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Jurgita – Informal Photo Sessions
Probably the most frustrating thing about shooting with someone is that you generally only get to do it once. You notice things during a shoot and afterwards, and often time I wish I could shoot more with folks like Demari Vi Syth, Margarita or Arctica, but one lives in England, the other is based in [...]
Web Portraits Zurich – Mathias Shoot
The first willing subject for the Web Portraits Zurich project was Mathias Möller, Editor and Community Manager at Amazee who agreed to have his portrait taken.
The shoot was relaxed, the way a portrait shooting session should be. We had had a concept meeting a few weeks before, and organized some ideas on Google Wave, so [...]
Lazy Swiss Sunday – Urban Poet Portraits
I’m a bit of strange guy, and when I shoot images I naturally try to infuse a bit a strangeness into the process. Dry Tooling in a parking garage, vintage glacier goggles, and hiding my beautiful eyes behind sunglasses are my thing at the moment. This contrasts wonderfully with Matt’s take on portraiture, which is influenced by his background in photo journalism and wedding photography. He captures the beauty of reality, while I try to do anything but. We had two ideas in mind, one as an experimental action image, and would then go do some reality based shots.
Translating a Vision into a Photo Concept
I’m somehow drawn to photography to get the picture that I didn’t know existed. That concept in my head which sits there till I try and make it for real. And few things are harder for the eye-brain connection to interpret than motion. Adding motion to a static photography subject can add a certain something, and I took the concept in my head and set about translating it into a viewable form.
