Issue 94 - April 2023

Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers. I would love to explain my style, but I am not really
sure if I have a very recognizable style. I sometimes see a photographers portfolio and it is all a very similar style, I
love that, but I don’t see that in my portfolio. I think I do have a style when it comes to male models, a specific black
and white style with shadows and some pretty big editing afterwards. My editing style for female models is usually
soft and warm, as for male models it tends to be a bit harder. In my studio I mostly work with flash, but sometimes I
use daylight also. When on location I always take one flash with me, just the one, and that’ll have to do. I do use it
outdoors but it is always in combination with natural light, it has to be a perfect balance between existing light and
flash light. I don’t like a very clear flash visible in location photography. Writing this down it becomes clear to me
that I like to play with the lights, and move them around a lot. Until I get the result that I want for that specific shot
or entire shoot. In my studio shoots I sometimes like shadows, at other times I hate them. It is all about that moment
and that time, what feels right. And when I achieve an aesthetically pleasing photo. This probably explains why
I don’t have that same overall style, as I use both studio flash and natural light, or a combination of both, and I do
this outdoors as well as indoors. I am not one to place the lights and find a setting that works, and then just keep
doing that. I believe this is a result from my early shooting days, because before I had my own studio space, I used to
shoot in the living room. I’d move some furniture around and build a temporary studio for each shoot. I’ve actually
learned a lot from that, as the lighting was never the same. I’d always had to finetune the lights, and be creative with
the space I had to work with. Thinking outside of the box to get the results I was aiming for.
Where do you get inspiration? My inspiration comes from the interaction with the person I am shooting, we decide
the way we go together. At times a moodboard is created but it is not uncommon that the final results have nothing
to do with that moodboard. So it is a lot of going with the flow. I don’t want to copy other photographers’ work, so
when a moodboard is used it is indeed only for the mood, but like I said, I can very easily drift away from that.
Model-Anouk Duits
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Issue 94 - April 2023 - Modellenland Magazine