{"id":2,"date":"2011-11-30T22:05:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T06:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdjphoto.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-05-16T22:08:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T05:08:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdjphoto.com\/wordpress_5\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT TDJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Torquille (Tor-kwill) De Jonge (Dee-Yong). Torq to those who know\/talk\/shoot with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Vancouver – some years ago, he was born a happy baby, and when the doctor slapped the life into him, he knew he was destined to take great photos. 
He had never held a camera until his Dad handed him his old Agfa when he was about 10, during a mountain hike…and was captivated by the results, and has never been without a camera since\u2026except once in Greece during his mid 20’s when he felt \u201check, any old camera will do\u201d, and was subsequently  unhappy taking one roll of pictures on an almost-disposable camera\u2026until he came upon a trusting Australian girl who lent him her professional camera for 1 week and he took 37 rolls of film, and came to believe in trusting, beautiful female strangers\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon the realization that photography had become his career: he simply knew that the main goal of this passion is to make women look even more beautiful through the magic of the camera lens.   When working with his clients, he has the ability to bring out a special part of their personality that, when transposed into a photograph, makes one breathless while gazing at it\u2026and the next comment is \u201chow stunning\/sultry\/beguiling\u201d the woman looks\u2026and \u201chow did he get that look\u201d\u2026and \u201chow did he decide on that effect\u201d\u2026.etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alluring photos he creates with, and because of, his subjects, he shows the women as strong, mesmerizing, and devastatingly stunning\u2026or simply fresh and pretty.  Overall, client images very likely have a candidly erotic tone, a la Helmut Newton, whom Torq aspires to be the modern emulation of\u2026or the image may just as easily become part of a whimsical landscape\u2026sleek and decadent in its beauty\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026it\u2019s what you see, and what you don\u2019t see\u2026\u201d is one of the ways he makes his subjects the tantalizing focus\u2026    
Torq is happiest while looking through the camera\u2019s lens and that happiness is infectious.  A photo shoot
with Torq is fun, focused, and personal\u2026and it\u2019s all about the subject – the subject is the center of his attention\u2026nothing else matters at that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gets to know his clients and how they want to be seen through the camera\u2026and he then attains that for them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torq has a huge portfolio of clients, and yeah, he also has a lot of BFFs: beautiful female friends.
As he moves back and forth between Vancouver and England, client requests have him scheduling as many shoots as he can in the space of a day.
And the women are saying:  \u201cCan\u2019t wait to shoot with you again\u201d;  \u201cyou made me look like a model at my very first photo shoot\u201d;   \u201cso excited to be working with you\u201d\u2026. \u201cyour final edits of my pics are stellar\u201d\u2026\u201dyou are amazing, see you Monday\u201d,  \u201clove your style\u201d\u2026
You will find his work in model portfolios, on social media sites, on entertainment blogs and online magazine websites, etc.
You will be able to lay eyes on his latest shots wherever you are now standing\u2026whether it be a gallery\/venue\/event\u2026
Or scrutinize his work here on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a restaurant, the cook said to Helmut Newton.  \u201c\u2026your images are excellent. You have a great camera.\u201d
Newton said to the cook after the meal: \u201cyour food was magnificent.  You must have good pots…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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