GP-Photography

Our first shooting after several weeks with Severy from the German model website Model-Kartei took place at the small train station in Ludwigshafen/Mundenheim. I already had the chance of shooting with her last year near the river Rhine: Autumn Shooting. She changed her nickname and lost some pounds. This post will focus only on pictures converted in black and white though she has lovely eyes, colorful tattoos and the train station has a brick wall with graffiti.

All images were taken with my Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon lenses and additional lighting support from California Sunbounce and Hensel.

As usual I do have a faible of taking close up portraits with almost wide open apertures.

I can not really remember taking a profile picture and Servery looks so much different and yet it has magic in it.

One of the full body shots including the graffiti wall. Additional light came from a California Sunbounce Pro (Silver) from the left.

A different outfit and the other side of the building. Light again came from the California Sunbounce Pro. One of the most stunning portraits of this shooting session.

A different angle and distance as my final image here.

Tags: Equipment, Hensel, Model, People, Portrait, Porty, Sunbounce, Work

Dorka – the second female model at the  fine art nude workshop with Greg Gorman sponsored by California Sunbounce gave me permission to publish three pictures of her.

This is a shot taken in the bright sun using two large Sunbounce Pro from California Sunbounce. The actual background is a brick wall but slightly visble.

The same spot but a different pose and the light does a beautiful job shaping the body.

Here Dorka was in the shade in the ruins of the old monastery and one large Sunbounce Pro shoveled the light into the room.

Thanks Dorka for allowing to publish these images to our website.

Tags: Nude, People, Portrait, Sunbounce, Technique, Travel, Work

A potential new location for shootings in the future…

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Several weeks ago I attended a fine art nude workshop with Greg Gorman sponsored by California Sunbounce during the foto festival in Zingst. One of the models gave me permission to publish three pictures of her.

Here is the link to Swetlana’s Homepage: Model Swetlana

You may also check out her profile in the Model-Kartei: Sedcard Swetlana

Swetlana

Swetlana

Swetlana

Tags: Model, Nude, People, Portrait, Sunbounce, Work

Yesterday I went back on my bicycle to look for possible new locations for upcoming photo shootings. This is one of the places I found:

Locations Gallery

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This Saturday we had the pleasure shooting pictures with Jasmin who recently found our website and contacted us about getting some pictures. After exchanging several emails with ideas about locations, dresses and other shooting related stuff we started taking pictures at a lovely location just outside Worms. The castle and park of Herrnsheim. This location offers many places and structure to take pictures but you need to be cautious about your timing. The high sun during the day creates some real harsh light at many places.

This picture -which I converted into B&W – was taken completely in the shade and Eva used a California Sunbounce Pro (in silver) to fill some light. It is just amazing how much light they throw even if you are 5-10 meters away from your subject.

Here again Jasmin is completely covered in shade under a large tree and Eva brought the light back.

In the gallery below you will find some additional pictures from that location as well using our new Hensel Porty Lithium which we used for the first time ever.

After leaving the castle Jasmin changed the dress from casual to being a bride and we left towards the Rhine into the more industrial area with rails, buildings, etc.

The beauty of using a portable flash unit is that even during the day you could pretend shooting at or after sunset. The picture below was taken around 8:00 PM – a time in summer where plenty of light is still around.

Jamin looked great in that dress – thanks for bringing the idea and the dress.

Here is a making of picture illustrating the lighting setup.

We did the usual bridal shots as well and they are all beautiful but I personally like the industrialized shots as the look really dramatic.

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Tags: Hensel, Model, People, Portrait, Sunbounce, Work

Today, after dinner Eva and I took our mountain bikes to  start looking for a location that I believe would be a good location for a portrait and/or beauty session. It is not too far away from where we live and offer a nice view around Ludwigshafen.

This is a sneak preview of the location (just point and shoot images with our Canon 30D)

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I had the pleasure shooting with Dani again (read the previous post below). Our idea was to have an erotic photo shooting in an old basement and luckily we found a suitable location. At this time Miriam as make up artist assisted us and prepared Dani’s hair and make up. Thanks for your great work.

Here are a few samples (a mix of black and white and color pictures) and I will hopefully add some pictures as small gallery here soon.

Equipment used for that shooting: Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm 2.8, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8 and Canon EF 85mm 1.2

Light: Available Light, Hensel Porty and some additional equipment from California Sunbounce.

Stay tuned for more shootings with Dani…

Tags: Hensel, Model, Nude, People, Portrait, Porty, Sunbounce, Work

A couple of days ago just lucky with the weather I had my first shooting with Dani a new model in the German Model-Kartei. I have chosen a very special location not too far away from where we live but not easily accessible.

We carried around plenty of photo gear and lighting equipment from Elinchrom and California Sunbounce.  Andreas – a friend and colleague at work – provided the Elinchrom Quadra solution: Lightweight and easy to carry around.

This picture was taken with the Canon 1Ds Mark III, the Canon EF 85mm 1.2. Light was provided by a California Sunbounce Pro with the silver/white screen.

Another shot with the same setup except for the lens where I switched to the Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8 IS. I personally like shooting wide open with available light or reflecting equipment from California Sunbounce. At this time I feel pretty comfortable using setup like these.

This hidden place is almost perfect for delicate pictures with less risk of getting disturbed. First, Dani could not imagine a photo shooting in that location but the first view on the results changed her mind. Her tone of the skin, the long blond hair along with the contrast of her black boots and gloves and the green in the background makes this a beautiful shot.

This is one of the pictures where we used the lighting equipment from Elinchrom. It certainly changes the look and feel of the pictures completely.

I would really get your feedback about those pictures so please feel free to comment on those above. I do have more pictures in the queue but I am still in the postprocessing process.

Tags: Model, Nude, Portrait, Sunbounce, Work

Though already past almost a month we had again the opportunity to take pictures at the Acoustic Rock Night in Philipsburg on April, 30th 2010.

It is just incredible how well our equipment works under those hard light conditions. High ISO and fast lenses help a lot.

All pictures taken with Canon 1D Mark III or 1Ds Mark III with the following lenses: Canon EF 24-70mm 2-8, Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8 and Canon 85mm 1.2.

Many more pictures of the whole event could be found in our gallery by clicking here.

What that night made very special was the additional firedance show outside close to midnight:

This series surprised me the most. An almost perfect autofocus under the worst lighting conditions…

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