As event photographer for the Indian Summer Festival I was granted rare access to The Prodigy, in my opinion easily the best live act on the planet. Not only was I allowed to shoot from the front of house and pit, the stage itself was also made accessable to me. This gave me time and opportunity to witness and document the preperations of all band members and those intense moments before the show kicks off. An incredible outsiders look crammed into half an hour of intense photography.

The full series is 25 images (click here), the ones I’ve posted in this topic were among the bandmember’s favorites.

Images uploaded with approval of The Prodigy management.
June 16th 2013

Client: Indian Summer Festival
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Maxim, Liam Howlett & Rob Holliday onstage

Leo; protect yourself for the show about to hit!

Leo Crabtree loves you

Voodoo people

Maxim

Keith

Firestarters!

Keith “Where the fuck are you” Flint

Proper Prodigy look

Best live act on the planet…

101 images from the 2013 edition of Indian Summer Festival

June 15&16, The Netherlands
Client: Indian Summer Festival
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Nielson

Within Temptation

Guus Meeuwis

Bloody Beatroots

Roger Sanchez

Memphis Maniacs

Earlier this month I had the privelege of spending two weeks exploring the underwater world of the Maldives for Duiken (“Diving”) Magazine.

High on the wishlist was an encounter with whalesharks and boy, did I NOT get disappointed! Part two of my blog is now online (sorry, in Dutch, you’ll have to use translate) at the website: goo.gl/sF3ya

Vilamendhoo Island – The Maldives.
Client: DUIKEN Magazine
© 2013 www.rudgr.com

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Canon 5D3 plus 15mm fisheye
Uk-germany Housing
2 Inon Z240 Strobes

This fellow was brilliant, he (or she) was so curious that I had to push him away twice because he was about to eat my whole camera. Might have cost me some scratches on my fisheye domeport but I got some amazing shots to take home (can’t post them yet though).

Vilamendhoo Island – The Maldives.
Client: DUIKEN Magazine

Canon 5D3 plus 15mm fisheye
Uk-germany Housing
2 Inon Z240 Strobes

On advice of a colleague pro photographer I had my camera’s cleaned by Chipclean, a Dutch company run by a former Philips chip-division specialist. I’ve been cleaning my own camera’s for years but have never totally happy with the results. I managed to get everything clean up to f13 level but never really, properly clean.

Especially in underwater (macro) photography that f13 bar is problematic so I figured it was time to have it done properly and at €45 per camera (bulk, normally it’s €55) really money well spent. So, in go my old 5D2 (dirty as hell), 5D3 (acceptable) and my 1Dx (surprisingly dirty).

Posted here is my 1Dx, before and after… how is that for a result. No way on earth you are able to get it clean yourself that good. Photo is at f22 and exaggerated by auto-levelling, in normal view there’s not a spot to be seen, except for the hot pixel that I have to have mapped out next month.

Some good advice also came with this spring-cleaning; these are good things to know!
- First, most dirt is actually from you lens caps! They get a little scraping every time you put them on or off. So , besides those, one thing to keep really clean is the (metal) lens mount!
- Secondly, don’t clean it unless you know what you’re doing. Any indoor place is basically one huge dust nest. Mostly you’ll be just moving dust around which will rapidly gather back onto your chip. If you are going to it yourselves anyway: don’t use compressed air cans and don’t use wet cleaning solutions.
- Finally: do NOT use dust rockets, especially indoors!!!!! They are the worst and will only blow a huge amount of dust into all corners of your camera.

My advice, don’t save your money and look for a company that can get you results like these (you actually get warranty on the cleaning!!!!). I’ll be doing this twice a year at least, I’m dirty!

Mont Blanc, meaning “White Mountain”, is the highest mountain in the Alps and the European Union. It rises 4,810 m (15,781 ft) above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche, the “White Lady”.

Dutch Ski- and Snowoardtest
Client: Wintersport Magazine
Les Arcs, France

Images from the 2013 edition of Snowjam, the Belgium Open Ski and Snowboard Championships.
April 7-14 – Les Deux Alpes, France.

Client: Snowjam
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