Shayne Lamas retouched for Hombre Magazine

Speaking of retouching.. a couple of months ago I retouched a couple of pictures of Shayne Lamas for HOMBRE magazine.. They were used in the issue that came out late November, here are some images...

Retouching by Stoffel De Roover / Lumendipity , photography by Shacham Zaguri, styling by Claudia Kaye, Hair by Lana Grand and Make-up by Carla Farra.

Retouching services for photographers

I may have mentioned before that I offer retouching services to fellow photographers, make-up artists and models. Here is one of my recent retouched work. The photographer is Steve Marsel Studio, and it's a pleasure to work with on his images..

If you have any pictures you want to give a more professional look, or maybe a totally different look, try out my service. Whether you give me strict instructions or you leave it up to me saying 'just make it a great picture', I will make sure you have a picture you can be proud of to give to your client or add to your portfolio. You can have a look at more examples showing the before and after images so you can have a good look at what the photographers provided, and what value I added for them.
My rates start at $20 per picture. If you are not the photographer of the work, you will need written consent by the photographer.

shoot with Anne-Marie

A bit over a week ago, I had a very nice shoot with Anne-Marie Allard. As an actress she was looking for some pictures to use for her agency and at the same time have a fun experience doing her very first photo shoot. Here are some of the pictures we made...

If you're interested in setting up a shoot with me, contact me now!

some changes to the blog

Due to some changes by blogger, the blog has a new address and will be on blog.lumendipity.com from now on. The redirect from www.lumendipity.com/blog isn't working yet, the migration tool should be ready next week..
The old posts will remain where they were, so none of the links to them are broken, and any links to the blog homepage should soon all lead to this new location.. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime..
On the plus side, I am planning on adding posts more often.. the full posts may not be on the main page, but click on 'read more' to see the full post..

Happy New Year, happy new decade

Thank you all for your interest, work, collaboration and support this year.. I wish you all the very best for the new year, and the new decennium!

click on the image to see a larger version (and again for even larger).
Yes, the 2010 is in smoke as well...

New Smoke Photography - gift ideas?

I have updated my smoke photography gallery, and have also split it up in two: 'smoke' and 'smoke and mirrors'. Images in the latter gallery are symmetric due to the mirroring of the original picture upon itself.

All of the smoke images can be purchased and delivered to your address. Metallic paper works really well for the smoke pictures, but I can now also offer acrylic prints and canvas prints, or even on metal. Could be just the right gift for the upcoming holidays. I will soon upload some pictures of each of the print types.
Here are some of my new works..
while quite different from each other, there's a common thread (almost literally).. to me both look like underwater somehow.. one quite abastract, the other representing a couple in which the female is probably a mermaid.. though that's just my interpretation, feel free to see other things in it!

I have uploaded some more new work and they are (for about 30 days) marked with the 'new' label in the galleries. Feel free to leave me some feedback, or contact me for more information on how to buy one of the smoke pictures.

More on Aqua Art Miami

As you can see on the screenshot, we're featured on the AquaArt Miami website now, under AleatoricArt

My smoke pictures will be shown in the AleatoricArt booth (41) among art of Martin Waugh, J Coleman-Miller, Ray Cabarga, Ted Lincoln, Allan Rodewald, Volborth/Miller, Reed Ghazala, Howard Pugh and professor Alex Volborth, who passsed away on October 30th; the show will have a retrospective of some of his art.

Take some time to have a look at these sites and be amazed. Also check out the other AleatoricArt artists, whose work will be displayed on 2 large flatscreens as well in booth 41.

Smoke Photography on Aqua Art Miami

The location for the exhibition changed from the Marlin Hotel to Aqua Art Miami 2009 - Booth 41 !


If you're going to Art Basel Miami 2009 from December 3rd to 6th, don't forget to drop by Aqua Art Miami for a great exhibition of Aleatoric Art The Movement of Aleatoric Modern Artists is doing its first group show to introduce the movement and its artists to the public and the art world. Among the works of about 10 artists you will also be able to see (and buy) my smoke photography.
With over 60,000 art lovers visiting Art Basel Miami, this is a great opportunity for a lot of people to discover our work.. and my smoke art! If you're near Miami, make sure to come by, and tell everyone you know !

Ghost Town of Val Jalbert

What we're gonna do right here is go back, back into time... that's what it felt like when I visited Val-Jalbert earlier this month.


