Jul 08
The guys that organised Hed Kandi last time in Paard van Troje organised it again on the 28th of june. I covered the event for partymania.
The lights were horrible; somebody (probably the LJ) decided to light the dancers from behind with four huge red lights, casting the dancers in a red glow, which ruins the autofocus and totally throws off white balance. It took me a lot of effort in lightroom to recover some colors from the RAW data (this proves that shooting RAW is the way to go; I couldn’t have done this with JPG).
It was hard to choose the best image of the evening, but I settled for this one because it just looks good in my opinion, the movement, the blurryness, the colors.
Tagged with: dancer • Hed Kandi • Paard van Troje • the Hague
May 15
The same guys that organised Hed Kandi last time in Paard van Troje organised an event called “Frame” on sunday the 11th of may . I did the shoot for partymania.
Although I didn’t like the LJ (guy that does the light) –okay, he’s probably a nice guy, but the way he lit the stage was crap (in my professional opinion). Half my shots of the dancers were blown out, bin-worthy pix.
The crowds stayed away, due to the warm weather and the beach party events, unfortunately. After I shot the dancers a second time I went home, much to the surprise of one of the backstage guys “Dude, you can’t leave, the DJ came all the way from the USA!” he exclaimed.
Well, I guess I shocked him when I said that I couldn’t tell one DJ from the next, that I was only here to take pictures, haha. 
Tagged with: 18-200 • D300 • dancer • high ISO • Nikkor 18-200 • Nikon D300 • Party • Partyshoot
Apr 28
Hed Kandi organised a dance event at “Paard van Troje” in the Hague.
It seemed like fun to do a shoot there so I asked the guys from partymania to arrange one for me.
It was a tremendously fun experience, met some new colleague photographers (who worked for the “competition” 
) talked about our mutual hobby and I got some pointers as well.
I tweaked this pic with my ever changing photo skills, and I just love the gorgeous light.
Tagged with: 18-200 • D300 • dance • dancer • dragging the shutter • Nikkor 18-200 • Nikon D300 • Party • Partyshoot • rear curtain flash • sb 800 • sb800
