The Perfect Picture: Insects and Fashion

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 22:44 by Elja Trum | 5,516 views | 3 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Tonight, there was another episode of the television programme Het Perfecte Plaatje. In these episodes, the Dutch celebrities photographed insects and created fashion photos in a studio of a model in a swimsuit with a necklace on a bull.

Insects

For their first assignment, the six remaining Dutch celebrities had to photograph insects in a nature reserve. The photos had to be taken with the Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera.

They could choose between the Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM lens and the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM.

The EF-M macro lens, with its built-in ring flash, was apparently not very popular, as all the photos submitted by the contestants were taken with the 100mm.

This is understandable, as you do miss some reach with the 28mm, despite the crop factor, and you still have to get very close to your subject.

Winning photo by Ryanne, f/5.6, 1/200s, 100 ISO @ 100mm
Ryanne's spider was the winning photo. It is indeed a beautiful photo. It had already been indicated beforehand that photographing a spider was also allowed, even though it is of course not an insect. Herman's photo rightly came second.

Landscape photographer Bas Meelker came to help the contestants with some instructions and also helped the jury with the judging.

» View an overview of all the insect photos

Fashion on a bull

For their second assignment, they received help from lighting expert Pascal Vandecasteele. He helped the Dutch celebrities with tips, and probably also with actually setting up the lighting, for the fashion shoot.

The approach was nicely over the top, which suits fashion quite well. The models had to be photographed in swimsuits on a mechanical bull. The focus was ultimately on the necklaces the models were wearing, which had to be captured swinging through the frame.

Winning photo by Marlijn, f/5.6, 1/160s, 400 ISO
Marlijn won this assignment. Personally, this would not have been my choice. I preferred Patty's photo, and Ryanne's too. I would have cropped Patty's photo just a little further myself, so that her left hand was no longer visible.

» View the fashion photos

In the end, Ruben had to leave the programme.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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3 comments

huubsanders@hotmail.com wrote on Thursday 22 November 2018 at 10:55 | reply
Tja, maar weer eens een poging gedaan dit programma uit te zitten. Het valt niet mee moet ik zeggen. Wat heeft dit programma met fotografie te maken? Helemaal niets. Totaal niet informatief op fotografie gebied. De winnende foto is steeds opnieuw weer een geluksshot. Maar ja, blijkbaar is dit waar TV publiek op zit te wachten, 'sterretjes' die van duikplanken af springen, taarten bakken, foto's maken, dirigent proberen te spelen....
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AnnekeTM wrote on Thursday 22 November 2018 at 17:36 | reply
Gezellig programma op de woensdagavond, ik kijk er echt naar uit! Zou leuk geweest zijn als alle deelnemers tot het einde zouden mogen blijven.
Misschien leer je er niets over het echte fotograferen, maar wel leer je uitersten van je creativiteit op te zoeken.
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Gerard wrote on Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 14:01 | reply
Ben het helemaal eens met Huub. Steeds weer die BN'S die zich zelf leuk vinden. Maar kan Photofacts Academy niet een dergelijk programma in elkaar sleutelen. Met een onderwerp of apparatuur. Ik denk persoonlijk dat dit meer aan de verwachtingen zal voldoen dan de huidige opzet van het perfecte plaatje. En benieuwd naar de reacties.
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