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…
Ever wondered how they do it? How it is possible to build a ship inside a glass bottle? Before I met Heiri, I though that first of all you have to be a person with very nimble fingers and long tools that fit into the bottle neck and construct the ship inside, plank by plank….
Unser jüngster Besucher im Fotostudio Erst wenige Wochen alt ist er, dieser herzige kleine Knopf und damit mit Abstand der jüngste Besucher meines Fotostudios in Oerlikon. Der Umgang mit so kleinen Kindern ist eine Herausforderung und setzt eine gute Vorausplanung, Flexibilität und ein gutes Zusammenspiel mit den Eltern voraus. Planung und Vorbereitung für ein Familienportrait…
Billig und einfach zum basteln Schon seit Jahren wollte ich mir meinen eigenen Styropor Reflektor bauen, am liebsten gleich ein Paar. Da im Winter die Auftragslage in meinem Studio sowieso ein bisschen weniger intensiv ist, ist nun die Zeit gekommen, dieses kleine Do-it-yourself Projekt anzugehen. Es gibt online eine ganze Reihe von Konstruktionsmöglichkeiten, aber ich…
Color calibration workflow for Hasselblad cameras using X-Rite ColorChecker It took a while until I figured this one out. On the X-Rite site it even stated, that Hasselblad is not supported. I figured out a workaround though. Here we go: Shoot a reference photo of your Color Checker Passport From Hasselblad Phocus, export this image…
Cheap and easy-to-make! For years I’ve been wanting to do these for my photography studio. And since it’s winter time now and the business is kind of slow it seemed like the perfect time to do some research and build them in a do-it-yourself kind of way. I’ve seen a couple of different ways to…
Sunday Evening Drill – Tutorial for Photographers This photo is part of a series about the work and attention most of us give to their image, both personal and professional. The first photo of this series was called “Seamstress Of Her Own Destiny” and has won a couple of awards and publications. So I decided to…