The historic village of Val-Jalbert is the best preserved ghost town in Canada, abandoned in 1927 when the pulp factory closed shop and the employees had to leave their homes. Still about 70 buildings remain, as well as part of the factory.. the place is quite surreal, but really worth the detour! There is some (french-language only) animation by actors playing some original inhabitants giving you the impression of being in another time/place alltogether (if it weren't for the other picture-snapping tourists of course).. here are some of my pictures.. I have more, let me know if you'd like to see more..

Kain in concert for St-Jean in Repentigny

St-Jean again.. Quebec's national holiday. It always goes hand in hand with celebrations and of course: music!
In 2007 I posted about the concert with Karine St-Marie, and this year I went to see Kain..
Being relatively new to Quebec, I hadn't heard from the band before seeing them that day, and I was pleasantly surprised, the show was excellent, great songs, great music and atmosphere and it reminded me why I really like good live concerts. Here are some of the pictures, and if you want to see more, go check out the Kain gallery..

Smoke picture selected for cover of Aleatoric Art catalog

The Movement of Aleatoric Modern Artists (MAMA) has created a catalog to represent some of the work of its members. My work 'Boy and his new Balloon' was selected for the cover of the publication.

Inside the catalog each page has a work and some text, and next to Boy and his new Balloon, this is the text, written by Ray Cabarga:

A patient stalker of moments

The law of averages dictates that even amidst confusion and chaos, there is an equal change that perfection and harmony prevail- if only for a fleeting instant.

Imagine if your perception was so acute that you could divide every thought in your mind an infinite number of times and observe the process of thinking itself. You might discover, with every thought, one instant where you were a genius and another in which you were insane. And what if you could see every possibility in every moment and had the time to choose the right one.

Stoffel De Roover's smoke art photography transcends time and space to effectively capture the intangible and allow us to appreciate what otherwise would have been lost forever in an endless procession of moments in transition. He will stake out a billow of smoke and, with laser precision, ambush the ephemeral gauze at the precise moment when it unwittingly does his bidding.

You can see the online copy of the catalog here

Featured in Smashing Magazine's "50 Incredible Photography Techniques and Tutorials"

Smashing Magazine has published an overview of 50 incredible photography techniques and tutorials in which many great articles are linked.

Number 7 is "Smoke Art Photography" and along with some other interesting articles it mentions my name and links to the recent interview that was published on Digital Photography School. It also links to the Make blog which links to lumendipity.com, and the picture used you should recognize from my portfolio..

Widespread Panic t-shirt with 'Gemini' smoke picture

I finally got to taking a picture of the t-shirts Widespread Panic did for their tour, with my Gemini smoke picture on it. The text reads "Her dance needs no body"

If you're interesting in buying this t-shirt, you can go to their merchandise website.
Or if you want another t-shirt design with one of my smoke pictures, let me know.

Smoke Photography - How to : Interview published

Digital Photography School interviewed me about how to get started with smoke photography..

It starts: Here at DPS we are always on the look out for photographic techniques that are pushing the boundaries of the medium. This week I’m excited to highlight Stoffel De Roover as he gives us a window into the amazing world of “Smoke Art Photography”

Read the rest of the article here


Thanks to Chas Elliott, who did the interview.

Smoke art - Homage to Magritte

For those of you who don't know Rene Magritte, he was a famous Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967) with his most known works showing illusions, things that are not what they seem. The bowler hat should look familiar, and also the picture of the pipe with the inscription 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' (This is not a pipe), referring to the fact that is not a pipe, just a depiction of a pipe.

Working on a smoke picture of my last batch, I noticed something that reminded me of Magritte's typical bowler hat, and even a suit, seeing the potential of a picture that could look like the work 'Son of Man' or even more like the work in the background on Magritte's portrait by photographer Lothar Wolleh, so I decided to develop it and make it a homage to Magritte..

In the picture on the left, I give you a glimpse behind the scenes, how this picture came to being, from a single photo of smoke, with a crop, mirror effect and some editing into the idea of a man in a suit and a bowler hat.

I hope you like it, and maybe take the time to look into Magritte's work, and also photographer Lothar Wolleh.

Casgrain website launched

Casgrain has launched its website, the photography on the site is by me.

For more, have a look in my gallery or have a look at their website.