Author: Marjolein

My Canon 430 ex II has never let me down so far – Aside from the amount of batteries it EATS! I’ve recently purchased a Gary Fong collapsible fashion & commercial lighting kit to go with my 430 ex II and thought I’d hit the streets of ‘rural’ (Not) Houten to give it a spin!…
Read more

I’ve had a great shoot at Pet’s Place Houten last Saturday! The photos can be found on Pet’s Place Houten’s Facebook Make sure to sign up for the Pet’s Place/MarjoleinThijse.com FREE Animal Photoshoot in my studio which will take place on the 17th of June. Visit Pet’s Place Houten this week to sign up! Adress: Pet’s…
Read more

Every website owner knows what it’s like. You’re a 100% happy with your website… It just can’t get any better! You absolutely love everything about it. Two years later you hate it! I was okay with my website until one of my frequent clients came in and said my website could use a huge update.…
Read more

  Ringflashes were originally made for dental photography (!) but today they’re often used for professional fashion shoots. But also for event photography the ringflash is ideal to get a relatively interesting look with just one ‘simple’ flash. A ringflash has been on my want-list for a couple of years now but because it’s never…
Read more

A while ago I shot a 1973 old Vauxhall Kadett & people have been asking me how…. Here’s the original shot & the setup shot for my fellow photography junkies!   I’ve never really shot a car before apart from a quick snapshot of my own. But this 1973 was so much fun to shoot!…
Read more

Today I had a shoot with Peter van Ek who needed new business-like portrait shots. This is how it turned out: The lighting was quite simple and clean. I used a gridded softbox to prevent light from falling onto the white backdrop. Here’s a lighting diagram for you: I placed one white reflector screen on…
Read more