Posts from the category Portraiture
Looking for location suggestions
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.
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Helios 5 in 1
A technical review and explanation of the Helios 5 in 1 reflector/diffuser combination, which I added to my collection of equipment this week.
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Open air studio
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.
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The eye of the beholder
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.
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Back in the studio
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.
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One Frame Movie series continues
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.
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Portrait session in Zürich
Photos from an all-afternoon series of portrait sessions in Zurich during September 2009, finally online as a complete set.
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SprainTV – The Movie
Another in my series of One Frame Movie photographs, of Bernese video podcaster Manuel “Sprain” Reinhard.
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SprainTV I
permanenttourist.ch/articles/2009/11/spraintv-the-movie/ I will be looking for volunteers for the One Frame Movie series next spring, once the weather is a bit warmer again. Please drop me a line if you’re interested: contact details are on my website.
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Niels and the Showgirl
An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
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Au Voleur*
The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
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Lessons in lighting
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.
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In the Old City
Another of my One Frame Movies, of friends Habi and Nina in the Nydegg area of the old city of Bern.
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