Last week I was contacted by Victorija who wanted some nice portrait shots, after the wedding photographer she booked made a right royal mess out of her wedding pictures.  She felt that the photographer responsible didn't make her look good and chanced upon my site by happy coincidence.  We set up a shoot in the next few days and here are some teaser pictures.  Needless to say, she was more than satisfied with the results.  ;)

 

The subjects of my shoot this time were two friends of mine, Daniel and Michael, whom I collaborate with on films.  We love films.  We love talking about films, and we love making films.  They needed some pictures for publicity purposes and I was happy to do it.  Here are the final pics.

 

Last weekend I was in Bonn to do a portrait session of Nathalie and Cloude.  The weather wasn't the greatest - overcast clouds, grey skies, wind and rain.  The antithesis of what a perfect day should be like.  However, with some exploration, we managed to find a couple of great locations, where you never expected a photo to be taken.  Chances are, you'd probably walk by these places without thinking twice.  Glad I managed to find them.  So here are some teaser pics.  ;)

Hello everyone,

and welcome to the first post of my Blog.  Here you'll get to see little snippets of what I do behind the camera on various different projects.

Last week was exceptionally cold with temperatures hitting -15 deg celsius in Köln which is not common.  Despite that, Yasmin and I decided to get out there and take some pictures.  We originally wanted to do a shoot, but kept pushing the date for various reasons.  Procrastination is evil, it keeps sneaking up on you, a little bit at a time.  Eventually we both decided to get out there and just do it.  In retrospect, sometimes a little push is all it needs. 

I firmly believe in practice makes perfect, and every job gives a chance to keep learning new things, improving, and to improvise on the spot.

I wasn't sure where to shoot since it was very cold, so this pretty much took away the "outdoors" element of the shoot.  In the end, winging it worked and there was a nice church around the corner where we got most of our shots.

This picture is a favourite of hers from the photoshoot.

 

 

This one is much more dramatic, and definitely my favourite.  Not a surprise, considering my background in cinematography and the use of blacks in the picture.  And after the shoot it was off to Starbucks for some well-deserved hot coffee.