Posts from the category Portraiture
Looking for location suggestions
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I am continually on the lookout for interesting and characterful places to use in my photography and I am compiling a list of possible locations, to which I can return in the future and use in my photography.
Helios 5 in 1
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A technical review and explanation of the Helios 5 in 1 reflector/diffuser combination, which I added to my collection of equipment this week.
Open air studio
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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…
The eye of the beholder
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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.
Back in the studio
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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.
Portrait session in Zürich
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Photos from an all-afternoon series of portrait sessions in Zurich during September 2009, finally online as a complete set.
SprainTV – The Movie
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Another in my series of One Frame Movie photographs, of Bernese video podcaster Manuel “Sprain” Reinhard.
Niels and the Showgirl
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An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
Au Voleur*
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The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
Lessons in lighting
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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.
In the Old City
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Another of my One Frame Movies, of friends Habi and Nina in the Nydegg area of the old city of Bern.
Frosty golf morning
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Many, many, many years ago, I used to play golf and enter competitions with my father. One winter, we rose especially early and headed down to the coast at Bournemouth for a father and son tournament, at which I remember we both played shockingly badly.
Iron Mauro
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The next in the series of One Frame Movie shots which I’m cramming into this and next week is of a colleague from work: Mauro (also known on Twitter as @ironmauro).
Happy Anniversary darling
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My wife Jo in our hotel room during a trip to Flims (canton Graubünden) on our second wedding anniversary.
Strobist day in Lausanne
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A gallery of photographs from the Strobist portrait day at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland.
It’s the idea that counts
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The most inspirational photographs are often those where the lighting plan doesn’t play a major role; those where the idea and aim of the picture takes the lead.
