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I had a photoshoot with model Kirsten at a great location. It was at an old glue factory which had a lot of shooting possibilities. Actually one shoot is not enough to explore all great backgrounds which this location offers. This was my first collaboration with model Kirsten and we […]

At the old glue factory with Kirsten

22 Aug, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Flash / Location flash / Natural light / Small flash by Marco Hofman

I went to Bergen op Zoom with model Jessie to do an outdoor photo shoot. Jessie was also a model with whom I had planned to do a photoshoot in the studio before de COVID-outbreak. With a big disappointment I had to cancel this studio shoot with Jessie too. But […]

Urban shoot with Jessie

15 Aug, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

A few weeks ago I carefully started shooting again. My studio space is too small to keep a safe distance between the the model and myself. So to keep both of us safe I decided to shoot on location as long as this COVID-19 thing is tormenting us. But don’t […]

Social distancing lens

8 Aug, 2020 in Gear talk tagged Product / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

After a long period of photographic isolation it finally happend. In the Netherlands it seems to get a bit safer outside. So I started to do photoshoots again in these strange and insecure COVID-19 times. I started the photoshoots with Priscilla because she was the first one with whom I […]

Under the bridge with Priscilla

1 Aug, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Location flash / Outdoors flash by Marco Hofman

Remember that photoshoot I did with Eveline? The one with the headphones? I decided to take one image of that shoot up to the next level. I picked one of the images and create a digital art version of it with musical notes in the background. To emphasise the musical […]

Digital art music portrait of Eveline

6 Jun, 2020 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Photoshop / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a great fineart shoot with model Paula. You can find more about Paula’s work at her Instagram feed @habibtypaula8. The basic concept was (fake) fur clothing in a classy style. We created a moody lighting setup and started shooting. Paula had a great classic camera which we added […]

Furry fineart shoot with Paula

23 May, 2020 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Note that this shoot is from before the quarantine situation. It was time to take my photography a step further. For quite a while now I wanted to do some more fineart photography. So I asked model Brigitte if she would like to do a fineart photoshoot with me. And […]

Fineart portraits with Brigitte

9 May, 2020 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Photoshop / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Sometimes strange and unforeseen things happen in life. This time something completely unexpected. My wife blew up our network router. That’s right. Boom. That’s quite an achievement huh? It was not completely her fault though. She switched on the lights and a lightbulb broke down and caused a power shortage […]

Fresh router

6 May, 2020 in Product tagged Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Since I still don’t do photoshoots with models during this quarantaine phase I decided to use another model. Me, myself and I. Why not putting myself through the same paces as models do during the shoots? Of course these models are way better than me. But this was still fun. […]

Quarantine madness

2 May, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Self-portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for another creativity shoot at home. A few years ago I bought a lens ball. I had some great plans with this ball. Plans which until now are not executed. But it still is a cool plan and when the social distancing phase is over, I will start executing […]

The ball still lifes

25 Apr, 2020 in Still life tagged Home creativity shoot / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I have been in contact with Iris for a longer period of time. We would like to do a photoshoot together but the distance between us was a bit of an issue. But finally we made an appointment. I travelled by train to her town and we did a shoot […]

Outdoor shoot with Iris

4 Apr, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

I will only write the Corona word once. The world is flooded with information and disinformation about it. Since I am stuck at home like a lot of people around the world during this terrible situation I decided to keep on creating images. However for the safety of the models […]

Blog – Black on black product shoot

1 Apr, 2020 in Product tagged Home creativity shoot / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

A while ago I did a portrait shoot in the studio. When I have a portrait session with people I always try to find out what they are into in their daily lives. The photoshoot this time was with model Eveline. Beside her son she is very passionate about music. She […]

Musical portraits with Eveline

28 Mar, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for a different kind of studio shoot. I had a creative photoshoot with model Paula. You can find more about Paula’s work at her Instagram feed @habibtypaula8. The basic concept of the shoot was easy: newspaper. So we decided to create a wall of news paper pages. But what […]

Newspaper time with Paula

21 Mar, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Sometimes things do not go as planned or as you wished for. This was exactly the case with my outdoor shoot with Kim. The weather forecast predicted a greyish and cloudy day. Possibly even some rain. Which of course we hoped would pass by our location. At the morning of […]

