Title: Red-haired Beauty. This portrait was taken with the popular model Kate Ri in Milan. The colours of her eyes, combined with the colours of her hair gave me the opportunity to take this special portrait during our shooting session. I used a single flash with a big octa and a reflector to smooth some of the shades. Kate's skills and beauty made all the rest ...
Model: Ingvill
The model in this particular image is of my beautiful and amazing wife.
This creative shot was taken in the comfort of our home living room during mid-afternoon.
Lighting setup: a Profoto (B1) strobe with 2x3 foot soft box (at camera left), flagged-off with a black v-board, created this amazing contrast. At the rear I used a second Profoto strobe (D2) with a zoom reflector and grid to create a halo/gradient on a black background behind the model.
Camera: Hasselblad H6D-50c
Lens: HC 100 f/2.2
Settings: ISO 100, f/9, 1/250s
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Title: Thoughtful beauty. This image was taken with the popular model Kate Ri from Belarus. I was absolutely amazed by her natural sensuality and her peculiar beauty. I decided to concentrate my attention to the particular colours of her skin and hairs and I tried to catch her expressive intensity in my images. Her pose and her mood were a perfect combination. I took this shot at Brainstorm Studio in Milan and I used a single flash with a big octa to have soft shadows in all of the parts of the body.
This picture was taken just before Christmas. The model had recorded a record she wanted to give as a christmas gift for her family and this was going to be her record cover.
This photo was taken on a Family Photo Shoot in Central Park, New York City. Mia is such a beautiful young lady, the camera loved her. I brought lots of girly things for her to use as props balloons & bubbles etc, but she did not need them as she was so into the shoot it was such a pleasure to photograph her and her lovely family.
This portrait of an art curator from New York, she is Norwegian, raised in Spain, studied in London working in New York. She runs an art consulting company where she does the acquisition of art for corporates. she happens to hang out at my studio with her sister who’s is a musician-actor, one of my best friends. This happens to become the best picture of the day.
Doing portraits with a woman like Nakriko is a selfstarter. Only a large window front served as the light source.
Model | @Nakriko
MUA | @Renate Good
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Model | Lea Vidya insta: @lea_vidya
Photo | Sven Gerspacher insta: @beautypics_ch
The photo was taken during a shoot where several setups were explored with ery beautiful results. The picture was taken before a grey backdrop the color was added while retouching the picture.
Aino is one of my trusted volunteer models. I love to photograph her because she has so powerfull and beautiful face. Every frame with her is golden. ✌
Jose or Smurf as he is known on the streets of Trenton NJ is a panhandler by trade. He wishes one day to enter the priesthood. Heart of gold and a warm smile through rough times is an inspiration to me.
The love between my sister and her lover on a warm evening in April. The sun was soft shining through the trees, giving the photo a warm glow.
Title: A Powerful Force
Model: Fernanda Paz Ojeda
Location: Mexico City
Camera: Sony A7RII
Lens : Zeiss Batis 85mm
A recent relocation to Mexico City brought about the need to connect with new faces, and to find somewhere to shoot. An after noon shooting local talent in the South of the city lead to a number of great portraits, this being one of them. While I am currently working in Dubai, I look forward to returning to Mexico City in the summer and hope to continue where I left off in regard to having a functioning studio space to use. I am looking forward to finding many more faces in the summer.
The first but certainly not the last shooting with the enchanting Mizzi. Natural light in black and white. (Instagram: @official_mizzi)
2x Nikol <3 I just love to work with mirrors, they a such a simple tool but the possibilities are endless.
Model: Nikol
Photo & Retouch: SujARTa / Theresa Sujata Senti
Photograph taken during a workshop on the topic of night photography in Melbourne, Australia.
Model Rhiannon (RaRa), posing on a busy Melbourne street lit only using reflected window light. A great way to use natural surrounding light to perfection.
Camera: Sony A7rii
Lens: 70-200mm F/2.8 GM
Settings: ISO 800, f/2.8, 1/320s
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This was one of the only times I used artificial lighting for a photo. Almost everything I shoot is in natural light, but I wanted to try something different. We were super excited about what we got. The model is John Carroll. He was awesome to work with!
This delicate moment was captured in natural light coming through the window and a fill card, in a photo studio with a Nikon d750. The lovely model, Francis Martins, was very connected and present in the moment.
Model: @francismartins
MUA: @gabbymakeupnyc
I‘m working as a photographer for an institution, which is responsible for the preservation of the cathedral in cologne/germany. The photo shows one of my colleagues, who works at the department, that restores the medieval windows.
I took this photo while shooting stills for Biisonimafia, a Finnish YouTube group, which was filming their latest comedy series. One of the scenes involved the main characters in a bath tub, and before the actual filming started I took a couple of shots of the actress, Janni Hussi. And boy, did she nail it!
Model: Janni Hussi, Insta: @jannihussi
Natural Sensuality.
I took this image during my first shooting session with popular model Ankhen Bogomazova from Moskow. We had the opportunity to shoot in a big studio in Milan where natural light was so beautiful and allowed us to take amazing pictures. Ankhen is a master in posing and thank to her impressive charm give the photographer the perfect position in every situation. This shot intended to represent the soft sensuality of a young woman who is aware of the expressive power of her body.