
X-T2: Bert Stephani and Tom Museeuw in Studio
06.07.2016
Bert Stephani est un photographe commercial et éditorial belge spécialisé dans les portraits créatifs et la photographie de style de vie.
Bert cherche à capturer ce qui rend une personne unique dans chaque portrait. Dans ses photos de style de vie, il s'agit d'expériences authentiques plutôt que du faux glamour qui est souvent associé au genre. Bien que la maîtrise technique figure en bonne place sur la liste des priorités de Bert, son style est souvent un peu brute, tout comme la vie elle-même.
Bert est également passionné par le partage des informations et des connaissances avec les autres. Des ateliers, des conférences et des interventions l'ont amené à parcourir le monde pour rencontrer d'autres créatifs inspirés.

"Fotofolio photography" started in 2004, after a brief journey in the "urbex exploration" I started photographing model portfolios with child-and teen models for agencies in Belgium, France and The Netherlands. I rolled into the fashion industry by chance. To date, my work consist mainly of commercial assignments (magazines, apparel brands), the rest of my work is portraiture of children and I teach a lot of workshops “using natural light on location”. I shoot almost exclusively on location and preferably with available natural light. A photo shoot means fun and play for me. I am the director of the atmosphere during the shoot, the children are the actors and the customer ... do not worry, the customer is smiling happy at seeing the "fotofolio" show!
I don't have a long history in using FUJIFILM cameras. In 2018, I've made the switch to the X-T1 after shooting DSLR cameras for over 10 years. Switching to an APS-C camera had various reasons but the main one was the quality the X-T1 produced at a fraction of the weight and cost of my DSLR kit. After some real-world testing I compared the X-T1 results versus the RAW files my DSLR produced and I couldn't see a worth to mention difference in my line of work between a full-frame sensor and the "smaller" Fujifilm APS-C sensor. In my line of work (children's fashion) I need to deliver files to my clients that are as color correct as possible, with the X Series cameras I found no problems to deliver the quality my clients demand. I never had a client complaining about image quality or colors since I switched to FUJIFILM. I'm a happy FUJIFILM shooter :)