Workshop Drama with Sofia

This workshop is about dramatic tension. The kind that lives in a body folded into itself, in harsh light cutting across bare skin, in the silence between the pose and the breath. We shoot in black and white. We work close to the floor. We chase the frame that feels like the last scene of a film you'll never forget.

What you'll work on:

• Building drama with available light and hard shadow — no strobes, no safety net
• Low camera angles and unconventional framing as storytelling tools
• Working with full nudity professionally and purposefully — the body as form, not subject
• Reading stillness: when Sofia is in it, you'll know. This is about being ready.

What this is not:
This is not glamour. This is not boudoir. This is portraiture at its most stripped back — literally and compositionally. Four photographers who are serious about the craft, two hours that will challenge every instinct you have.

Practical details:

• Maximum 4 photographers
• Black & white encouraged — in camera or in post
• Fast lens recommended (f/1.4–f/2.8)
• 18+ event, full nudity — no exceptions, no spectators
• All skill levels welcome — seriousness of intent required

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Freek Dirkx is a Dutch portrait photographer based in New York City. His workshops are small by design — because real learning doesn't happen in a crowd.