All about the image

new blog

2011-10-16T18:04:00.002+02:00

Dear all, thanks for having followed my blog. As from now, I have a new blog :

http://krisjacobsphoto.wordpress.com/

Welcome there!

Kris

Some more news

2011-05-11T13:54:00.007+02:00

What have I been up to lately? Well, quiet a lot really :-)

You may have allready noticed, but I changed my logo (yes, that's it above :-). This logo will now be used in all my communication and publicity, creating a stronger brand for "Kris Jacobs Photography". I have also put this logo on my car, so people will know who that crazy driver is ;-)

I made another trip, to Morocco this time, and took my Canon S 90 compact camera (instead of my usual fullframe Nikon D3), trying to prove this type of camera allso allows you to make great images without the hassle and weight of a big camera. Here are some results :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37227185@N07/sets/72157626646214758/show/

Furthermore, I invested in a Epson Stylus Photo R2880 A3+ printer, allowing me to make fantastic prints right here in my office

Will be back with more news soon!

investing in light

2011-05-11T13:31:00.009+02:00

Always growing and moving ahead, I decided to invest in some extra flashguns.

I had a Nikon SB 600 and a SB 900, which are fine. But I started to feel the need for more flashes to be abled to get more control over the light in all circumstances. Now I bought two extra SB 900’s. They re just excellent quality and easy to move around on location.

If you think flash always kills atmosphere and leads to horrid stark pictures, you’re missing out on a whole world of stunning photography that flashguns can bring.

Lifting a lifeless portrait, filling in shadows from harsh sunlight or even creating dramatic colourful scenes, getting to grips with flash can transform your photos. Here are a few images I made of with off flash camera :

product photography

2011-03-11T10:47:00.007+01:00

Lately I have been focussing on product photography. Since this is quiete a specialized area in photography, I needed to do some investments. One of the things I bought is a light tent. This is an indispensable tool for photographing jewellery. It takes away harsh shadows and gives a nice even light. Playing around with black paper in the light tent creates a bit of character in the jewellery. Also, I invested in a Epson Stylus A3+ photo printer. This way I can show my work to clients, allowing them to see the finished result of a photo shoot. Click the image below to see some of my recent product photography work.

time for more experiments

2011-01-13T13:32:00.005+01:00

The last couple of days I had some time to play around and do some experiments. This is not only a lot of fun, but also usefull since it makes you learn a great deal. Trying new stuff really pushes one to find new ways, make the most of his photography equipment and become a better photographer... Here are some results.

artistic nude experiment

2011-01-08T10:09:00.003+01:00

A while ago I had the opportunity to do a shoot with a nude model. It was the first time I did such a shoot and learned a lot from it. I am really quiete pleased with the result (see below).

Also decided to invest in a decent Manfrotto Tripod with ball head. It's just a lot more stable and user friendly than my Velbon tripod and will allow me to work even more precise and faster in the future.

gay wedding

2010-11-10T10:52:00.004+01:00

just added some images from my second gay wedding shoot this year. I really enjoyed covering Gordon and Alain's wedding at Carlos Quinto in Ghent. They have a colorful bunch of friends and family who know how to party !

Cooking book competition

2010-11-10T10:42:00.005+01:00

To celebrate that my first cooking book is now in the stores, I oranised a competition, offering the chance to clients and friends to win a couple of free books. The winners are Gabriël Ronsse, Annelies Den Haese and Annelies Claeys. Congratulations!

new wedding images "Movie"

2010-09-21T13:46:00.003+02:00

Just posted a movie with inspirational wedding images. Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aZBMUwobd0

investing in the future

2010-08-26T12:31:00.009+02:00

It's been a while, but finally I 'm back with some news from the photography front. Business has been great in the last couple of months. I have the impression that my hard work is paying of! Lots of assignments from as well business as private clients. Since I would like to continue to grow I decided I needed to do some investments. Upgraded my software with Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS 5, bought a new harddisk as an extra backup for al my precious images. Also invested in a Wacom tablet for more precise adjustments in the postprocessing of images.

