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A gauche, de dos (c'est mieux), Didier Loiseleur, l'informaticien. |
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Christian Van Nanja. |
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A droite Florence Coufourier. |
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Christian Fournier, le roi du QuickTime VR en 1997! |
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La photo de nu artistique s'enseigne en école photo réputée. LES HYPOCRITES DES PHOTOS SEXY : Eux, regarder ça ? Jamais. En revanche, leurs voisins... L'hypocrisie de regarder des photos sexy sans respecter les photographes qui font ces photos. |
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Mes étudiants ont l'air de m'apprécier. |
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Je rencontre aussi Petra Berger, grand photographe allemande spécialisée dans les voitures de collection. |
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Gilbert Volker au Salon de la Photo en 2017. |
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Au Salon de la Photo en 2017. Cette école enseigne à fond les retouches Photoshop. Anne-Laure Jacquart expose au Salon de la Photo à Paris depuis 2017. Anne-Laure est une de mes anciennes assistantes. Anne-Laure Jacquart : "Et, enfin, une photo pro de moi tirant un défi, par Christian Fournier, le photographe professionnel qui m'a conseillée tout au départ et m'a conduite à l'époque à photographier Adriana Karembeu. Merci pour tout Christian !" Anne-Laure Jacquart Photographe reconnue, Anne-Laure Jacquart a conquis le grand public par ses guides accessibles et pratiques, ainsi que par ses images esthétiques et créatives (www.annelaurejacquart.com). Ses livres photo sont plébiscités par les photographes amateurs et traduits dans divers pays. Bravo Anne-Laure. En 2021 Anne-Laure est dans la vitrine de la grande librairie Eyrolles à Paris pour son livre : "Le regard en noir & blanc." |
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Le photograveur, Patrick Carreau vers 1994. |
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Avec Florence Coufourier, qui m'assiste lors d'un shoot médical, vers 1995. ********************************* |
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Florence Coufourier et Dominique Rieau lors de mon shoot en 2005 : "Ganster Fashion" en Edito Gangster Fashion de 2005 Stylisme féminin : Pauline Pô Maquillage : Marianne Bobet et Djénète; Coiffure : Alexandra Bredin Modèles masculins : Alexandre Bartet, Antonio Estevens, Dominique Rideau et Stéphane Krahenbuhl Modèles féminins : NGuyet, Albane Fioretti, Sophie Thouvenin Armes à feu : Rony Sfedj; Assistante : Isabelle Nèry Acquisition numérique : Florence Coufourier Location des cannes : Regifilm; Location vêtement hommes et feutres : Le Souk Support moral : Sabine Crossen; Scénario : Albane Fioretti et Christian Fournier Conception, réalisation, photographie, infographie : Christian Fournier |
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Avec Cil de Kolda, en 2000. |
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Ici pour obtenir un fond blanc sans ombre portée, mais avec reflet, au pied des mannequins, j'utilise une grande plaque épaisse de plexiglas opaline surélevée sur des caissons en bois au milieu desquels il y a des têtes flash, non visibles ici. Ici en janvier 2000. Modèles : Laura Druskinyte, Patricia Palmasso, Estera, Marina Nikta et Anne d'Alguerre au studio Top Models; coiffure et maquillage : Anabelle Behotas et Luc et Simon; assistant : Olivier de Felice; regisseuse : Cil de Kolda; stylisme : vida; vêtements : Comme des Garçons et Marité François Gerbaux. |
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Le mariage de Cil de kolda et Roland à Neuilly 24 sept 2011. |
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A gauche, Philippe Augier m'assiste lors d'un shoot Hamman. |
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A gauche, Philippe Augier m'assiste lors d'un shoot mode. Mannequin Sabine Crossen. A droite Christian Malette. |
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Avec Pascal Guiraud, qui m'assiste lors d'un shoot médical, vers 1995. |
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Je peux commencer à parler photo à tout moment ! |
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Depuis, j'enseigne à la FNAC et dans d'autres écoles photo privées, de temps en temps |
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J'ai même une Carte Orange ! |
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Via Spéos, je rencontre Peter Lindbergh, dans sa maison rue de Savoie à Paris, pour lui donner des cours d'introduction au numérique. Je le retrouve bien plus tard en 2016 lors de sa séance de dédicaces chez Taschen. |
