Portraits

In this news post I write to you about a shoot in one of my favourite neighbourhoods of Amsterdam: the Jordaan. Somehow to me it feels like a cosy and intimate part of the city. I went there with model Edian. If you want to know more about Edian check […]

Amsterdam Jordaan shoot with Edian

21 Sep, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait by Marco Hofman

This time something completely different from me. Out of my comfort zone of the studio. I did a location shoot in the Upside Down in Amsterdam. I went here with a model that I worked with before: Jessica. Check out Fine-art shoot with Jessica if you want to know more […]

Upside Down with Jessica

14 Sep, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait by Marco Hofman

Beside a Pure Ink shoot I also did a fine-art photoshoot with model Ramona. You can find out more about that Pure Ink shoot here: Pure Ink shoot with Ramona. Ramona is a great tattooed model with lovely pinkish hair. All in all she is great for the images I […]

Fine-art shoot with Ramona

31 Aug, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Since I got my ink and sage coloured backdrops I discovered how cool these backgrounds combine with denim fabric. So I did a call for a model and hooked up with Ingrid for this photoshoot. You can find out more about Ingrid at het Instagram feed: @ingrid_portfolio. For this shoot we […]

Denim shoot with Ingrid

10 Aug, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Let’s talk about intense shoots in this news post. I think this shoot beats them all as far as emotions goes. It became a shoot with tears in the eyes of both model and photographer and that is something that luckily rarely happens. Let me explain. I had this photoshoot […]

Horselady shoot with Hilde

3 Aug, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This time I had another shoot for my Pure Ink project. The project is slowly going forward and I like to do a shoot for it now and then. In the end it will create a nice collection of images of various models with tattoos in black and white. Check […]

Pure Ink shoot with Ramona

27 Jul, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Project Pure Ink / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a coollow key shoot in black and white with Angelique. Her name might ring a bell. I did a fine-art shoot with Angelique before. You can read about that shoot here: Fine-art flower shoot with Angelique. If you want to know more about Angelique, check out her at […]

Rimlight portraits with Angelique

20 Jul, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with a great curvy model for a photoshoot: Jessica. She is a passionate and driven model and did a great job during our shoot. We created a nice variety of images. Check out more about Jessica at her Instagram feed @jessicabrugman. The original goal was to shoot black […]

Fine-art shoot with Jessica

13 Jul, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

When you read this Amanda’s son is already been born. His name is Logan. Ain’t that a cool name? Find out more about Amanda at: Facebook: Amanda Visscher Instagram: @amandavisschermodel Beside the rimlighting shoot I wrote about in a previous news post, we also did a more fine-art like theme. We […]

Fine-art maternity shoot with Amanda

29 Jun, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Maternity / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with Edian for the first time to do a studio portrait shoot. It worked out great. We did a fine-art styled shoot by the way. Check out Edian at: Facebook: Edian Velden Instagram: @edian_model Website: edianvandervelden.my.canva.site/edian-model For the shoot Edian used different outfits and I used backdrops […]

Fine-art portrait shoot with Edian

15 Jun, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a cool maternity shoot in the studio with Amanda. Check her out at her socials: Facebook: Amanda Visscher Instagram: @amandavisschermodel We wanted to go a graphical style of images: body scapes. In other words rim lighting. So we used a black backdrop and lighting from behind or partly […]

Maternity bodyscapes with Amanda

8 Jun, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Maternity / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for some more graphically oriented images. For this shoot I worked with Lyam077 again. I also did a fine-art shoot with him. You can find out more about that shoot here: Fine-art portraits with Lyam077. Check out Lyam077’s work at: Instagram: @lyam077_model Vero: lyam077 For this shoot we went […]

Body scapes with Lyam077

1 Jun, 2024 in Portraits tagged Flash / Male portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a cool collaboration with Berlinda again. You can find out more about our previous adventures here: Adventures with Berlinda. And if you want to know more about Berlinda’s modeling work check her out here: Facebook: Berlinda Scherphof-Bloem Instagram: @berlindascherphofbloem This time we did a theme around knitting and […]

Knitting head fine-art shoot with Berlinda

18 May, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Fineart / Flash / Model Berlinda / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for another great shoot with Paula. I have worked with her several times and it is always a nice experience to shoot together. You can find more about our collaborations here: Shoots with Paula. If you want to know more about Paula you can check out her Instagram feed: […]

Shooting the hat with Paula

11 May, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Model Paula / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This time I will tell you about a new collaboration with a fantastic male model: Lyam077. Our collaboration was on the planboard for quite a long time and finally our schedules came together. You can find more about Lyam077 at: Instagram: @lyam077_model Vero: lyam077 I received some new backdrops for […]

