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Dharmas Mirror

I’m growing fond of using a large mirror, so much so that I’ve just bought another one.

Lighting is challenging partly because you need to pay attention to what you can see in the backgro...

Kung-Fu girl

Freya Gallows, AKA Bump wolf, was super fun to work with, but I must admit I booked her for her Bio. It went something like “Having bicycled the entire Pacific coastline in the US, pyrotechnician...

Bird of prey

Here are a couple of studio shots with Gracie Sweet.

Gracie is a newly started model, which may be the reason for the following controversy.

We shot for half a day and into the second s...

Mynte showing off in a bed.

I love shooting with Mynte. She is a self-proclaimed exhibitionist who gets a kick out of shooting. So generally, if you go with the flow, something fun, and often erotic, will come out ...

The hot beach

Last summer, just before starting a workshop, Wiana, the Endless Sinner, Loulou models, and I went to a nude beach and did some freestyle shooting. These are a couple of the images that came out of...

The Outhouse

During all the COVID lockdowns, my neighbor country, Sweden, took the strategy of remaining open but cautious. Interestingly, it has not negatively influenced mortality compared to other Nordic cou...

A gorgeous crawl

I lit this slightly erotic set of Lena with available light from the window, diffused by a couple of Lee opal diffusion foil layers. On the opposite side, a large styrofoam flag provides negative f...

Minka on wheels BTS

It's surprising how many of the models I shoot fancy a naked drive on the scooters I use when getting around on the airstrip.

I guess there is a streak of exhibitionism on many of the models....

The roundbales

In the former airfield next to my studio are some large grassy areas. Once a year, they harvest the long grass and compress it into these round bales. Then they proceed to stand them, which is a un...

Jump the shark

This was my first ever shoot with a Ballet Dancer. 

At the time, she was dancing for the Royal Danish Ballet.

As you can see in the second image, the stripes are created by a fring...

Floor shapes

Modeling by Goodhaab

It always amazes me how much you can do by playing with shapes on the floor. Everyone is different. The light is my 57” Zeppelin with a white diffuser and a soft grid s...

Sofa full of Grace

Grace108x (I should have asked her how she ended up with that model name.) Ambient light from my two studio windows and a big flag to provide negative fill on the opposite side. Easy does it.

Faith & Yoko Ono

This is an old set with Faith Chu from Sweden.

The first was shot with a direct lamp head on a white background and with a large flag to create the gradation of the background. I wanted the s...

Clara on stripes

I don’t think I reveal too much if I state that Clara Sinclair is a bit of an exhibitionist, which happens to be my favorite kind of model to work with.

This set is from a small summer cabi...

Sleeping beauty.

This was one of the weirdest shoots I have made: The model is Mira, a Russian model, and we had no means to communicate, so every time I needed her to change something on a pose, I had to guide her...

Belzen on lookout

A couple of shots of Belzen model in Sweden this summer.

A little composition trick in the first image: Notice how I get away with directing the model with the horizon line by placing her alo...

Spinal tab

The sweet Rigmor_aa is on my old daybed in the studio. It’s backlit with available light from two windows in the studio. It was the last shoot I did on the daybed.

My entire studio, includi...

Vintage Chaiselongue

Here is a nice set with CB Modelling on my new vintage Chaiselongue/recliner.

It’s lit with a 57” Zeppelin deep umbrella with a soft grit to keep the light from the background. In additio...

Oily body

Another Oily shot I once did with Poppyseed back in the day.

I love the effect oil has on the body and its interplay with light.

This is available light from a studio window.

Black sand

This was an oil-experiment more than anything else.

As a part of the Art-nude on Location course I created on Lanzarote with Wiana Model, I wanted to see how glistening I could get the model....

Two tone wall

Anneli soaking up a few rays of sun in the studio. 

It’s the first time I’ve shot a woman of color in my little Boudoir corner, and I like the dark grey against her skin.

The l...

Clara's Spotlight

And to top it off, I have another set with Clara Sinclair, which is very similar to the set that dropped two days ago.

It’s lit with the large Fresnel light but shot with a modern lens and ...

Booty time

I like few things more than a beautiful model who is eager to show off her booty like D Genevievre here. The set is almost identical to yesterday’s post but shot in color, with a modern lens (24-...

Film Noir

I decided to give these images with Daniella Carter a film noir look:

I used my Fresnel spot, which was placed relatively close to the model, and another lamp from the camera at a very low ou...

Leçon de séduction (Lessons in seduction)

When I shot with Dharma, she asked if we should shoot some images with a body. My facial expression may have revealed a lack of enthusiasm as she quickly jumped into a sales pitch, showing me it wa...

Happy "Leap Year Day"

Here are some more images with Sylph Sia from Bulbjerg on the northwest coast of Denmark. There were shots during the last hour before sunset and after getting the best possible light.

PS. Se...

Bordeaux In J-TREE

I had the pleasure of shooting with Angelina Bordeau in Joshua Tree a few years ago.

She’s a former commercial and catwalk model who escaped the rat race.

I had been following her for...

Lifeguard on duty

I’m generally not a fan of photographing at beaches:

With the sand sloping down to the water, it’s hard to photograph a model in that direction:

Unless you stand on a ladder or lie ...

Sigrife on Tour

This is from my second-ever model tour: IE. Spend several days with a model and utilize the best light in different locations. These are from Mols Bjerge, a nature park in eastern Denmark that also...

Sienna Hayes

I had the pleasure of working with Sienna Hayes for two days two years ago.

We went to this place I know, Stevns Klint, a Unesco World Heritage site with a massive area of Limestone.

We...