Introduction to Correcting Focus and Recompose Chances are, you know what the “focus and recompose” technique is. But are you aware of its dangers as well? In a perfect world, the camera sensor, like our eye, would be curved, leading to a curved focal plane. Here, the focus and recompose technique WOULD work perfectly. However,…
July/August 2014, Zurich Switzerland “When I stand right here and look upon the murky waters, imagining that I see the distant lights of his returning boat, I can still feel the warmth of his parting embrace… so many moons ago.” (Partially inspired by the song “My bonnie is over the ocean”) Model: Sabrina Epifani…
Tutorial “The Smart Man” Equipment used: Hasselblad H4D-31, HC 3,5-4,5/50-110mm @ 80mm, 1/320s, F/8, ISO 100. Three Elinchrom D-Lite-it 4 strobes (1 beauty dish /w grid, 2 standard reflectors w/ grid). A Canon 580EXII speedlight with a red gel. Triggered with Pocketwizard Plus III. Manfrotto MT057C3 tripod. The Concept Where do good ideas come from?…
I recently collaborated with Julia Kuzmenko McKim from Retouching Academy to publish a three-part article on the subject of storytelling in photography, especially in concept photography and I’d like to share it with my blog readers as well. I strongly believe that thinking about the story can increase every photographer and visual artist’s awareness of…
Introduction “Le Passe-Muraille” is the first of hopefully many collaborative projects with Geneva-based photo designer Sebastien Braito. The “man who can walk through walls” is a mythical figure in many cultures, sometimes the hero, sometimes the stuff of nightmares. The thief in this picture makes use of this special talent freely to relief those who…
A dress made out of hands Probably one of my most extensive (if not excessive) projects ever attempted: 5 months of preparation and planning 3 shootings (2 of them for testing and experimentation with ideas and solutions to create a dress made out of hands.) 9-hour main shooting with a team of 7 very talented…
Another huge project is in the box! If I look back, me and Yvonne (aka “Alice in Wonderland”) exchanged our first concepts in September last year and “Down the Rabbit Hole” was one of the ideas. So now, 6 months and numerous sketches later, we finally set our sails to shooting the first episode. Concept…
The Project Alice in Wonderland “Down the Rabbit Hole” is now completed. Please klick on the link at the end of the article to view it in full-size. I had a ton of fun planing, organising, shooting and editing the photos! “Alice in Wonderland” Team: Model: Yvonne Gwerder (https://fb.com/AshenLark) Make-up: Patricia Rüegg Many thanks to…
Where do bright ideas come from? What keeps a smart man smart? Being smart is not just a passive attribute, but something that the really smart man constantly pushes further. If an idea breaks, he doesn’t back down, but tries to fix it and moves on. There are sooooo many kinds of photographers: wedding, commercial,…
The Idea behind Overexposed Native Americans believed that taking a photo of them would steal their souls. In this project, I tried to imagine a world where the loss of self due to exposure to photography is a physical fact. If you think about it, it not so far fetched after all. Just look at…