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.