More and more I have been feeling the need for a larger and more professional studio space. Therefore I am now collaborating with a perfectly equipped studio in Drongen to be able to welcome clients, make up artists, models,... in a very comfortable way.

Also, I bought a new Nikon full frame camera as a backup for my beloved Nikon D3. Just want to make sure I don't get in trouble if ever the D3 malfunctions...

Here's a slideshow with some recent favorite wedding images. For more images and information please visit http://www.positief-online.be/ My website is regularly updated with new images. Even though september, october and november will be very , very buzy, I 'll make sure to keep my blog up to date with more news. Take care, Kris

first cover!

2010-04-01T15:36:00.004+02:00

Very proud to say that one of my images is used as the cover of "Weeked Knack's" promotional adjunct. The same image serves as this month's theme decoration in al of "Standaard Boekhandel's" shops.

Another one of my (food) images appears in the great new book "Foodprint" which covers many different aspects of everything that has to do with... food and gastronomy in belgium.

work in progress

2010-03-30T12:03:00.004+02:00

Lately I have been working on a cookbook for a television show called "komen eten". The book should be in the shops in a couple of months and I am looking forward to it very much. It's my first similar project and I 've learned a great deal. Not only the technical aspect, but also about dealing with my clients and their wishes, and the huge amount of work that comes with a job like this... (altering menus, buying ingredients, styling of the dishes, cooking...) Here's a small selection of images. In total I am making 66 dishes for this book.

Also, next month, an image I made will be used in the Shops from Standaard Boekhandel for their monthly theme. I did this shoot with two children "models" in my studio. The theme was communion. The same image will be used on the cover from Weekend Knack magazine. Exciting times!

experimenting with photoshopped backgrounds

2010-03-01T14:46:00.006+01:00

I recently started experimenting with adding photoshopped backgrounds to some of my images. Especially for photos from kids this can ad an extra dimension. Some images can be seen below. Some more are on my website.

sports

2010-02-22T10:10:00.003+01:00

last weekend I had the opportunity to shoot an athletics meeting at "Topsporthal Ghent". It was the first time I shot a sports event like this. At this meeting for children I focussed on Emma, who ran the 60 m sprint. I was quiet happy with the result from my 70-200 MM Nikkor lens.

exhibition

2010-02-11T15:13:00.005+01:00

Last weekend I had an exhibition of some images from my 2009 trip to Scotland. I showed some canvas prints 60 x 90 cm of landscapes and got some great reactions. Special thanks to Reggie Picavet for offering me the space on his "Schotse beurs"!

Recent and future jobs

2010-02-11T14:24:00.011+01:00

After my trip to Myanmar it's been a bit more quiet. Here's the results from a couple of shoots. You'll see images from the shoot with baby Zoë Sophia. This shoot was done in the clients' house. There are also 2 images from the shoot with Helena and Kasper, taken in my studio on a white background. I also did some work for my friends from "Voor 't Labo" in eeklo (http://www.voortlabo.be/). We had a lot of fun doing a groupshot of all the personel. They also asked me to take some images of the glasswork they make.

reservations for marriage shoots have been very good so far. There's also several communion shoots (thanks Els, for transferring the schools in Sint Amandsberg to me) and private shoots, a 2-day shoot of a big event in Brussls expo, a shoot of an event at Laborama, and some unconfirmed but very exciting prospect for an assignment for a culinary book, and a shoot for Remy-Cointreau in an Antwerp bar.

You can expect more regular news on my blog again from now on.

Zoë Sophia :

Kasper :

Helena :

Personeel en glasswork Voor 't Labo :

some images from my trip to Myanmar

2010-02-11T14:07:00.010+01:00

Due to a stay abroad it's been a while since I posted images from my work. Here's some images I took in Myanmar with my brand new Canon S90 (usually I work with Nikon, but they don't have a comparibly good compact camera).

new background colors

2009-11-05T11:00:00.004+01:00

Went to Servix yesterday and invested in some bright en very colorful backgrounds for studio shots. When used, the result looks very contemporary and modern. Very cool for shoots with kids.

