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Mysteryland Mainstage

Flags

Underwater Party Pics

Tiefschwarz

“Hakkuh” in the mud

Mysteryland 2010

Q-Dance stage

Axwell at the Mainstage

Chuckie, yeah!

Q-Dance stage

Love balloons & fireworks

Final show at the mainstage

PEACE, and see you next year!

One of my most important clients has got to be Bacardi and covering their events has evolved into a major part of my work in the past few years. Besides catching the right atmosphere in my photoseries, getting some really nice “drink shots” is one of my favorite challenges.

This one was taken at Lowlands 2010, Holland’s largest band-based festival, where the Groove Tube area is transformed into somewhat of a massive Bacardi-bar. It’s mostly the place to hang out after midnight and a seriously nice place to photograph.

In my quest for some cool photos I was hanging around the bar with my trust Canon 50mm lens (the f1.8, as the lot more expensive f1.4’s will usually break down immediately after warranty expires) and a manual setting of 500ISO, f2.2 and a shutter of about 1/30th of a second. Higher ISO rates usually tend to really oversaturate the abundant reds (bear in mind it’s a Bacardi event and there is a lot of red to come by!). A 1/30 shutter I can still manage easily without a tripod, especially since the 50mm is such a lightweight lens.

These low shutters will usually end up getting me blurry photos if my subject is moving but the “mint in glass” can be timed right to get no motion blur at the exact moment. What makes this one extra nice is the smile on the bar ladies face. It’s just a moment that speaks for itself. I hope you like it as much as I do.

The image has been slightly cropped and the Bacardi logo in the glass was darkened a little bit. A bit of a palm leave was deleted from the left bottom corner. No color adjustments were made.

Client: Bacardi Netherlands
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While enjoying the beach in Zeeland with our friends Bell & Britt, our two year old daughter Sacha started fooling around in the large tidal pool looking for shrimp, starfish and crabs. I jumped for my camera and got as a low position as possible to get these two enjoying the lot.

To give the photo a warmer feel I used the internal flash (on this Canon Powershot G9) with an Av set at f5 and an exposure of -2/3 of a stop. Later on I found out the flash made the water reflect on their faces giving it an ever nicer feel. Shot quite a few images before Sacha actually pointed at the water, the shot I was hoping for.

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Partyfotografen 2 – De Fotografen van ID&T from Gerard Henninger on Vimeo.

What an edition again! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a houseparty go this mental as was the case with David Guetta’s performance. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of his music, his crowd interaction will give me goosebumps for quite some time to come. In my opinion Tomorrowland is certainly one of the best parties of the year with a great atmosphere, relaxed people, amazing stages and a simply well though out event.

Coming really, really soon!

Ten years of Q-Dance, “representing the harder styles in dance music”, had to be celebrated by a massive party. And fully-blown it was, a fully decorated ArenA stadium in Amsterdam was the venue for this absolutely insane partynight. Hot, humid and loooooud!

Client: Q-Dance
© 2010 Fotograferen net

Sensation (White) 2010 edition in the Amsterdam ArenA, the Netherlands…. WOW!
Sensation wallpapers a.s.a.p.

Report on scuba-diving El Hierro, the smallest and most western of the Canary Islands. Until the 15th century people thought this place was the end of the world so the meridian even went through it.

Nowadays it’s an amazing and peaceful island untouched by the claws of mass-tourism. A perfect place for diving and an incredible place to view topside nature. It holds rainforests, pine forests, endless lava fields, rocky cliffs and some nice and small harbours. A perfect place to be honest, no wonder it’s a Unesco Biosphere Reserve!

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Publication: Duikmagazine
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