Het Perfecte Plaatje: ME in actie en iconische LP-hoes

Wednesday 1 December 2021, 23:23 by Elja Trum | 5,582 views | 1 comment

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Vanavond was de kwartfinale van Het Perfecte Plaatje. De vijf overgebleven kandidaten mochten de Mobiele Eenheid in actie fotograferen en gingen met elkaar een iconische LP-hoes namaken met hun eigen touch.

ME in actie

For the first assignment, the Dutch celebrities went to Arnhem to photograph a training exercise by the Mobile Unit. The guest judge and expert for this shoot was freelance news photographer Remco Koers.

For this shoot, the participants used the Canon EOS R6 mirrorless system camera with an EF 24-105 f/4. They could also use a 70-200mm, but Remco had made it very clear beforehand that he usually worked at 24mm, so none of the Dutch celebrities chose the telephoto zoom.

For this kind of journalistic photography, the telephoto lens does indeed seem less suitable to me. Of course, you can already shoot quite telephoto with the 24-105mm. So this lens is a handy choice in any case.

Winning photo by Frits Sissing
f/6.3, 1/800s, 500 ISO
There were no real stand-out shots from the shoot. You could see that in the low average ratings for the photos. In my view, Frits's photo was the deserved winner.

» View all the photos from this assignment

Iconic LP cover

The second assignment was to recreate an iconic LP cover. The idea was not to copy the cover literally, but the original cover did have to be recognisable in the image.

The Dutch celebrities modelled for each other. They had to work in pairs, while one candidate, Frits, took a self-portrait.

I thought this was a fun assignment, with some lovely photos as a result. It is a little odd in a competition, of course, that you have to help an opponent with their photo by posing in it. Though that did not seem to cause any problems in this case.

There was no guest judge for this shoot. Judge William Rutten came up with the assignment and came to explain it to the candidates. The Dutch celebrities also received help with lighting and make-up for this shoot.

For this shoot, the participants used the Canon EOS R6 with an EF 24-105 f/4 or the Canon RF 85mm f/2.0 Macro.

Winning photo by Juvat Westendorp
f/8, 1/125s, 250 ISO
Juvat won this shoot with the nude photo of Georgina. In that respect, Juvat was genuinely lucky that Georgina was willing to pose naked for his photo.

» View all the photos from the assignment

Eliminated

Brigit had to leave the show this week. Next week is the semi-final, with the four remaining candidates.

Home assignment

There is also a home assignment every week. As far as I know, the submitted photos cannot be viewed anywhere afterwards. That is a shame, because a few fun and successful photos were shown when this week's winner was announced.

Next week

Next week, the photographers will go hunting for wildlife and capture their own hero in a special way.

Fancy taking on some photography yourself in the meantime?
Get a few more tips from the Het Perfecte Plaatje tip videos from Canon.

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