Promotional video on Youtube

2009-10-25T12:39:00.003+01:00

Just posted a promotional video of recent weddings on youtube. Take a look at it here.

extra slideshow for marriages

2009-10-21T09:48:00.003+02:00

As an extra service, from now on a slideshow with a selection of the best images will also be included in the price for a marriage shoot! Great for showing to friends and family and even putting on the internet/facebook... Take a look at the "prices" page at my website for more details.

VDV Cleaning

2009-10-17T13:27:00.003+02:00

An adventurous day, yesterday, when I shot images for VDV Cleaning Belgium. They wanted an update of their image bank for use in brochures an on website. Together with Cristoph Bral I went to different places in Flanders where people from VDV where in action to photograph them. I also went inside a sewer to take some photographs, very cool, be it a bit smelly...

family portret

2009-10-14T15:30:00.004+02:00

A chaotic but very enjoyable shoot last weekend at the Van Herreweghes in Drongen. Assignment was to shoot images of the different family members in my mobile studio at their house. There were 3 small children, 2 pair of parents and 2 grand parents and all kind of combinations had to be shot...

Philips Basecles

2009-10-01T14:12:00.002+02:00

Some recent images of an assignment for Philips lighting in a private garden in Basecles last week can be seen by clicking the image below. The idea was to show the special led lights in the garden. Best time do do this was at dawn, hence the funcky colors.

stress

2009-09-23T14:23:00.004+02:00

Had 2 stressful moments yesterday and the day before. 2 times about 280 graduates + rectors waiting for me to take their group picture on the stairs of aula Ghent. Not an easy task since all they wanted at that time was to go out and celebrate their graduation.... Here's one of the groups posing :

Images of colorfull marriage

2009-09-21T15:03:00.003+02:00

I had a great time last saturday shooting the marriage of Melissa and Jochen. I followed the couple from the Marriot hotel in Ghent to the Sint Peters church and the reception and evening party at Laarne castle. There where over 10 different nationalities present from all over the world.No need to say this was a very colorful lot. A small selection of images can be seen by clicking the image below.

I saw the light

2009-09-16T13:09:00.008+02:00

last week I had an interesting assignment for Philips lighting. They have a new kind of light that's installed in different streets in cities around Belgium. It's a kind of white light that uses a lot less energy than "ordinary" street lights. They asked me to show that the white light can be very intimate. For this assignment I went to Lillo near Antwerp and "eilandje" in Antwerp.

I also did a coorporate shoot for the kind people of Bastinpack. They wanted a complete update of their images from machinery, people and product for use in their leaflets and website. I experimented with the use of gels to create a very modern atmosphere. They seemed to be really happy with the result :-)

Coming up this weekend and next week : a lot of school photography, the marriage of Melissa and Jochen at Laarne castle, a shoot of the allumni at aula Gent,...

planning

2009-09-04T14:22:00.003+02:00

Hey everybody. You might have noticed a lower frequency in blog post. Don't worry, there's nothing wrong, I am just occupied with school photography untill the end of november and have little time to keep the blog up to date. There are some other assignments as well wich I 'm squeezing in between. For example next week I 'm doing 2 evening shoots for Philips lighting and a marriage. I 'll try to make some time to keep on posting blogs so you an follow my work and see some results.

Marriage of Lien and Sven

2009-08-31T12:40:00.004+02:00

Loved covering the marriage of Lien and Sven last friday. Hope they 'll like the result...

Images from "'t Aards Paradijs"

2009-08-24T14:24:00.004+02:00

Had the opportunity to shoot at top restaurant "'t Aards Paradijs" in Merendree, Belgium. Really enjoyed working with the very creative chef Lieven Lootens. Here are some of his tasty, dishes, photographed by me :

Also shot (I mean photographed yes...) a cute dog named Sabine today :

The next few months are going to be very busy with several marriages, school photography, complete coverage of a company for their new website and brochure, a shoot for the university of Ghent,... I will certainly try to update the blog on a regular basis.

delicious cookies

2009-08-18T12:40:00.004+02:00

In this calmer period I have some time to play around and do some personal work. Yesterday I worked on a series of cookies that I wanted to present VERY rich and yummie. You can take a look at the result by clicking the image below.

