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1229235537234504703Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-01-11T00:56:20.589+01:00Best wishes to all!!, Just to let you know I am still alive and kicking. I have a few ney years resolutions and one of them is the have a scheduled entry on my blog starting from next week.....(i hope:-P)Please stay tunedIn the meantime check out Melissa Rodwells blog, http://fashionphotographyblog.com, she put up a great video of a fashion shoot, as always cool stuff!!Till very soonBe good, http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-ideas-new-entry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1530623714756625761Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:23:00 +00002008-12-24T12:28:25.734+01:00To all of you a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2009Os deseo una feliz navidad y prosperos 2009Vincenthttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/12/marry-xmas-feliz-navidad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1809526314500304364Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:36:00 +00002008-12-08T19:43:18.398+01:004 saleequipmentI decided to also put my Elinchrom Skyports up 4 sale in order to move on to the Pocket Wizards: I have 1 transmitter and 2 universal receivers, they are only 6 months old and haven´t been used much, so you´ll find them in mint condition. They´ll fire any type of flash (I used them with Nikon SB-800, Multiblitz mono heads, Metz, Canon) New price incl IVA (VAT) was € 299 I sell em for € 220 in boxhttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/12/elinchrom-skyports-4sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-7110357877096329573Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:15:00 +00002008-12-07T21:21:45.999+01:004 saleequipmentI am putting up my 12-24mm up for sale since I really don´t use it anymore. It is not usefull with the full frame D700. For any other Nikon camera (DX) it is a great lens in very good condition. I ask € 650. Please contact me if you are interested at info@holandaluz.com.I include some photos, TNXhttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/12/af-s-nikkor-12-24mm-14g-ed-dx-up-4sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1056299209809515440Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +00002008-11-24T18:07:13.088+01:00assignment workDIYtechnicalI shot a food-assignment for a really nice restaurant here on the Costa del Sol, Tiki Tano. Their German Top-Chef prepared some dishes for us to photograph (not to eat unfortunately, bugger). I started by setting up my 'big' multiblitz monohead (600 w/s) but I found it actually too big/much light and since we had to move around to different locations in the restaurant. I decided on the minimalisthttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/11/diy-striplights-and-foodshots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-9115594115461090980Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:31:00 +00002008-11-17T14:35:53.261+01:00dutch blogI put a new article in Dutch on this blog: http://fotografie.blogo.nl/?comments/20081117-flits-techniek-deel-1.htmlI will translate it into english soonVincenthttp://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/11/dutch-spoken-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378957247380298846.post-1904758149170987927Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:01:00 +00002008-11-13T09:55:05.652+01:00assignment workmusicI did a job in a nigthclub in marbella last week. "Miss Bellydance Marbella 2008", commisioned by the talented Anandi. It started a 1 a.m. till 4 a.m. I shot in the worst possible light conditions; dark-wood environment, black stage and vari-lights as keylights. The first time I shot bellydance I shot it in a theater with 2 strobes on either side of the stage. NO GO with flashes this time, http://holandaluz.blogspot.com/2008/11/miss-bellydance-marbella-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vincent)4