The Perfect Picture; the first episode of season 2

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 23:32 by Elja Trum | 7,012 views | 9 comments

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

Tonight, Het Perfecte Plaatje was back on television. The first episode of the second season. We met the new contestants and they completed two assignments: photographing people kissing in the street and dance photography.

Personally, I really enjoyed the first episode of the new season. Just like last year, you should not watch it because you want in-depth information about how to become a better photographer. But of course, that is what Photofacts is for.

Het Perfecte Plaatje is simply a cheerful programme that can certainly inspire you to go out with your camera yourself.

The kiss photos

The first assignment was to take a photo of a kiss. The added difficulty was that they had to look for people willing to kiss in front of the camera in the heart of Amsterdam. The contestants had an hour for this, which is not really long for such an assignment.

For this first assignment, they went out with a Canon EOS M5 compact system camera. Documentary photographer Maartje Brockbernd was a guest judge and also gave the contestants tips beforehand on how to approach the assignment.

Photo by Giel - f/4, 1/60s, 100 ISO
The winning photo was this image by Giel of two women kissing. Even though the photo, as we could see, was entirely staged, it still has a lovely authentic street photography feel. That does indeed fit the documentary style of the assignment well.

Dance photography

For the second assignment, the celebrities had to take on dance photography. Quite a difficult assignment, and they also had to include smoke or fire in the photo. The guest judge was dance photographer Hans Gerritsen.

Photo by Isa - f/4, 1/250s, 3,200 ISO @ 50mm
Interestingly enough, the photo by Isa Hoes won even though there was no smoke or fire in it. You could of course always say that the fire was leaping out of the photo. The photo is also not completely sharp, but we already saw last year that this is never the most important criterion when judging the photos.

The jury's assessment is not shown in much detail in the programme itself, but on Canon's special site you can find a short video in which the jury members explain their choice in more detail. Other photos by the photographers are also shown.

Isa Hoes was the winner this week. As a result, she cannot be eliminated next week. Nobody was eliminated this first week either. So next week, they will start again with the full team.

The home assignment

It was not mentioned in the programme itself, but there is once again a weekly photo assignment for everyone who wants to get active themselves after watching the programme.

This week's home assignment is: take a photo of a special kiss.

This year, Canon is also providing extra tips and information after each episode. For example, this tip from William for adding an effect to your kiss photo using some Christmas lights.

What did you think?

What did you think of this first episode?
Let us know in the comments!

Next week, the contestants will take on photographing water sports and capturing a nude model.

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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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9 comments

JanB wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 14:56 | reply
I was already looking forward to season 2. it would be nice if they included the settings with the photos, then a layperson like me could learn something too. Otherwise a nice program
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Daniel Trapman wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 15:50 | reply
Only the winning photos have settings. Unfortunately not the "ordinary" ones
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Jeroen de Haan wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 16:45 | reply
Photography isn't about settings, it's about the moment.
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Huub Keulers wrote on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 19:42 | reply
Unfortunately I haven't been able to watch it yet so I don't have an opinion yet It'll be on 'Uitzending Gemist' one of these days. I'm always curious to see how participants tackle the assignments and how creative they are. Luckily you haven't given too much away yet Elja Nice article by the way that definitely makes me want to watch this episode.
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Aukje wrote on Thursday 26 October 2017 at 16:13 | reply
I had missed last season, so I really wanted to follow this one. And after the first episode of this season, I'm already looking forward to the next one.
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Eduard wrote on Tuesday 31 October 2017 at 12:41 | reply
I do think it's a real shame that that annoying Gordon is in it. His lame jokes and constantly wanting attention.
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Theotje wrote on Tuesday 31 October 2017 at 16:03 | reply
That Gordon thing...that's what it's about.
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Tiengemeten wrote on Tuesday 31 October 2017 at 19:59 | reply
It's going just like last season again. They are given a clear assignment, there were some really good photos among them, but yeah according to the jury it has to be sexy, and the person who is currently at the top hasn't even completed half of the assignment (smoke and fire) and the photo is also UNSHARP. and what do you think, these kinds of photos are appreciated. How seriously can you still take this program then !!
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geerjanssen wrote on Tuesday 31 October 2017 at 21:41 | reply
@Jeroen de Haan, in a small sentence that captures what photography is about.
I share his view.
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