Natural light

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 / Model Cidaq / Natural light 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

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

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

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

I had a great urban shoot with Priscilla around the bridge between Zwijndrecht and Dordrecht. We did some walking around and created great images. We also visited the skate park for some cool urban shots. Priscilla told me she used to go skating as the skate park in the past. […]

The bridge and skate park with Priscilla

12 Sep, 2020 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light by Marco Hofman

As you already might have read in some previous news messages I’m still shooting on location only during the COVID situation. Most of the time that means shooting outdoors. I love being outdoors by the way. Also for shooting. However some photographers love the harsh sunlight, I still can not […]

Nature shoot with Jack

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

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

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

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

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

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 / Model Paula / Natural light 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

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

I had a cool shoot with plus size model Bianca in the city of Rotterdam. You can see more of Bianca’s work at het Instagram feed: @plussize_kitten_b. In Rotterdam there is an area with a pedestrian bridge called the Luchtsingel Rotterdam which connects the north of Rotterdam with the city […]

Above street level with Bianca

7 Sep, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Plus size by Marco Hofman

Remember my post about the natural light shoot in Rotterdam with Bianca? Check it out here: Natural light shoot in Rotterdam with Bianca. At the end of that news post I wrote that I maybe would do some more shoots like this. And I did another shoot. However a bit […]

Wide angle shoot in Amsterdam with Bianca

20 Jul, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Plus size by Marco Hofman

A little while ago I had a very nice and easy going natural light shoot in Rotterdam. I did this shoot with Bianca. Check out her Instagram feed: @plussize_kitten_b. We did a kind of a city walk through Rotterdam from the Markthal along the Willemsbrug to the Kop van Zuid. […]

Natural light shoot in Rotterdam with Bianca

18 May, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Plus size by Marco Hofman

I had a location shoot with plus size model Bianca. Check out her work at her Instagram account: @plussize_kitten_b. We went to Rotterdam at the Kop van Zuid and around the Fenix Food Factory at Katendrecht. This time it was another kind of shoot as far as the usage of […]

Available light shoot with Bianca

10 Apr, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Plus size by Marco Hofman

In my Happy 2019 news page I wrote that for this year I would start working with plus size models as well. And the shoot I’m writing about now is the first result of that ‘New Years resolution’. I did a shoot with plus size model Bianca. She has her […]

Urban shoot with Bianca

2 Feb, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Outdoors flash / Plus size by Marco Hofman

Sometimes you just get lucky. Very lucky. A while ago we had a winter shoot planned to do inside the studio. You know. The idea was based on some cosy winter outfits. A touch of moody light. You know the way I shoot in the studio more often. I had […]

Snow shoot with Daisy

26 Jan, 2019 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Outdoors by Marco Hofman

I recently did another shoot outside during the blazing summer. This time I had a shoot with Ruby. We actually had another plan for that day but due to some setbacks that plan didn’t work out. You know Murphy’s Law right? Well … here mr. Murphy came. Full on. So […]

Shoot in Willemstad with Ruby

1 Sep, 2018 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Flash / Natural light by Marco Hofman

After a kind of a long summer stop in which we had a long period of hot days over here in the Netherlands, I couldn’t wait any longer and decided that I wanted to start shooting again. But I wanted to shoot in a completely different setting this time. I […]

Nature shoot with Thalita

18 Aug, 2018 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Model Thalita / Natural light by Marco Hofman

Noa – School I had a cool shoot with Noa at school. The goal was to shoot some teenager images with a smartphone and some headphones. I think we succeeded pretty well. Beside the modern technology shots with the smartphone and headphones we also did some natural shots of Noa […]

School shoot with Noa

1 Jul, 2017 in Editorial portraits tagged Female portrait / Natural light / Studio flash by Marco Hofman