Fineart portraits

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

My youngest model must have been only a few day old. The model of the shoot I write about now is on the opposite side of the age scale. I had a photoshoot with a classy lady of exactly 80 years old. You have read this right indeed. We did […]

Fine-art shoot with Leida

15 Apr, 2023 in Fineart portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Studio 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

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 / Model Berlinda 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

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

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 / Model Berlinda / 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

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 / Model Berlinda / 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 / Model Cidaq / Studio flash 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 / Model Cidaq / 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

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 / Model Berlinda / Studio flash 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

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 / Fineart / Model Paula / 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