Friends and Family
Posts and photographs of family and friends.
Sven
Saturday, 20th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Portraiture • 3 comments
Sometimes, an image stands alone, with no need for description.
Open air studio
Wednesday, 17th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Photography, Portraiture • No comments
After trying out the lighting technique I mentioned yesterday, of a large diffused light source right above the subject, I wanted to apply the technique to an outdoor location. When we set up the shots under cover in Interlaken (but outside), the first problem was that there were no suitably white walls to hand. If you ever find yourself in this situation, there’s an easy solution: simply expose your shot for the person you’re photographing and then over-expose the background of the shot by at least three stops.
The eye of the beholder
Tuesday, 16th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Photography • 3 comments
I learned an important lesson in portrait photography last weekend: that of how ready the subject is to see themselves in an honest and detailed image, when they may be seeing themselves this way for the first time.
Portraits, Volume One
Friday, 12th February 2010 • Books and Publications, Friends and Family, Portraiture • 1 comment
I’ve been meaning to get around to producing a regular magazine-type publication of my photography for some time now. Future issues are likely to contain a periodic review of an [...]
Back in the studio
Wednesday, 10th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Portraiture • 1 comment
It’s been a while since I’ve been in the studio and taken high contrast black and white portraits, so Jo helped me this evening to practice.
One Frame Movie series continues
Tuesday, 26th January 2010 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs • No comments
Now that I’m well into 2010, I’d like to re-start the search for volunteers for the One Frame Movie series. Find out more in this article.
Windswept
Monday, 25th January 2010 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
I dragged my family across a small island off the south coast of Pembrokeshire in South Wales in the rain to see a lighthouse. What a wretch I am.
Snaps from the Choo Choo gig at Wasserwerk
Saturday, 12th December 2009 • Event galleries, Friends and Family, Music, Travel • No comments
A few snapshots from last night’s Choo Choo gig at the Wasserwerk club in Bern.
Choo Choo celebrate 15 years of Subversiv Records
Thursday, 10th December 2009 • Friends and Family, In the Media, Individual photographs, Music, Video • No comments
Bern band Choo Choo celebrate 15 years of their record company this weekend with a gig at the Wasserwerk Club, and they select one of my photos to appear in national Swiss commuter paper 20 Minuten.
Portrait session in Zürich
Tuesday, 8th December 2009 • Friends and Family, Portraiture • 3 comments
Photos from an all-afternoon series of portrait sessions in Zurich during September 2009, finally online as a complete set.
SprainTV – The Movie
Monday, 30th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs • No comments
Another in my series of One Frame Movie photographs, of Bernese video podcaster Manuel “Sprain” Reinhard.
Niels and the Showgirl
Wednesday, 11th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • No comments
An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
The Girl With The Fish
Monday, 9th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs • No comments
Au Voleur*
Friday, 6th November 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • 3 comments
The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
Lessons in lighting
Wednesday, 21st October 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • 1 comment
A photograph from a session in Zurich, and the lessons in lighting and technique which make it one of the more successful session shots of the past few months.
