New advertising cards
Finally I got my new advertising cards! I am really happy because they are a little smaller than the old ones and they show the fine art portraiture as well. It is just nicer being able to show the whole…
Mood Board
I never go into a portrait photo shooting without preparation. I decide what I want to shoot before the actual shooting. I try to learn something about the person and the intention for the shooting. With that information I can…
Eric – Low key Scene
You can have different opinions about tattoos. There are people, who quite like them and people, who don’t like them at all. But there is not much in between. For those, who don’t like them, you can stop reading right…
Ruby – overcoming shyness
Sometimes I hope people do not recognize me, staring at them. It is a kind of photographer’s disease. When I am out, I scan the scene all the time, trying to identify people, who have something special. Once I spotted…
Ella – a transformation
On Sundays I go swimming. It is a small pool and there is only one other person typically. It is Ella from Sweden and she is 12 years old. She is there for her swimming lessons. So I see her…
Postprocessing
In the old days we handled film carefully to avoid collecting dust, because it was an elaborate process to remove the white dots on the final print by rendering in water color. We could burn or dodge parts of the…
Portrait photography – Trust and Confidence
“It is only when the photographer shows that he knows at once what to do under the circumstances with which he is surrounded, that the client begins to feel that confidence which allows them to put full trust in his…
What others say
Children Portraits review by Lensculture Do you know Lensculture (www.lensculture.com)? They are an excellent source for high class photography and they also organize competitions. More important is that you can receive a professional review for your submission. It is great to…
Shanghai Moves
Shanghai’s people on the move This photo project focuses on the people of the city and tries to capture the moving part of Shanghai’s street life. The movement is horizontal. To capture this best, an analog wide format camera was…
The right clothes
What should I wear for a portrait shooting? As so often, the answer is: It depends! And that is quite true, because it very much depends on the purpose of the shooting. If you want to have the unbiased attention…