I invested in a "pro pack" of Lee lighting filters (only 99 euro, so not a huge investment...) so you can look forward to some experiments with those in the near future.

job for Remy-Cointreau

2009-08-14T09:56:00.007+02:00

After my job for them last year, the people of Remy-Cointreau (distributors of brands like Piper champagne, Cointreau, ...) hired me again for there "coffee card project". Idea is to make a kind of card to put on tables in bars and restaurant to inform people. They 're a lot of fun to work with and I 'd like to thank Tineke again for our great cooperation.

movie on Youtube

2009-08-11T16:53:00.002+02:00

Back from the holidays. just posted my first movie on youtube, it's a little "best of" of my 2009 food images so far.

new food images

2009-07-14T10:56:00.004+02:00

for my latest food images click on the image below.

food images : fruit salad

2009-06-30T13:15:00.003+02:00

Created a series of "fruit salad" images I'm pretty happy with (c more on Flickr):

marriage Joke en Axel

2009-06-22T11:29:00.003+02:00

I photographed the marriage of Joke and Axel on friday June 19th. You can see some images on my website by clicking on the image below: Also I am very happy to say I am now a graduated art photographer. The opening of the exhibition on saturday was a big succes with a lot of visitors.

sneak preview

2009-06-20T08:54:00.004+02:00

A little peak at my images, exhibited in the Jan Colle art galery. Of course the real thing looks even better ;-)

SOFAM workshop

2009-06-18T09:36:00.004+02:00

I attended a SOFAM (deales with copyright issues) workshop at the MSK in Ghent yesterday. Some guestspeakers -amongst them Carl Dekeyzer- came to talk about Photography and internet. One of the conclusions was that it's clear that there's an evolution towards consumers not willing to pay for photographs they find on the internet anymore. And it's up to us to find new ways of finding a reason for existance as a photographer. Oh, today's jury time for my "Art Photography" class. I will post some images from the exhibition at galerij Colle in the coming days.

new toys

2009-06-15T17:49:00.002+02:00

Just invested in a Nikon 70-200 2,8 lens and I can't wait to use it to make some cool portraits. Axel and Joke who get married on friday will probably be my frst victimes;-) Also bought a Lowepro "commercial AW" bag. So I can finally get all my gear comfortably in one bag. Saves me some time and less chance to forget stuff...

new images from shrimp plate

2009-06-11T11:23:00.004+02:00

Hi y' all. I had a great time yesterday styling and shooting a shrimp appetizer. Clik on the image to see the series.

New method of pricing for marriages

2009-06-10T08:44:00.007+02:00

I had some time the previous days to review my pricing and decided to simplify the pricing for marriages. I added an extra link on the homepage of my website. There are now 3 categories from "basic" to "elaborate" to "All in". This is what I believe to be a very clear and transparant price setting. Click on the image for details on prices.

On monday I went to an event from the "National Union of Belgian Photographers" at Poeke Castle. At this event you could meet several suppliers (Nikon, Adobe, Epson, ...) and there where several workshops. I followed two interesting workshops : Norbert Maes showed us his way of shooting portraits, and Stefan Matthijssens had brought a just married couple to teach us something about shooting a marriage. Thanks again to both, I thought it was very interesting. Here's an image of the participants at Poeke castle:

work in progress

2009-06-03T13:56:00.005+02:00

Wow, just finished the story and extra info for my "Seafood in Schotland" article. So, with everything ready, it's now time to find some interested magazines.

Some very interesting exhibitions coming up (click on images for info):

StephanVanfleteren in Botanique

And Carl De keyzer in SMAK

images from Scotland

2009-05-26T17:48:00.005+02:00

Wow, What a spectacular country, Scotland. Had a terrific time working on my "Seafood in Scotland" project last week. You can see some images by clicking the image below:

Now comes the difficult task to write an interesting story about this, I'll keep you posted.

exposition graduates "photo art"

2009-05-25T14:35:00.005+02:00

Hi verybody, just got the link to a brand new website with details on the exposition from the graduates "photo art" at Sint Lucas, Ghent. I will be one of the exhibitors. You can find all details about place, participants, visiting hours... there. Have a look at the site by clicking on my image below, and come visit us there.