Fine-art portraits with Lyam077

4 May, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Male portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This year seams to be all about shoots with peacock feathers because I did another one already this year. The first shoot with peacock feathers was all about a fine-art look. If you want to see more about that shoot, check it out here: Fine-art peacock feather shoot with Paula. […]

Intense peacock shoot with Cidaq

20 Apr, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Model Cidaq / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This year I want to photograph a bit more themed shoots as well. One of the themes that I had in my mind for a while now is chess. Of course inspired by The Queen’s Gambit series. But we did the shoot in our own style. So I posted a […]

Queen’s Gambit shoot with Hamest

13 Apr, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I did another shoot with Sylvia. In the first one we did a shoot at the table. You can find more about that shoot here: Lady at the table shoot with Sylvia. And don’t forget to find out more about Sylvia at her social media channels: Facebook: Sylvia Verzijl Instagram: […]

Colored smoke shoot with Sylvia

6 Apr, 2024 in Portraits tagged Color gels / Female portrait / Flash / Smoke / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I photographed another theme with model Helene. If you are interested about the other shoot with her, check out my previous shoot at Pure ink shoot with Helene. We did some great moody setups. I loved them. The pictures with the newsboy cap (hat) give Peaky Blinders feel of atmosphere. […]

Fine-art portraits with Helene

16 Mar, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

After a long period of time I finally did another shoot with Paula. The atmosphere during the shoot was pleasant as usual. A lot of chatting and doing some creative stuff. You can find more about Paula’s work at her Instagram feed: @habibtyp8. This time we did a fine-art studio […]

Fine-art peacock feather shoot with Paula

9 Mar, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Model Paula / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with Sylvia after she responded to my casting call for a fine-art shoot at the table. It was our first collaboration and it went very well. You can find out more about Sylvia at her social media channels: Facebook: Sylvia Verzijl Instagram: @myphoto_xpression We created a small […]

Lady at the table shoot with Sylvia

2 Mar, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This year I thought it was time for a change and do some TFP casting calls in local FB groups. One of my moodboards was based on female models and flowers. So I posted the casting call and got a response from Angelique. I had worked with Angelique before and […]

Fine-art flower shoot with Angelique

24 Feb, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Time for another model for my Pure Ink project. You can read more about the project here: Pure Ink – The POC shoot with Coralie. This time I did a Pure Ink shoot with Helene. She did a great job at modelling during the shoot and we came up with […]

Pure Ink shoot with Helene

17 Feb, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Project Pure Ink / Pure ink / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I met up with a new model for me: Sharon. The images on her social media channels looked promising and I looked forward to this collaboration. You can find more about Sharon here: Facebook: Sharon van der Velden Instagram: @sharonvdvelden Sharon brought a great black dress which we used for […]

Black dress shoot with Sharon

14 Feb, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I had a completely different shoot than I usual do. The model for this shoot was Bella Lena. We did a shoot for compositing later on in Photoshop. Before I begin rambling on about the shoot, you can find more information about Bella Lena at her Facebook page: Bella Lena. […]

Elf in the forest shoot with Bella Lena

10 Feb, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Photoshop / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

Today it is time for something a little different. Most of the time I do shoots with female models but this time I did a fine-art shoot with a great guy. With an even a greater beard. We did the shoot in color as well but somehow I prefer the […]

Fine-art shoot with Ad

3 Feb, 2024 in Portraits tagged Flash / Male portrait / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

I have done several shoots with Berlinda in the past years. I really like to collaborate with her because she is always capable of pushing my creative boundaries. Living outside the comfortzone during shoots often helps to get better results. The first shoot we did together was a film noir […]

Film noir 2.0 shoot with Berlinda

27 Jan, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Location flash / Model Berlinda by Marco Hofman

Last year I also had a great collaboration with model Esther. I have worked with her before. See the news message about that shoot here: Fine-art shoot with Esther. Check out Esther’s multi media feeds: Facebook: Esther Korving Instagram: Esthers_photoshoots This time we decided it was time for a cool […]

Witch shoot with Ester

20 Jan, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

This time I write to you about the second shoot of my pure ink project. You can read more about the project on https://marcohofmanimaging.nl/2023/04/08/pure-ink-the-poc-shoot-with-coralie/. This time I did a pure ink shoot with Elisa. Check Elisa out at her social media channels: Facebook: Lady Elisa V Instagram: modelladyelisav Somehow this […]

Pure Ink shoot with Elisa

13 Jan, 2024 in Portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Model Elisa / Project Pure Ink / Pure ink / Studio flash by Marco Hofman

As I promised earlier this week in my new years message, I will start with writing about some shoots I did last year. The honor for the first shoot I will write about belongs to Coralie. We did a fantastic fine art studio shoot together. You can find more about […]

Classic fine-art shoot with Coralie

6 Jan, 2024 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Fineart / Flash / Studio flash by Marco Hofman