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Peter Lindbergen 1997 : Christian Fournier est le meilleur pédagogue que je n'ai jamais connu.Il est capable de transmettre son immense savoir à un débutant. Peter Lindbergen 1997 : Christian Fournier is the best teacher I have ever known. He is capable of transmitting his large knowledge to a beginner |
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This photo was shot at..... ........la Banque de France (The Bank of France), by Alex Krohn, chief editor at Incisive Media in England. Thanks Alex. . Du grand maître de la photo Christian Fournier : "Peu importe la marque, ce qui compte c'est de bien connaître votre appareil et l'utiliser proprement." A lower angle? A higher angle? Move to the left? Increase the depth of field? Decrease the depth of field? Will 1/125 immobilise my subject? Should I lower the intensity of my flash to preserve some of the ambient lighting? Tell a quick joke to relax my model? Straighten the tie? Is there a reflection in the mirror? Should I use the off-camera flash on the left to bring the scene to light? Don’t photographers have a dark sense of humour? A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it. – Edward Steichen Photography must be learned. A precise combination of focal distance, aperture, shutter speed, focus, timing and composition. In the morning, you can either stay in bed to chase your dreams... or get up to make them come true. My free message to the dreamers out there. I know, it’s easier said than done, and one can dream! I should have stayed in bed. Here, for Digital Imageur in 2005. Model : Sofie Kestens, agency Roxane; Stylist : Eve Prangey; Make-Up Artist : Lucky Nguyen; Hairstylist : Johanna Coquet, Assistant and video : Anne-Laure Jacquart, Studio : Digital Imageur; Photographer : Christian Fournier; Camera : Hasselblad H1; Digital back : Phase One P25; Lighting : Profoto Pro 7; photo-engraver Patrick Carreau. My Minolta III flash meter that I bought over 20 years ago still works today. Well, I may have had to change the batteries once or twice. Using a portable wireless Lastolite litebox EasyBox Hotshoe STU in 2012 to photograph Susana, the famous 67-year old Argentinian actress, here at the Place Vendôme in Paris. I was instructed to use very strong lighting from a front angle to hide her wrinkles. What wrinkles? 1 – Communications agent for L'Oréal 2 – The final client, who took a photo of Susana with his small compact camera to show the communications agent what my photo would look like, except it didn’t look like my photo at all (depth of field, flash, …) 3 – The stylist 4 - Susana, famous 67-year-old Argentinian actress 5 – The assistant who refuses to show his face 6 – Photographer Christian Fournier, holding his ... camera and the PocketWizard for wireless triggering 7 - The Lastolite portable wireless litebox, see below 8 - The 4 flashes inside the box 9 – The clients’ personal belongings 10 – Pelican Malette for the photography equipment 11 – Not pictured : the stylist, Lucky, who snapped the photo. Thank you Lucky! 12 – The Place Vendôme in Paris, perfect for product placement and to make Argentina dream. A must for all magazines these days. Ici, pour obtenir un fond blanc sans ombre portée, mais avec reflet, au pied des mannequins, j'utilise une grande plaque épaisse de plexiglas opaline surélevée sur des caissons en bois au milieu desquels il y a des têtes flash. Ici, en janvier 2000. Modèles : Laura Druskinyte, Patricia Palmasso, Estera, Marina Nikta et Anne d'Alguerre au studio Top Models; coiffure et maquillage : Anabelle Behotas et Luc et Simon; assistant : Olivier de Felice; régisseuse : Cil de Kolda; stylisme : Vida; vêtements : Comme des Garçons et Marité François Gerbaux. Sometimes you need a lot of lighting, for example here both above and below to create an immaculate white backdrop without altering the subject. P = program; S = speed ; A = aperture; M = manual. Christian Fournier studies the inner workings of photography. Analysis of this advertising shoot in a large studio. 1- Sabine Crossen : model 2 - Antoine Huber : model 3 - Christian Malette, MG studio manager 4 - Christelle Bontemps, make-up artist 5 - Stylist Eve Prangey. Behind her you can see the clothes rail, full to the brim with clothes to be used in this photoshoot. 