The speech is in Danish in this video but I believe you'll have a good idea about what's going on even without knowledge of Danish.
And do check out the Discord for some bonus material.
I shot this set with Miss Blondt in ’17 in Refshaleøen.
At the time, it was a staging area for tunnel building, so there would usually be a lot of pipes and various steel elements lying ar...
2024-09-29 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of unpublished images with an anonymous beauty.
I adore the first with hard light and like the Playful third image.
Do you have a favorite?
2024-09-28 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A sweet 5 min BTS movie of an anonymous model
2024-09-28 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A few months ago, Cassie and I passed this deserted cafe and decided to beautify the otherwise nice cafe furniture.
It’s simply late evening sun.
And yes, I did try to give her a...
2024-09-27 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Cassie at a make-believe tea-party.
Notice that I light the images (or rather place the model at an angle towards the sun) in line with my principles on lighting.
It doesn't matter whe...
2024-09-27 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This demonstration is based on someone over lunch in a workshop I did saying, “You can’t shoot models midday in a desert and get a good result.”
I said, “Well, it’s harde...
2024-09-26 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
There is something interesting about the dual view you can get when shooting in a mirror.
But it also makes it harder to control, as you must sometimes get light to work from multiple sides. ...
2024-09-25 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been skirting editing images from this series with Dovile.
Frankly, they didn’t turn out as expected, and I’m having trouble deciding whether I found them usable.
Going o...
2024-09-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We did an afternoon excursion in a place with a ton of withered ferns and shot this set.
I don’t remember much of the specifics as this is an old set, except that the first two were shot wi...
2024-09-23 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This was during a workshop in Majorca and started as a gesture:
A couple of the wild goats were curious about us, and Wiana, an avid animal lover, wanted to feed them.
I thought the...
2024-09-22 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2019, after teaching a workshop at the Palm Springs Photo Festival, I had an opportunity to shoot with Nicole Vaunt for a couple of days.
I picked her up in Las Vegas and dropped her off i...
2024-09-21 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is another of my experiments with an anonymous model.
I am fascinated with photographing movements that have a dynamic feel but are sharp in one or two places of the frame, thus d...
2024-09-20 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Belzen, the model, and I were at Kullaberg, scampering around rocks, trying to find a place to shoot.
The challenge, however, was that it turned out to be one of the busiest days of the year...
2024-09-19 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A short 4 min BTS vid from this little set
2024-09-18 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Just like I’m looking for light patterns or shadows, I’m also looking for objects that naturally lend themselves to placing a model.
Like this small ledge.
As you can see, this enti...
2024-09-18 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There isn’t much to say about this except a battery-powered Profoto B10 with a honeycomb that creates a soft falloff toward the sides of the frame.
My main challenge was to decide wh...
2024-09-17 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Three images of Rubia Stri and four different or slightly modified lights:
The first is lit with a large fresnel lamp, the dead giveaway of the rounding of the shadows and the way the ...
2024-09-16 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I shot these two images 3 to 4 years apart in two countries.
They struck me as very similar, except for the background:
Both use semihard and hard light as backlight, striking the...
2024-09-15 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When I shoot on location (indoor and outdoor), I’m always looking for interesting light patterns, and if I find any, I’ll almost certainly attempt to shoot something with it.
Like...
2024-09-14 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When I travel and plan to shoot, I almost always book an Airbnb or similar place I can use as a location. I’m mainly looking for four things:
A place I can have entirely to m...
2024-09-13 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another set I had left to gather dust in the archives, with Lilith Etch and Poppyseed.
I shot these at Hovs Haller, a fantastic photo location in Skåne, Sweden.
It’s all-natural light ...
2024-09-12 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Behind the scenes shooting the polar opposites image with Lilith and Poppy.
2024-09-12 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Wiana doing her thing on a Baby grand piano.It's such a joy to see her work her magic in front of the lens.
This set is from a shoot at the Kiln Studio, which I shot in March or April.
Mostly, Wiana made me shoot this, as I had already shot a set with Georgia Brown and the Piano (Available in August o...
My trusty 57” Westcott Zeppelin lamp illuminates Daniella Carter on a box.
It's a super easy and super efficient light. Although costly, it’s probably one of the best investments I’ve eve...
