Het Perfecte Plaatje; underwater dogs and nudes
Wednesday 7 November 2018, 22:22 by Elja Trum | 11,253 views | 7 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Tonight was the second episode of the third season of Het Perfecte Plaatje. The Dutch celebrities had to photograph dogs in the water and nude models in an old factory hall. Two challenging assignments.
Underwater dogs
A difficult combination: underwater photography and dogs as well. Underwater photography is already quite a challenge, but having to work with dogs as well makes it even more difficult.
In my eyes, that was also clear from the results. Personally, I did not think any of them really stood out in a positive way. What is striking is that the dogs' eyes can be seen in almost none of the photos. Just as when photographing people, I think it is important to see the eyes in a photo when photographing dogs.
The dog photos by Seth Casteel were mentioned as an example. These are of course beautiful images, which also set the expectations very high. The shoot and the results once again show how difficult it is in practice.
Ryanne won this assignment with the photo above. I understand the jury's comment about it being 'painterly', and it is not a bad photo. In any case, it does not make me particularly enthusiastic either.
For this shoot, the celebrities worked with a Canon PowerShot G7X mark II, a high-end compact camera. A practical choice for a shoot like this, because you do not have to be quite so precise with the focusing on a camera like this.
The camera was placed in an underwater housing and the participants could also use a flash setup. They were assisted during the shoot by Moon Jansen.
Nudes
The second shoot was the traditional nude shoot. In all three seasons of Het Perfecte Plaatje, the nude shoot has returned as one of the few, perhaps the only, fixed assignments.
The difficult thing about this shoot is that the end result seems to depend heavily on the model you happen to get. Lieke, with her royal blue colour, was therefore immediately faced with a difficult task, while Ruben and Tim had it relatively easy with the two beautiful women.
Personally, I thought Herman's photo, of the dark-skinned man with the canary, was very successful. Excellent lighting, a beautiful colour combination of green, brown and yellow, and very cleanly executed. On the other hand, I thought Marlijn's mediocre photo was a good example of how you can still take a mediocre photo despite having a beautiful woman in front of your lens.
The winning photo was the one above, by Ruben. The jury was enthusiastic about the positioning of the model. Personally, I do not think the cropped leg and the messy left-hand side of the photo are particularly strong points. The pose and the moment were chosen well, though.
The celebrities photographed this second assignment with the Canon 6D mark II and a 24-70mm f/4L IS USM lens. A fine combination for this type of photo. The photographers were assisted by Roeltje van de Sande Bakhuyzen.
In the end, Mari had to leave the programme.
What did you think of the programme this week?
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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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Elja Trum
wrote on Thursday 8 November 2018 at 14:09
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@Reinoud; ik heb er zelf geen ervaring mee en ik kan me voorstellen dat het best lastig is. Alleen die Seth Casteel die ook in het programma aangehaald werd had de lat wel erg hoog liggen met zijn prachtig geslaagde waterhondenfoto's.
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ErikvanRosmalen
wrote on Monday 12 November 2018 at 07:47
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Hi Elja,
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Kleine nuance wat mij betreft over de naaktshoot. Je stelt dat Ruben en Tim 'het met de twee mooie dames relatief makkelijk hadden'. Dat is natuurlijk niet per definitie een gegeven
Overigens, bijzondere uitspraak in het programma van presentator Tijl: "Jullie gaan werken met het 24-70-objectief, voor maximale controle over scherptediepte." Huh? -
Robert wrote on Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 13:28 | replyBen het dit keer geheel met je eens Ilja. Misschien moeten ze eens die ' jury' vervangen. Ze passen de regels te kust en te keur maar toe. Voet amputatie dat kan niet. Opmerking over de lens en mooie mensen Pffff.
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Met fotoschietgroeten Robert -
Niqué wrote on Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 16:28 | replyVolgens mij hadden ze bij de naaktshoot ook allemaal een attribuut dat in beeld moest. Waar is dat bij de winnende foto? Of zie ik het gewoon niet?
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Henk van Nieuwenhuizen wrote on Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 19:23 | replyIk ben van mening dat je als Bner toch een beetje voor de leeuwen wordt gegooid met dit programma, ondanks dat deze mensen ervaring hebben met het op televisie zijn en werken waar je dan toch het een en ander mee krijgt over bijv. soort van belichten bij het onderwerp. Mede het feit dat de BNers waarschijnlijk niet weten op welke stand , diafragma en iso de camera zouden moeten instellen.
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Ook voor hobbyfotografen zou het onderdeel van onder en in het water fotograferen van in het water springende honden een heel lastig iets zijn omdat er goed op te krijgen.
Dus al met al toch een knappe prestatie van deze mensen die het allemaal maar in een paar dagen het voor mekaar moeten krijgen met een hoog leertempo en weinig ervaring.
Dus Ilja ben ik het met jou eens over jouw mening.
Wat de apparatuur betreft hebben zij wel een voordeel dat dit allemaal ter beschikking wordt gesteld en de kijkers idee krijgen wat er allemaal mogelijk is in de fotografie, als men de prijzen/kosten even buiten beeld laten. Menigeen zou schrikken van de totaal kosten van deze sets. -
guest wrote on Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 20:27 | replyik stoor mij ook enorm aan de slechte jury. ik vind het verder wel een leuk amusementsprogramma.
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