6 - Broncolor Lighting: 4 heads with different reflectors and beehive 7 – Styrofoam reflectors 8 – 30 inch calibrated Mac screen 9 – Arctic white paper 2.72 x 11 m. 10 – V-shaped support to hold up and transport the two Styrofoam reflectors which produce the main lighting 11 - Nikon D3x 25 mpx camera with Nikkor 105mm F2.8 macro lens 12 – A small stool which allows the photographer (me) to be at the same height as the models (who are usually about 1.80m tall) 12 – In the background : the client’s representatives, the graphics artist, artistic director, etc… 13 - Invisible, the photographer Christian Fournier, who is taking this panoramic photo Plus the other people from the advertising agency Mediaprism and the cliet, Ciel Compta : artistic director, graphics artist, communications managers, interns, etc… My lighting tent comes in handy sometimes, with more light from the bottom via transparent plexiglass. Corporate photoshoot in the client’s offices: the immaculate white background is provided by Lastolite Highlight into which I’ve inserted two Profoto flash heads. The model is holding the gray chart which, in postproduction, will make it possible to calibrate the white balance. Sabine Crossen for ready-to-wear catalogue "I by I" in the streets of Paris. Assistant Philippe Auger. Hasselblad 6x6. Spring 2000. Black screens are placed all around to avoid losing contrast to the white light. I photographed Petra Lindblad, the famous model, in Hollywood in 1993. Petra was also photographed, among others, by the renowned German photographer Peter Lindbergh for the magazine Vogue France. I would later Peter Lindbergh later, at his home on rue de Savoie in Paris, to give him introductory courses to computers, and even later, in September 2016 at a signing session in Taschen. I have a great many useful accessories for photographing still lifes.. 1 prisedevue.photos mascot/stuffed animal made to measure 2 Manfrotto column tripod 3 Manfrotto micrometric head 4 transparent opaline plexiglass plate for lighting from below, normally hidden behind black cardboard to avoid altering the photo’s contrast 5 Profoto D1 Air lighting head 6 Minolta IV flash meter 7 Kodak certified CAT 152 7654 colour chart 8 Manfrotto magic arm 9 special non-greasy modelling clay 10 reflector around a lens 11 serrated oval card for blur effect 12 transparent accessory for shadow/light effects 13 Manfrotto flexible arm 14 small stand with crocodile clips 15 plexiglass stand for presenting objects vertically 16 a metal wire stand for presenting objects such as plates 17 various wooden stands to support various objects 18 various plexiglass stands to support various objects 19 clamps 20 various clips 21 polarizing filters to control reflections 22 nonflammable Rosco blue filter 23 gaffer tape = thick tape that leaves no trace 24 white coton gloves 25 air duster to blow dust far from objects 26 mirror used as a reflector 27 foldable mirror/gray chart 28 Manfrotto flexible arm and crocodile clip 29 LED lamp on a mini tripod 30 Manfrotto universal clamp 31 200v electric wall socket 32 transparent nylon fishing line for suspending objects in mid-air In the viewfinder of a modern digital reflex camera. My photography is the love of my life. Without forgetting the models, extras, propsmasters, stylists, make-up artists, artistic directors, communications managers, etc… Merci à tous et toutes. Ici un shoot pour FT1 aux Buttes Chaumont lors d'un épisode de "Femmes de loi" J'installe un studio de mode aux Buttes Chaumont et joue mon métier de photographe pour le tournage de Alizés Film, TF1, Femmes de loi, saison 2, épisode 34 : Une femme parfaite Séries TV, Genre : Policier, Date de sortie : mai 2008, Durée : 1h, Réalisateur : Hervé Renoh Avec : Natacha Amal (Elisabeth Brochène), Noémie Elbaz (Emilie Jeanson), Esteban Carvajal Alegria (Aymeric Delarive), Sabine Crossen (Fantomas) Merci à Louise pour les photos de moi. Group of 300 people, for Adivalor (agricultural organization), in the Stade de France (French national stadium). . Keep calm and carry on letting the professional photographer do his thing. 1 – Super Assistant, Camille. 2 - Profoto D1 Air Lighting triggered by radio wave by the Profoto Air Remote placed on a Nikon D3x 25mpx camera. 3 - Megaphone to position the people and let them know when the photo is about to be taken. 4 – 25mpx Nikon D600 camera as a backup and for the making-of. 5 – Wheeled Pelican case housing all the delicate equipment. 6 – 25 mpx Nikon D3x camera with Nikkor 70-200mm VR2 lens. 7 – Very tall Manfrotto tripod allowing us to secure a camera at 2.5m above the ground. 8 – The groundskeeper of the stadium making sure that no one steps on the beautiful grass, as per the clauses of the rental contract. 