Portraits

Sometimes I have to pay more attention to what I say to people. This shoot is an example of such a situation. I was preparing a shoot with model Berlinda when things seem to derail. But before we continue, check Berlinda out at her socials: Facebook: Berlinda Scherphof-Bloem Instagram: @berlindascherphofbloem […]

After party shoot with Berlinda

18 Mar, 2023 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Location flash by Marco Hofman

Remember Jenneke from this year’s valentines shoot? Check that out here: Valentine’s shoot with Jenneke. Check out Jenneke at her social media channels: Instagram: @Jenneke11 and @portfoliojenneke11 Facebook: Jenneke Elf This location shoot was one with a few hiccups. First two balloons magically managed to escape from our car and […]

Donut and balloon shoot with Jenneke

11 Mar, 2023 in Editorial portraits / Fineart portraits / Geen categorie tagged Female portrait / Location flash by Marco Hofman

Remember I have had a shoot with a miss? Check out Cinderella shoot with Cindel for more information about that shoot. This time I had a shoot with another Miss of the same competition: Roxana. And Roxana has won the competition of 2022. She can call herself Mrs Curve Netherlands […]

Shoot with Mrs Curve Netherlands 2022 Roxana

4 Mar, 2023 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with Berlinda again. This time we did the shoot on location instead of the studio. Our theme was a marionette in which Berlinda performed a perfect role as a marionette. You can find more about Berlinda here: Facebook: Berlinda Scherphof-Bloem Instagram: @berlindascherphofbloem Check her out. She is […]

Marionette shoot with Berlinda

25 Feb, 2023 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Location flash by Marco Hofman

I did another studio shoot with model Vivane. The main goal of the shoot was shooting in monochrome aka creating black and white images. Check out Viviane at her social media channels: Facebook: Miss Blanket Instagram: miss_blanket81 We diverted from the original plan pretty soon and ended up in a […]

Monochrome experiments with Viviane

18 Feb, 2023 in Editorial portraits / Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Today is the day of love: Valentine’s Day. Especially for this day I had a photoshoot on location with model Jenneke. She is a great model and highly capable of modelling for a lot of different styles. You can find out more about Jenneke at her social media channels: […]

Valentine’s shoot with Jenneke

14 Feb, 2023 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Location flash by Marco Hofman

Yes. Smokey number 13 strikes again. My trusty smoke machine did a fantastic job during a photo shoot with model Amy. Check out Amy at her Instagram page: @amyvdh_portfolio. Amy brought some cool outfits and we combined them with different color schemes through the smoke. I think the images came […]

Smoke shoot with Amy

28 Jan, 2023 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Do you remember miss Cindel I wrote about last time? You can read more about it here: Cinderella shoot with Cindel. I did some more shooting with Cindel. We also went for a fine-art theme. And during that shoot Cindel did a pose with a prop which made me immediately […]

Magical fine-art shoot with Cindel

21 Jan, 2023 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I did an 80’s shoot with Britt in the past. Since that theme was so cool we also did a smoke shoot with 80’s influences. Britt changed her hair into that old 80’s look and we were ready to go. You can find out more about Britt at her Facebook […]

80’s smoke shoot with Britt

14 Jan, 2023 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Amy is a cool teenage girl who loves to do modelling as well. She also loves theater performance. She even attends a theatre school. That might be interesting for my fine-art work. So we met up to do a very nice collaboration. Since Amy is also good in acting we […]

Fine-art shoot with Amy

7 Jan, 2023 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Outdoors flash by Marco Hofman

What I never could have imagined did happen for real: I met my favourite action hero. Miss Superwomen. What about that? Those are great times to be a photographer. Model Berlinda got into the skin of Superwoman. We did an amazing shoot around that theme. Check out Berlinda at her […]

Superwoman’s day off with Berlinda

24 Dec, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Fineart / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for something retro. This time with model Britt. Check out Britt at her Facebook page: Britt Streefkerk. Note that Britt is a photographer too! Britt loves the music from the 80’s. Since I grew up in that era, I love that music too. So we organised a shoot around that […]

Back to the 80’s shoot with Britt

17 Dec, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

A while ago I had some great autumn style shoots with model Cidaq. In case you like to read more about these shoots at Autumn fantasy shoot with Cidaq and at Fine-art autumn shoot with Cidaq. You can find out more about Cidaq at: Website: www.cidaqvanleiden.nl Instagram: @civalei_ This time […]

Daebak shoot with Cidaq

10 Dec, 2022 in Editorial portraits / Natural light tagged Female portrait / Flash / Location flash / Natural light by Marco Hofman

Wow. This is the first time I met up with a real Miss. What about that? Cindel is 2nd Runner up Mrs Curve Nederland 2022. You can find more about Cindel at her social media channels: Facebook: Simply Cindel Instagram: @simply.cindel Linktree: Simply Cindel Of course we had to do […]

