2013 Tour de France Photo

Time Traveler © 2013 Ben Heine

These are my final edited pictures taken during my 2013 "Tour De France Photo". You can view many backstage photos at this link. "Tour De France Photo" is an artistic event happening every year and gathering models, photographers, makeup artists, fashion designers and hair styling artists. (All photos: © 2013 Ben Heine)

ZigZag © 2013 Ben Heine

Old Times © 2013 Ben Heine

Machine From The Past 1 © 2013 Ben Heine

Lights Will Guide You © 2013 Ben Heine

Panic © 2013 Ben Heine

Blue Window © 2013 Ben Heine

Stairs To Nowhere © 2013 Ben Heine

Dancer © 2013 Ben Heine

Cécile Dzinic © 2013 Ben Heine

Wrapper © 2013 Ben Heine

Pencil Vs Camera Quick Demo

I was asked to do a quick "Pencil Vs Camera" demo at "Pavillon M" in Marseille during the recent "Tour de France Photo". Please note I only spent 15 minutes on the following small project, I usually spend several days to create a worthy Pencil Vs Camera artwork!

Step 1: Start a hand-drawn sketch on a piece of paper

Step 2: Add details and shadows to your drawing...

Step 3: Hold your paper, take a photo with your subject

Step 4: Import your picture in a photo editing software

Step 5: Edit the pic, make some improvements if necessary

© 2013 - Ben Heine

Tour de France Photo Backstage

A selection of backstage pictures taken during my 2013 "Tour De France Photo". You can view all my final edited photos of this event at this link (they are not visible in the following report). "Tour De France Photo" is an artistic event happening every year and gathering models, photographers, makeup artists, fashion designers and hair styling artists. I travelled in a big van with the organizer/founder Thomas Ueberschlag across major places and cities in France. It was a nice experience. (Photo report: © 2013 Ben Heine)

French flag and model at Fort L'Ecluse

Ben Heine by Thomas David

The participants in Fort L'Ecluse, Ain, Rhône-Alpes

The team at Carreau Rodolphe, Pulversheim, Alsace

The official TFP van that drove 4,000 kilometers!

The participants in Marseille

The team at Château Font du Broc, Les Arcs, Var

Happy team in Monaco

Backstage for "Time Traveler"

Adjusting the exposure for this photo

mmh... (Camargue)

The model is in the fridge... :)

Pavillon M, Marseille

Backstage for "Time Traveler" (Alsace)

In a Rainbow City
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After the rain, here come the colors (it was really raining just before I took the pic). If you wish, you can see 2 random details of the above photo at this link and 3 preparatory shots here below. I captured this image recently in the frame of the "Tour De France Photo"...

Model: Emy Neirynck
Fashion Design: PitsyFashion
Hair Styling: Cora Debain
Makeup Artist: Cris Make Up
Photography (+editing): Ben Heine
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Some preparatory photos:

© 2012 - Ben Heine

Oops

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Every woman's nightmare. Hair dryer in reverse mode... OK, this was almost an improvised photo while Alizée was getting ready for our shooting but I spent a bit of time to edit it and boost every detail of it. You can view some backstage photos here below. I took this photo in the frame of the "Tour De France Photo"

Model: Alizée Poulicek
Hair Styling: Alain Spaens by Joseph
Master Makeup Artist: Avital Assayag
Fashion Design: Alizée Poulicek
Photography (+editing): Ben Heine
Location: The Dominican Hotel

Backstage pictures:

© 2012 - Ben Heine

The Vintage Box

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Here is a pin-up, made in Belgium.
I took this photo in the frame of the
"Tour De France Photo" You can
view 2 preparatory photos here.

Model: Mlle Winona Late
Fashion Design: PitsyFashion
Hair Styling: Cora Debain
Makeup Artist: Cora Debain
Photography (+editing): Ben Heine
Location: Brussels, Belgium

© 2012 - Ben Heine

Alizée Poulicek
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A portrait of Alizée Poulicek I took 2 days ago at the Metropole Hotel in Brussels in the frame of the "Tour De France Photo" organized by Thomas Ueberschlag... Alizée Poulicek was elected "Miss Belgium" in 2008... She is amazingly pretty... (thanks to Eric for making this shooting with her possible).

Model: Alizée Poulicek
Hair Styling: Alain Spaens by Joseph
Master Makeup Artist: Avital Assayag
Fashion Design: Erika Bùs
Photography (+editing): Ben Heine
Location: Metropole Hotel

© 2012 - Ben Heine