9 – The sides of the Stade de France which are very well lit. Unfortunately, the centre and the stadium were not lit up, contrary to what was stated in the rental contract. Not pictured in the photo, my assistant Laurent who is taking this photograph and the many metres of cable feeding 220 Volts to the 6 Profoto D1 Air flashes. Obviously, nowadays in 2017, Profoto has created flashes which work very well on autonomous batteries. Photographie de l'éclipse de lune du 27 juillet 2018 dans le Loiret, loin de la pollution lumineuse et des bâtiments qui bloquent la vue. Mon but n'est pas de faire de superbes gros plans des astres et la voie lactée : des gens mieux expérimentés et équipés que moi vont le faire. Je n'utilise pas de monture azimutale, car mes vues larges des astres et étoiles seront en focales 24mm environ et la formule magique me donne 500/24 = 20 secondes de pause sans que le mouvement des étoiles ne soit visible. 1 - Le photographe Christian Fournier POUR les "plans serrés" des astres et des étoiles : POUR le "time lapse" = intervallomètre, 1 image toutes les minutes, sauf si orage (une image toutes les 10 secondes, plus déclenchement automatique lors des éclairs via Miops). Pauses courtes pour la lune, pauses longues quand la lune sera cachée. Pour "making of" et second time lapse, à main levée ou sur pied léger. Photos des participants et du matériel sur fond de ciel étoilé 22 Lampe LED frontale We often see spectacular photos, but rarely do we remember the photographers who took them. The universe is magnificent. As a photographer I share what I see... The earth is magnificent. As a photographer I share what I see... Perfect settings on Lightroom My colorimetric tool : Adobe RVG 98 (no, it’s not obsolete) I have two 30 inch calibrated monitors (with a GretagMacBeth) on my Macintosh tower. A godsend. On the right monitor I pull up the thumbnails and the photo I select is instantly displayed fully on the left monitor. When I open a photo in Photoshop, I see the complete unobstructed photograph on the left and I have all my toolboxes laid out on the right. No time is wasted moving the toolboxes, I can instantly see which layer I am working on, no visual fatigue to speak of. I’ve programmed hotkeys for the functions I use most frequently and so I can work very quickly. Je fais de la retouche numérique pour L'Oréal, Comme des Garçons, Holiday Inn, Ray Ban, Schweppes, Christofle, Warner, Europe 2, Wunderman Cato Johnson, FNAC, Info PC, Philip Morris, Disney, etc. Prise de vue numérique (Nikon D3x, etc.), scans, optimisation d'images pour la photogravure, détourage, retouches, manipulations d'images (Photoshop CC), catalogage (Cumulus, TriCatalogPro), archivage (gravure de CD-ROM et DVD), mise en page QuarkXPress et Photoshop CC, pages Web (GoLive), transmission d'images (YouSedit Hightail Pro, DropBox Pro, WeTransfer Pro, FTP et Mail), QuickTime VR (QuickTime VR Authoring Studio), panoramiques (Stitcher), zooms sur image web avec Zoomify. For jobs where I can transport a real calibrated screen, like for L’Oréal in Cannes in September 2015. In a big Tenba suitcase I lug along my Mac Pro, a 24” screen, a Gretag MacBeth colour management system, a Lacie 4T Thunderbolt external harddrive, another Seagate 4T external harddrive, a DVD player/recorder, a CF and SD card reader with USB3 connection, etc… Je livre à mes clients mes photos en RVB. Elles sont calibrées dès la prise de vue en température de couleur grâce à une charte Kodak certifiée (CAT 152 7654) incluse dans ma première photo de chaque éclairage et remise à l'imprimeur. L'Oréal LBF Cannes September 2015 My digital equipment transported to Cannes for the conference L'Oréal LBF 2015 : 1- 3.7 GHz MacPro Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5. No, it isn’t an ashtray or vase! It broke while changing hotel rooms on the first day. Luckily, as always, I had a plan B. (See ref 11). 2 - 23" Cinema Display matte screen for photography. The large box underneath it was generously provided by l'Hôtel Gray d'Albion Cannes. 3- Professional Secret (XQD card reader for my Nikon D4). 4 - Seagate Barracuda 4 Terabyte External Harddrive. 5 – Another Professional Secret (5 bottles of aspirine). 6 – Yet another professional secret (My entry badge for the Palais des Festivals). 7 - Thunderbolt 2 Lacie 3 Terabyte External Harddrive. 8 - Compact Flash and SD card reader with USB 3 connection. 9 - 4 20gB USB keys given to the client L’Oréal every morning. 10 - Xpress CF and SD reader only for the MacBookPro. 11 - 2x3Ghz MacBook Pro Quadcore Intel Xeon/32G_RAM/2xDVD-R/CDRW/airport/2xATI Radeon HD 2600 for extra security, with a special matte screen for photography. 12 – Green Tupperware container to protect the exposed cards (the green is indispensable). 13 – All of this photographed with an iPhone 6 ! Photoshop’s new magic wand tool. Every photographer’s dream! Need I explain? Photoshop lets you take women’s clothes off? iPhone 6 in a waterproof case. Embaucher un photographe ? Want to hire a photographer? - Photography equipment Voir Page 90 pour mon cours très détaillé sur la photographie.
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