When photographing humans, no matter what you do in the retouching process, the skin tones are the most important colors. While Canon tends to give warm skin tones, Sony's color math leads to cooler images. What is right and what is wrong? I recently heard about the secret skin tone formula.
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Sometimes I am jealous at musicians, because they have the power to create something that rests deep in our brains. Music sets the mood. No wonder, I like to play music during my shootings. Here is my current four hours set that I play.
If I was to describe the past year with one adjective, it would be 'full'. For me, the year was packed with amazing journeys, a lot of work and not much time in between. It's better than the opposite though and looking back, it's hard to believe what I have been all up to.
Like every year for so many years, I produced a calendar again. As last year there were only indoor shots in the calendar, I decided to put in only outdoor photos this time.
For the past three years, I captured the atmosphere of working on my photo book. And I mixed it up into a four minutes clip for you to enjoy.
Ten years ago a model introduced me to Tony Kelly. I instantly liked his vivid colors and the irony in his images. One of his key pieces is photographing model figures on models.
There are two common color spaces and it is a highly technical topic. One is larger than the other, one is more common, especially when displaying images on screen. So which color space should you use?
When Martin heard I was making a new book, he invited me over to Cologne to speak about it on camera. We had a very spontaneous meeting and talked for about 45 minutes about my latest book. The interview is in German.
Photographers are vain people. They live for applause. Maybe it's not such much about vanity, but about being seen and appreciated for what you do. So, I am very grateful that my work has been put on the cover of Playboy Cars, November 2018 issue.
Recently I had a wonderful presentation of my new photo book in Frankfurt. It was a lovely evening with yummy food, tasty drinks, photos and stories about my work.
Belgian Fine Art photographer Frank De Mulder is annoyed by the social media circus that is ruled by unrealistic standards and full of fake pictures. So he had the idea to photograph four women as simply as possible, exposing their souls as much as possible and portraying their personality.
Even though we only live four and a half miles apart from each other we had never met. I decided, it's about time for a change and cycled to Hannes. We sat down for a couple of hours and spoke about his vision on photography.
After the success of my first book, I decided I wanted to give something back to my dear supporters. In Germany, we have an agreement of the fixing of book prices. It's actually not an agreement, it's a dead serious law. For eighteen months the book price must stay fix without any exceptions. No discounts and no price increase. But hey, eighteen months? My last book was sold out in nine. But then I had an idea...
As my second photo book is going to be available soon and Frisky is no longer an item in my menu bar, I decided to create a page in my blog, allowing you to look at my first photo book. Still feeling frisky, after all these years.
As I invested so much time in producing the content for my new book, I wanted to attend the printing process as well. So, as with my previous book, I joined the print workers and witnessed the fascinating process of printing the sheets.
I spent the last few weeks selecting images. Or kicking out images. However you want to call it. And now, I am finally done with the selection. I know what my book will feel like. But there's no book yet. First, there's the layout.
When I read discussions on photo gear, it's all about lenses. People keep asking what kind of lens they should take on their trips and which lenses perform better than others. Here's an introduction to what I photograph with.
Staying connected to the youth is essential for my work. Because we all want to stay young, freeze the best years of our lives. When nothing mattered more than joyful moments and you had no sorrows. Playfulness, childishness, crazyness. How do you put this into a visual experience?
Three years of work lay behind me. All shootings for my new book are wrapped. After 31 sessions with around 800 — 1,200 images each, I had a hard time selecting the best ones and putting them into nice series.
For me a car is just a tool to get from A to B. Nothing more. But why? Most probably because the design ideas of the 70s weren't compatible to our markets. Check out this dreamy introduction to Grand Basel, showcasing a very rare Lancia Sibilo.
I discovered Katia when she was 19 years old. By that time I had just finished the proof printing of my first book. It was too late to put her into this book. But I knew, she was someone special. So, I beared her in mind and contacted her when the time was right.
Time seems to fly. It's always like that when you're busy. I am so happy to announce that the cover page of my new book is finished. The title of the book has been set for 10 months already and the logo is ready now, too. So, as you can imagine, I am in the final steps and in a couple of months, after three years of intense work, my new coffee table book will be out.
There's something about Italian girls. They are considered impulsive and sanguigni (lit: bloody) because they can't hold their tongues and raise their voices. Chiara is such a passionate Italian woman and here's what she told me when I met her in Milan.
After a couple of years, you can judge better what gear is useful and what stuff rests in the drawer for years. There's one little camera tripod I am constantly using and that barely anyone knows. So, I thought, I tell you about it.
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