recap: Photography workshop – Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012)
With my daughter, Janine, done with high school and ready to enter university, I thought it might be a great time for a kind of road trip for the two of us. One last time to hang out together before she leaves the house. There was just this small window now in July where both our schedules were open.
When I was in Amsterdam in 1986, I really liked the culture and the laid-back nature of the people here. Of course, it also helped that in being an Afrikaans-speaking South African, I could understand Dutch fairly well. And besides, the Dutch all speak English fluently. So on short notice, I decided a trip to Amsterdam might be a fascinating place for Janine and I to explore for a few days, and let her discover another culture.
With that, I thought it would be a good opportunity to announce a workshop in Amsterdam, since I’ve had several enquiries from The Netherlands and neighboring countries. I was quite thrilled that this workshop today was nearly sold out, even though I did announce it on fairly short notice.
I would like to thank everyone who attended, and especially who came as far afield as the UK and Belgium and France and Switzerland. A big thank you to our models, and to Frank Doorhof who helped me with suggestions about the workshop. It was a good day, and part of an overall great experience here in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam – a short travelogue, shot and edited on the iPad 3
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It was great!!! Thanks again for the very pleasant & informative workshop!
Enjoy your last day in Amsterdam..
Neil, it looks like you are using the Radio Poppers with their little cradle. Are you using them for Nikon or Canon? Are you getting many misfires?
The RadioPoppers are far more reliable than the PocketWizard TT5 units in a multi-shooter workshop environment. Once the RPs are properly connected, they work very well. I do occasionally have to reset someone’s RP transmitter.
The beauty of the RadioPoppers are that you can set them up to work with either Nikon or Canon, by changing the settings.
Thanks very much Neil for a fantastic workshop. After reading both your books and being a regular website visitor, it was great to experience it first hand. I can highly recommend Neil’s workshops to anyone considering attending one of them!
It was nice to put all the information and knowledge to practice. I learned that getting good results is following the concept and pay good attention to the details. All with all it comes back to the same thing every time. It is so great if everything comes together and you are able to produce good results every time. It was also great to see the process of how you take pictures of the models. Due to your information and your workshop I can take pictures now I never was able to do before. Not that it is really complicated, but just I was not aware of how light works. With all the information you provided, I not only can exercise what you learned, but I also can explain what I am doing. But most of all I would like to thank the models. Their patience and professional attitude made this a very inspiring and worthwhile experience.
So I would like to thank everybody for this fantastic day.