Posts about portraiture
A portrait gallery of my friend Katrin, taken at three locations on the shores of Lake Thun near Interlaken.
A new colleague joined our team at the day job this week, so as usual, I was called into service to take portrait shots for our team’s blog and website.
My friend Beat Glauser, discussing photographic geekery late one evening at my home.
After seeing a few shots around the internet in a certain darkened, de-saturated style, I asked around to see if anyone was familiar with the post-processing technique which is used to create it.
Photos from last Sunday, when a colleague from work and his girlfriend took up my offer and joined me for a free photoshoot.
The date for the next Swiss Strobist photographic meetup in Lausanne (Switzerland) has been selected.
If you want to take a photo of someone else that they’ll be happy with, or if you’re being photographed, then here are the most important non-technical tips to remember.
Because I’ve wasted so much time with pointless babbling, I have had no time to create books of photography and of special holidays, yet I have wasted ten percent of my working day in inanities. So, no more. No more drivel. No more wasted time and a re-invigoration of my creativity.
Regular visitors and fans of my photography will be delighted to hear that I have added another level of pricing to my price listings: free!
Through Jo’s contact with the Whisky Experience, with whom she is working, we arranged a photoshoot for Scottish folk music band Càirdeas this weekend at the Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne. The guys come over from Scotland on a regular basis to play gigs at places like the Pickwick chain of British pubs and at whisky…
Through contact with event organiser “The Whisky Experience”, I arranged a photoshoot for Scottish folk music band Càirdeas at the Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne. The guys come over from Scotland on a regular basis to play gigs at places like the Pickwick chain of British pubs and at whisky tasting events. The staff of the…
That was the idea, anyway. I’ve been inspired by Nick Turpin’s street shots, using high, undiffused strobes, and have been experimenting on and off with the technique. This is a shot from this evening in the woods near my home, which uses a single flashgun on a 3 metre stand out of shot to the…
A complete accident which worked out well. Slightly out of focus, misaligned, and the second flash didn’t fire because I was blocking the optical sensor. I like it, though. Strobist info: 1 speedlight on 1/16 power off-camera left (high). Background illuminated by feathered spill from the single light. Sepia toning and vignette courtesy of Adobe…
Costumed portraits of actors in the Brienz Dramatic Society production of Jeremias Gotthelf’s “Ueli der Chnächt”.
CHOO CHOO is a Bern, Switzerland based band which draws its influences from 60s teenage beat, pop, soul and contemporary garage rock.
A work colleague, backlit by the sun coming in through the window, flash laid on keyboard and bounced from laptop screen at 1/8 power to give f 2.8 at ISO 100. Fill-in flash from camera right at 1/1 power (losing 2 stops due to diffusion). And a little bit of dark vignette added during post-processing…
With a small influx of requests for portrait work, I have finally put together a proper [photographic price list](/photo/photo-prices/) for my services and pictures. Comments and feedback – and of course, orders! – most welcome!
Taking portraits is always a great opportunity and I enjoyed taking photos of Manuel and his wife Carolina this past weekend.
This is one of those shots which just seems to work, despite the fact that it came about purely by accident. Well, mabye not by accident, but not in a planned way. It was taken in the bathroom of a conference centre near Zurich at the end of October, when I was shooting the conference…
