JanBleekerFotografie

25 year modelphotography


For more than 25 years, I have been photographing model photography intensively in black and white. Until 2008 photographed with films. The films were developed in-house and the photos were enlarged in their own dark room. A beautiful time where light was played on all fronts. Both with the camera and in the darkroom.

But after about 2000 everything changed very quickly: The technology progressed further and digital technology made its appearance. The computer programs were more professional so that I can also take part in digital photography. Because black and white is and remains my passion. It draws the photos to artistic atmospheres where the emphasis is on composition and lines. In addition, the videos and other dark material were less well available. And this will only get worse in the future. All the more reason to switch to digital photography. I photograph with a Pentax K100 with an 18-250 zoom objective in color. With the program Lightroom from Adobe, the photos are converted into black and white in RAW format. With an Epson R3000 printer I can print the black and white photos that do not fall under the analogue photos.

All studio photos on this website have been photographed in an improvised studio at my home.