I’m pulling the plug of this blog for a week or two. The last few weeks have been exhausting for my and my family because of a combination of an unexpected big project, some expected projects and personal stuff. So until the beginning of august this blog and his master are taking a break.

Luckily I can look back with a good feeling towards all the work that has been done and I look forward to give you guys something to read again soon. A big thanks to my parents and a few good friends who are helping us out to make our dreams come through.

The pictures in this post were taken on a party by Uplace, one of my best clients. They know how to throw a party. I’ve seen quit a few great parties but nothing like this.

I don’t get to shoot a few of the best Belgian artists without the limitations that often make the life of concert photographers hell. During the show I was able to move freely. Too bad I’m not allowed to show you more recognisable pictures, because I made plenty. The true fans may recognise this fantastic woman but as this is not a competition, please leave her name out of the comments to avoid waking any sleeping dogs.

I’m often asked if I use off-camera flash for reportage photography and clearly the answer is yes. I went to scout the stage about an hour before the show and decided to add a flash to the stage lighting supports with a superclamp. I set to flash to 1/4 so I didn’t have to worry about running out of batteries or recycle time. I knew I’d make the best shots from the side and the back of the stage. So the flash straight in front of the stage would give me an edgy look. Another reason to position the flash at that spot was the placement of a smoke machine. Backlighting through smoke, always looks cool. The light that you see in the pics comes for 95% from a single small Vivitar.

You can see an impression of the party here.

See you next month!