photography for Introdans by Henk van Kooten

bevroren bewegingen
het beeld van de emotie
een beeldende boodschap
in een wereld van verlangen

frozen motion
the image of the emotion
a visual message
In a world of desire

dancer | Patricia van Deutekom
choreographer | Adriaan Luteijn

Eveninglecture with Simon John | 28 june 2010

Simon John
June 28th 2010

movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnyXekIDeAo

The Dutch School was really happy to have a creative genious like Simon John,
doing a talk for the DSoP.
His talk was about the theme:
The Art and Reality of a Modern Social Studio

Not a standard talk, but a typical Simon way.
Using his jokes normally in England, now in Holland it was slightly different.
Still it worked very well in achieving an audience that was taking in all he was saying.
To make a good ” kind of what Simon was talking about writing “ I will put a line-up here:
- photography is about trust
- customers will come back for the second, third etc time
- branding, your name, your style, your photography
- art / making money / sience, the combination works better than the parts alone
- how do you see yourself and how does the customers sees you
- how to distinguish yourself from other photographers
- the differences between an amature and a pro:
the story
lighting
color
shape and composition
- male and female shape to see and use:
male ... the v
female ... the curve
- see the idea and than turn it upside down, is a way of changing and challenging yourself
- do not just copy
- if you want to achieve something:
do NOT go for the WHY
GO for the HOW
- inspiration is for Simon based on
visiting a gallery
books
- it help if your attitude is enthousiastic
- Simon is working a lot in the system of:
pre-visualisation
postproduction
presentation
(brainstorming, creating and shooting)
- promote your studio with more clever words:
if Simon sells his cd with images to a customer (if !), he makes it special by mentioning the value in a different way. So the cd is not just a piece of plastic. He says:
this cd contains images that are the result of 25 years of experience.
He says not photoshop, but editing.
Not pictures but images.

Also:
Simon used a film and a slideshow to demonstrate his work.
Answered questions

Time was gone really fast .
Simon made everybody realise that we still are something that is a profession in
the future .

The after-‘party’ was a good summer-evening relaxing ending.

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Like mentioned already, we are working on new themes already.
We will update everybody in time.
In the meantime we hope that everybody will be the ambassador of the DSoP.
We already have over 375 registered photographers, that are fully updated for upcoming events. We are concidering a monthly newsletter, that will be send through our website.

Next we will have a workshop:
The Family (part one): Young Family
Henk van Kooten will do a workshop with a family: Mom Dad and two young children
- the family, slideshow and vision, marketing and sales
- styling, preparation
- photoshoot, demonstration with family
- digital imaging and output

Full Programme and dates will come.
We have only 10 places a day
Costs : € 95,00 (excl 19% BTW)


See you all soon again!
Henk van Kooten

Jan van teeffelen

80

A photographer reaches the age of 80 years.
He is honoured for his work.
Jan van Teeffelen.
A peoples photographer.
I was asked to print one of the pictures I took from him 10 years ago.
I send three images.
The beauty of getting old.
When we met several days ago ( at the place where they were honoring him, exhibtion of images from him, taken by other photographers ) , he saw me and just sayed:”Hi Henk”. We both looked eachother in the eyes and had a time only our heads touching eachother......
It was a special moment. No words, as photography should be.

Still some words attached to this picture in colour (cross-processed):

The eternal value caused by one click,
a Jan ( his name ),
his face hidden behind his eternal eye,
mysticism and realism in one.


Henk

www.henkvankooten.com

ART FOR SALE BY HENK VAN KOOTEN

New product for sale.
Pieces of art | 30 x 40 cm | complete framed | only 99 euro.

New downloadprodukt!!

‘Moving in Time’ & ‘On the Shoulder’
Two new amazing concepts. Worked out in tutorial-movies.
The photoshoots and the photoshop.
Also some new tips and trics in there. Black and White conversion
By using NikSoftware. Showing the options in this.
Seperating by using the ’zonesystem’.
This is all showing the almost ‘live’ way of how Henk work and how Henk
Thinks.
This is also a starting-point for photographers, to move out of the box.
Thought-proces here: how a couple moves, how a couple is one, but still
there own identities.

www.henkvankooten.com/shop

Eveninglecture with Simon John | 28 june 2010

Lecture by Simon John
Fellow of the BIPP and the MPA
28th of June 2010, Wijchen, Netherlands



The Art and Reality of a Modern Social Studio
Simon is a photographer I know for about 10 years.
He is very well known in England, as a judge, teacher and of course as an amazing photographer.
His style is very modern, romantic, but confronting and funny.
He always looks for a challenge and is still open to learn.
He status in winning awards, qualifications is fenomenal.
And if you than think that this must be already an old man, if you relate to all the things he achieved, you are wrong.
Simon looks like a young boy. His attitude is not arrogant, but a curious and questioning boyish man. He is a thinker and a wonderfull personality.

This is a ‘must go’ programme.

Simon will share his way of photography-psychology.
He will show his studio, slideshows, his vision.
Of course there will be time for questions.

We have only 50 places for this evening-talk.
First come base.
Simon John’s lecture will be in English.


go to
www.dutchschoolofphotography.com
and sign in!!!!!!


Already interested who this fantastic photographer is?
Have a look at his website... http://www.simonjohn.co.uk

We hope to welcome you the 28th of June,
Henk van Kooten