Cinderella shoot with Cindel

3 Dec, 2022 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with a model who lives in the area nearby me. Her name Esther and she does some great modelling work. You can find more about Esther at: Facebook: Esther Korving Instagram: Esthers_photoshoots We did a moody fine-art studio shoot together. Esther brought some great outfits which matched […]

Fine-art shoot with Esther

26 Nov, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met Hanne online a while ago via a mutual acquaintance who is also a photographer. Hanne and her family do modelling in fantastic theme outfits and I would love to be able to collaborate with them. If you want to see more about this fantastic family, check them out […]

Back into the past with Family Costume Adventures

19 Nov, 2022 in Portraits tagged Natural light by Marco Hofman

To be honest this shoot was not planned initially. It was just a little extra. This was a shoot with Berlinda. And as you might have seen in my previous news posts, shoots with Berlinda always result in amazing images. You can find more about Berlinda at: Facebook: Berlinda Scherphof-Bloem […]

The lady with the apple – Fine-art shoot with Berlinda

12 Nov, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Fineart / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I created some other work with model Cidaq too. The first shoot with Cidaq turned out great. Check it out at this news post: Autumn fantasy shoot with Cidaq. This time we did a similar theme with autumn. But now we worked in a studio setting. You can find more […]

Fine-art autumn shoot with Cidaq

5 Nov, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged fem / Fineart / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Remember Teddi? I did a great fine-art shoot with her. You can read more about that here: Fine-art shoot with Teddi. That fine-art shoot was not the only shoot I did with her. She had a great image with Julia Roberts wearing a comfortable sweater sitting on a stool. We […]

Sunday morning sweater shoot with Teddi

29 Oct, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This time I did a photoshoot theme which I personally never would have thought of. But that is the cool advantage of collaborations. It’s not just me. It as always a team of at least two when you count in the model. Sometimes the team is even bigger. Anyway. We […]

Oriental shoot with Bella Lena

22 Oct, 2022 in Portraits tagged Flash / st by Marco Hofman

Finally I did some outdoor shooting again. It has been a while since I am mostly occupied with studio photography. So recently I met up with a very cool model called Cidaq. She is a great model which fitted this theme perfectly. Beside being a good model she also is […]

Autumn fantasy shoot with Cidaq

15 Oct, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Fantasy / Female portrait / Fineart / Location flash / Natural light by Marco Hofman

When everything seems to fall apart, beautiful things can come totally unexpected. Let me tell you about that. A few days before this shoot I did not see this one coming. I had studio shoots planned for two days and both models were unlucky enough to be the victim of […]

Fine-art shoot with Teddi

1 Oct, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Recently I had a photoshoot in the studio with Mariëlle. We dit several themes but for this news post I want to stick to the part with the hat of that session. I really like those images. Check out my social media channels for more pictures which I will post […]

Hats in the studio with Mariëlle

10 Sep, 2022 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Well here you go. I am gone write to you about one of the coolest shoots I have done in my photography career. I am feeling so lucky that I have met Berlinda. We have great and very creative collaborations. This time we did a poison mixing shoot together. We […]

Madame the poisoner with Berlinda

20 Aug, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

They call it the ugliest bridge of the Netherlands. Somehow I disagree. Together with model Viviane I did a photoshoot at this bridge and its surroundings. When I look at our results I think this bridge can be a very cool photoshoot location. You can see more about Viviane at […]

The ugliest bridge with Viviane

13 Aug, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

Last weekend I had a great portrait shoot in the studio with Jessie. We did a theme around roses. The goal was to match the color of the roses to Jessie’s hair color. So Jessie brought roses with a color as close as possible to her hair color. The rest […]

Fine-art roses shoot with Jessie

6 Aug, 2022 in Fineart portraits tagged Fineart / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I have been in a lovely nature reserve for an outdoor photoshoot. This nature reserve is called ‘De Blaauwe Kamer’ which is freely translated ‘The Blue Chamber’. The theme for this photoshoot was fantasy/fineart. For this shoot I worked together with Elisa. She is a great model for these kind […]

Fantasy in the Blue Chamber with Elisa

30 Jul, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Fantasy / Female portrait / Fineart / Natural light / Outdoors flash by Marco Hofman

This photoshoot was very special to me because it was a shoot with a very special person. Arjan is my old friend from back at primary school. So we know each other for a very long time. It was an honour to photograph Arjan and I really like the outcome […]

Moody shoot with Arjan

16 Jul, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Male portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

In one my previous news messages I wrote that the heat is back on again with my photoshoots. This surely goes for the shoot I write about now. During covid Berlinda and I already had some online conversations together and did preparations for this shoot. So the idea for this […]

Film noir shoot with Berlinda

9 Jul, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a collaboration with a new model. I love working with new people because it is refreshing and sparks creativity. This time I did a photoshoot with Viviane. She can be a tough model but is also very capable of doing soft and female modeling. You can find more […]

Gridded playtime with Viviane

2 Jul, 2022 in Editorial portraits tagged Color gels / Female portrait / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman