I am always keen to work on new ideas and concepts.

This is an idea I have been brooding on for a time and here is a first experiment. It is not quite there yet where I want it but I think it is already quite presentable.

Let's call it temporary tattooing or virtual bodypainting. This is not achieved by photoshop but the real thing! And no, it is not a tattoo. Things you can do with a light source....

Thank you to my model Michiel van Ieperen, who actually came along for a Mad Max-inspired photoshoot, but we started off on a whim trying out this idea.

A portrait I shot of my friend Alex; I took this picture of him in my livingroom in daylight using one flash.

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A portrait I took this weekend of my good friend Yannis.

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A portrait I took using only avaiable window-light

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A portrait I took yesterday using only available window-light.

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A result of a portrait-assignment, doing a series of portraits on location. I took this picture in broad daylight in the livingroom of my client, not using any kind of backdrop screen.

My client asked for a series of portraits in my personal style with nothing visible in the background.

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A result of a portrait-assignment, doing a series of portraits on location. I took this picture in broad daylight in the livingroom of my client, not using any kind of backdrop screen.

My client asked for a series of portraits in my personal style with nothing visible in the background.

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A result of a portrait session yesterday afternoon outside in the park.

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This is one of the results of testshots during the photoshoot with Johan a week ago. (See my post of October 10th.) Looking for the best light for the smoke-collar-project.

I wanted to take a photograph in old classic style and I wanted the model to 'wear' a medieval collar. But not a regular collar made of fabric, but one made of smoke. I found a way to more or less control rings of smoke. The difficult part was to take a photograph at the exact right moment when the ring of smoke is around the neck of the model.

Thanks to model Johan Bos. Thanks also to my friend Wim Blom as assistent (billowing the smoke around the room.) And thanks to my friends Geert-Jan and Jaap for letting me use their living room for the photoshoot, as I needed a room high enough to let the smoke come down from above the model.

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This week I set myself a challenge: I wanted to take a photograph in old classic style and I wanted the model to 'wear' a medieval collar. But not a regular collar made of fabric, but one made of smoke. I found a way to more or less control rings of smoke. The difficult part was to take a photograph at the exact right moment when the ring of smoke is around the neck of the model. And it worked!

Thanks to model Johan Bos. Thanks also to my friend Wim Blom as assistent (billowing the smoke around the room.) And thanks to my friends Geert-Jan and Jaap for letting me use their living room for the photoshoot, as I needed a room high enough to let the smoke come down from above the model.

This picture is basically straight out of camera. The only retouching of importance is some camouflaging of the smoke trails above and behind the model and putting some more contrast in the models' face.

I hope you like it.

I am open for photoshoot assignments of any kind. You can contact me for information via jos@jkimages.nl

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From a cool photoshoot with fashionmodel Michiel van Ieperen and Miriam Czakon.  The photoshoot was intended as a cross-over between fashion and 'arty'-storytelling. Some pictures will be available soon. At the end of the photoshoot I suggested to do a couple of portraits with Rembrandt-style lighting. This is one of the nice ones of Miriam.

I am open to all kinds of photography assignments and opportunities. Interested in a photoshoot or know someone who is and you like my work: you can contact me through jos@jkimages.nl

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I am just back from holiday and already a lot of work and exciting projects going on. So hardly any time to focus on some of the cool pictures I took on Bali, Indonesia. But, don't worry, I will be posting some of the best shots of Bali very soon.

Yesterday I did a cool photoshoot with fashionmodel Michiel van Ieperen and Miriam Czakon.  it was a cross-over photoshoot between fashion and 'arty'-storytelling. Some pictures will be available soon. At the end of the photoshoot I suggested to do a couple of portraits with Rembrandt-style lighting. This is one of the nice ones of Michiel.

I am open to all kinds of photography assignments and opportunities. Interested in a photoshoot or know someone who is and you like my work: you can contact me through jos@jkimages.nl

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Another nice portrait of Nicolas taken during our photoshoot last week. I took this picture using only natural ambient light. See my previous posts to see some of the other pictures we made together.

Interested in doing a photoshoot with me? Do you need some portraits taken (for business or for pleasure)? You can contact me through jos@jkimages.nl

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A portrait of Nicolas taken during our photoshoot earlier this week in a deserted farm just outside of Antwerp, Belgium.

Interested in havng a photoshoot with me? Or do you know someone who is? You can contact me through jos@jkimages.nl

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Another result of an awesome photoshoot I had with Nicolas Simons. Nicolas has been following my work for some time now and wrote me asking if I would want to do a photoshoot with him. He wanted some awesome (nude) pictures; all in good taste and in my style.

So I drove down to Antwerp with my gear and a few props and we took some great photographs in a deserted farm outside the city.

Interested in doing a photoshoot with me? Or do you know someone who is? You can contact me through jos@jkimages.nl

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I had an awesome photoshoot with Nicolas Simons yesterday. Nicolas has been following my work for some time now and wrote me asking if I would want to do a photoshoot with him. He wanted some awesome (nude) pictures in good taste and in my style.

So I drove down to Antwerp with my gear and a few props and we took some great photographs in a deserted farm outside the city.

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A portrait I took during an assignment using available light in the room only.

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In case you were wondering: I do 'regular' portraits, too....

This portrait is of Jim Strolenberg, a student at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht (HKU).

I was commissioned to take photographs of the yearly exam-exhibition of the students and take portraits of the participants.

I took this picture with only available light in the room we were in.

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In case you were wondering: I do 'regular' portraits, too....

This portrait is of Rosa Schützendorf, a student at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht (HKU).

I was commissioned to take photographs of the yearly exam-exhibition of the students and take portraits of the participants.

I took this picture with only available light in the room we were in.

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In case you were wondering: I do 'regular' portraits, too....

This portrait is of Jeroen Bloemen a student at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht (HKU).

I was commissioned to take photographs of the yearly exam-exhibition of the students and take portraits of the participants.

I took this picture with only available light in the room we were in.