Exhibition images Kabassenstoet

2009-05-13T13:24:00.009+02:00

My images from the "Kabassenstoet" in Ghent will be shown in an exhibition from mai 20th till june 6th in VDK-Spaarbank, Sint-Michielshelling, Ghent, together with the images from college photographers.

For my trip to Scotland (and other assignments in the future) I invested in a new wide angle zoom lens, the 14-24 2,8 Nikkor. First test shots came out great. This lens will give me a lot more flexibility to work in small spaces. It is also very usefull for landscape photography. There is a little catch though ; you have to be very attentive about deformations that are typical for this kind of extreme lenses as you can see below...

images from my cute godchild Lois

2009-05-11T13:20:00.007+02:00

Click on the image below for a slideshow of my supercute godchild Lois. This series was made in my father's house and garden yesterday at a family meeting.

The route for my Scotland trip next week, where I will try to make an interesting article about "the rich tradition in fishery and seafood in Scotland", is getting shape. I had some interesting reactions from people who are willing to show me around at their jobs (fisherman, producers of seafood...) and decided to limit myself to the Isle of Skye and surroundings. I believe I will get all the images I need for an interesting article. Any people who have tips about beautiull harbours, landscapes, restaurants,... in this area, please let me know. Also tips about how getting an article published are most welcome. Hope to show you some spectacular Scotland images shortly.

Kabassenstoet 2009 Ghent

2009-05-09T15:58:00.004+02:00

Had a great time capturing the original event "Kabassenstoet" in Ghent today. This is an initiative from the Sint Lucas Academy. You can see some pretty cool images by clicking the image below.

"fruit and veggies on purple" images

2009-05-08T10:39:00.006+02:00

I had lots of fun yesterday creating a new series of food images called "fruit and veggie images". I did almost set the house on fire in the process, when the coloured paper around my flash caught fire, but hey, that's a small price to pay right? Here's a preview :

I also bought a great book from Jimmy Kets, "Brightside".

A tip for anyone who loves photography with an edge. You can click on the image to go to Jimmy's blog.

"published" again

2009-05-06T17:11:00.005+02:00

Thanks to Martijn from Overweg.com , who uses my website as an example in his publicity I am now also in Focus magazine. Thanks Martijn!

Published

2009-05-06T17:03:00.004+02:00

Just saw that an image of mine, that i sent to the magazine Foto-Video Digitaal has been published:-)

Click on the image below to see some images I made around the kitchen yesterday

2009-05-05T16:55:00.003+02:00

Champagne!!!

2009-05-05T12:16:00.010+02:00

Yes, Champagne to celebrate my new blog of course!

Here, I will keep people updated on my whereabouts as a photographer.

As a photographer you are learning all the time by doing different typres of assignment, dealing with different clients, trying to find new clients, get your images to be seen,... Because of the many aspects about the profession it can somletimes look like a confusing and chaotic occupancy, but at the same time it can be incredebly fascinating and very fulfilling. By sharing my experiences, I hope that people who are interested in photography, will pick up some new things from time to time. Off coure I am also interested in learning from you guys, so feel free to comment on my images, give tips, report interesting photography opportunities, announce exhibitions... In the coming weeks I will be organizing my photography trip to Scotland from 17 to 24 of mai, wich I hope to get published. I will finalize my end project at Sint Lucas, Gent, so everything is ready for the exposition at galerij Jan Colle. My goal is also to make a professional looking portfolio and start activly visiting publicity agencies and other possible clients to get some interesting assignments. On saturday afternoon I will be photographing the "Kabassebstoet" in Ghent together with my fellow Sint Lucas students. Results will follow... You can expect several posts per week from me, for more information you can still visit my personal website