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I shot The Gaslight Anthem on assignment for FrontView Magazine yesterday.
I’ve been a fan of The Gaslight Anthem for quite some time. They are a band from New Jersey. I discovered Brian Fallon’s band when they took the stage with Bruce Springsteen a couple of times. I 1st saw them in Radio City Music Hall in New York City and later when they shared the stage of Hard Rock Calling in London’s Hyde Park.
So you can imagine I was quite trilled to be able to shoot some pictures of their concert yesterday in Ancienne Belgique. And the good thing was: I didn’t have to leave after taking pictures, so I got to enjoy the concert as well!
My snapshot of a rainbow over Duvel brewery I took a couple weeks ago has received 6501 likes on Facebook, and got shared more than 12oo times.
I am so trilled about that. It is by far my most successful photo ever. And I am also so happy that Duvel brewery sent me a crate of Duvel to thank me for my smashing photo.
The lovely Liesbet came to our studio for a shoot. I usually shoot a couple of times per year with her. She’s not only a very elegant plus size model, but also a very talented makeup artist. It’s always fun to work with her, whether it is as a model or as a makeup artist.
As always: Thanks a lot Liesbet!
I was stuck in traffic on my way to a customer yesterday morning. Traffic was dense, it was raining, a couple of accidents on my route. It resulted in a 3:15H drive to Brussels. Somewhere half way, I spotted a rainbow over the Duvel brewery in Puurs. I grabbed my iPhone, shot this picture and posted it on my Instagram. As a tag line, I wrote: “There really is a pot of #gold at the end of the #rainbow #duvel”.
It got picked up by the guys at Duvel. My friend An sent me a message saying Duvel re-posted it on their Facebook page. It turned out to be a big hit too. This morning, my photo had over 5700 likes and more than 1000 shares on Duvel’s Facebook page. Makes my day for sure. This must be my most successful and most popular photo ever. Talk about being at the right place at the right time. I guess that is what you could call serendipity.
As most of you know, I have a latex shoot with the candidates for Miss Fashion every year. Vicky is a candidate for Miss Fashion 2015. During this year’s shoot for Miss Fashion she asked me if should could by the studio for some more. This is one of the shots that came out of that extra shoot.
Shannety dropped by the studio last week on one of her regular visits. We had this idea to do something with butterflies, so she went looking for them. We asked Liesbet Liekens to help us out with makeup, and we came up with this shot. Thanks ladies! It was a lot of fun.
We had a latex fashion shoot with the contestants of Miss Fashion last Saturday. My good friend Eva had been my assistant all day: she helped dress and undress all 12 models, go them to makeup on time and made sure everyone made it to the 3 different sets. Eva did a terrific job. I always know I can rely on her to be the best personal assistant ever.
I had promised her she would be my final model for the day. She posed for me in this sexy catsuit by Libidex and completed her outfit with a body harness by Bodybinds and ballet heels by Kassiopeya.
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. As matter of fact the album was originally released on June 4, 1984. The album sold over 30 million copies worldwide—probably Springsteen’s best selling album—and it was also the 1st album I ever bought. It was the summer of 1984—it was a beautiful summer as I remember—and I saved up my allowance to go and buy the album on vinyl at a local record store.
Plenty of reasons thus to be very excited about the release of Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute To Born In The U.S.A., a tribute album that celebrates the 30th anniversary of Born In The U.S.A. According to a press release released earlier by Springsteen’s publishing company Shore Fire Media, the album is due to be released on September 16.
The tribute album is already available for pre-order via iTunes and Amazon.com has a rather intimate feeling to it. It sound a lot more acoustic than Springsteen’s original album.
My buddy Glenn and I did a few little investments for the studio: new wood floor, extra flashes and a couple of light modifiers. They have to be tested of course.
We had Céline in the studio last week for a little shoot. Here is a pic from the shoot. She wore a latex dress from Pandora Deluxe. Thank you Céline for dedicating some time. And as always: thanks a lot to Glenn for giving me a hand.
I shot this image to celebrate Belgium’s National Holiday today, July 21. I hope you and your family have a nice holiday and have as much fun as I had shooting this image.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my models—Joke, Eva and Phoebe—and the rest of the crew—Petra for makeup, Glenn and Zeb for assisting me—for a shoot.