Outdoor shoot with Kim

14 Mar, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

Last year my mother in law passed away. Despite all stories of other people about terrible mothers in law that was not the case for me. In the contrary. She was a great and lovely person and we miss her a lot. Since she lived alone we had to empty […]

Fineart wallflowers

11 Mar, 2020 in Still life tagged Fineart / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a moody style photoshoot with Brigitte in the studio. Brigitte is a very versatile and fantastic model. You can find more about Brigitte’s work at: Facebook: Brigitte Schultink Instagram: @brigittetweet We decided to do some fluffy and furry images to begin with. At the end we did some […]

Moody studio shoot with Brigitte

7 Mar, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio fl by Marco Hofman

Remember teenage model Fariël? I recently did some cool studio shoots with her. You can find more information about that at news pages Silhouette shoot with Fariël and Moody portraits with Fariël. I also did a short outdoor shoot with Fariël. Just one camera-lens combination and Fariël used just one […]

Outdoor shoot with Fariël

22 Feb, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

A while ago I wrote a news post about Roosmarijn: Moody studio shoot with Roosmarijn. In that post I told you that there might be something more from Roosmarijn. And indeed there is something more from her and I will write about that in this news post. Sometimes things lead […]

Silhouette shoot with Roosmarijn

15 Feb, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Since I have been fulfilling some of my photoshoot dreams lately it might be a good idea to continue that trend. This shoot is also one that I had in my mind for a longer period of time. And now I have finally realised it. I had a shoot in […]

Rock Girl shoot with Suzanne

25 Jan, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a lovely studio shoot with model Fariël. We did one of my favourite shoots: the moody light shoot. She brought some great outfits and soft fabrics with her which matched perfectly to the style I had in mind. We started shooting and got a lot of cool images […]

Moody portraits with Fariël

18 Jan, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I have rented a camera for a long weekend to do some new gear testing. For those who are interested: I rented a Nikon Z7 with FTZ Adapter to see how it would perform with my Nikon F-mount glass. For this shoot Paula volunteered to help me out as a […]

City of Rotterdam shoot with Paula

4 Jan, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

We have made it to another year. It is 2020. And therefore I wish you all a happy new year. I hope that this year will bring you nothing but goodness and health. Since I got the feeling that time travels fast, I find this image of Bianca very applicable […]

Happy New Year

1 Jan, 2020 in Fineart portraits / MHI news tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

What I did not do last year is maybe a good thing to do this year. To take some time for reflection on the work I did in 2019. Well I did it last year in my mind but did not share those thoughts online. So how did I do […]

Reflection 2019

30 Dec, 2019 in MHI news tagged Flash / Male portrait by Marco Hofman

Well, it is that time of the year again. A good moment to take a look at the work I have created in 2019. So I grabbed my photo library and filtered on portraits and 2019. Let’s see what I have accomplished this year and pick the best 10 of […]

My top 10 images of 2019

28 Dec, 2019 in MHI news tagged Top 10 by Marco Hofman

This is the season of joy, love and piece to spend with your friends and your loved ones. May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this season. I want to wish all of you a wonderful and merry Christmas and I hope you all have an amazing […]

Merry Christmas

23 Dec, 2019 in MHI news / Still life by Marco Hofman

Remember the silhouette shoot with Josanne? If you are interested you can find a news message about it here: Silhouettes with Josan. In that message I told you about my inspiration for that shoot and that it was triggered by a lady with beautiful afro style curly hair. And that […]

Silhouette shoot with Fariël

21 Dec, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Silhouette portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a short amount of time to shoot with Joëlle. She is a great model with some lovely looks. And she is a bit of a tough girl at the same time. I just wanted to share these images because I like the mood in them a lot. I […]

Outdoor shoot with Joëlle

7 Dec, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Outdoors flash by Marco Hofman

Time to go back to my roots again. I love shooting portraits in a moody and soft atmosphere. I have done lots of other cool stuff lately but now I couldn’t hold it any more. It was time for another moody shoot. So I put out a casting call for […]

Moody studio shoot with Roosmarijn

30 Nov, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait by Marco Hofman

I had a great outdoor photoshoot in Rotterdam around the Brienenoord bridge. I did this shoot with two curvy and cool models called Angelique and Eveline. Since we were already in the fall season it was tricky what the weather would do. We had quite a bit of rain at […]

Outdoor shoot at the bridge

23 Nov, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Outdoors flash by Marco Hofman