Another series, i shot with the amazing July. This time we took “Punk” as our theme and did some urban shots. I shot with a beauty dish for the first time and it’s absolutely nice to work with such a light equipment

Daniel Böswald has been my light assistant here and Connie did a great job as the good fairy and helped me to have the cloths and hair right all the time. Thanks to you two!

Today i want to recommend a little book to you. “Paris versus New York – A Tally of Two Cities” is a well designed piece of art and will be very inspiring for the creatives and it has been a birthday present form Alex. It’s simply a picture-book, comparing the typical Paris things to the typical New York things. Designed with a lot of love and creativity i had great fun, exploring the book and finding some little masterpices of illustration.

Absolutely recommended to everyone who loves great design works.

(PS: The photos are processed with my upcoming “Sundried Film” Photoshop-Package)

 

The last days when i was shooting, i wanted to try out, what’s possible with a 50mm 1.4 lens on a Full-Frame body and i’m really impressed with the dof-results. Also i wanted to know, how the 5D Mark II works such light situations and the dynamic range is really incredibble.

The photos are more tests than anything else, the in-focus-area is pretty boring but i’ll try to do more of that stuff with more interesting setups in the next days. The photos work best in a high resolution. (click to enlarge)

When i was a child, i spent many of my school holidays at my grandparents place in Arad, Romania. We took the 12 hour car ride once a year but i couldn’t speak the language at least a little bit. My grandparents had a big garden behind their house and they had some place for their animals like pigs and chicken so everything we did eat there, was completely fresh and made by themself.

Some things that i remember as typical things for Romania are the closed blinds on the windows of every house. I can’t remember that the blinds of my grandparents house where ever open when i was there. The completely street where they lived was like a little family. Everyday we got visited by some neighbors and they didn’t call before they came over and got something to drink or to eat. It was completely usual. I also remember many geese on the streets but unfortunately i didn’t see them this time so i couldn’t capture them.

Sure the complete place changed a lot during the years. The dirty Tracks are normal streets now and the center of Arad looks even better than some of the cities here in Germany. It doesn’t feel as much as an “East-European-Coutnry” as it did some years ago. Last weekend i made my maybe last visit to my grandparents house and took the chance to capture the look and feel of this place.

All the photos are processed with my upcoming Photoshop-package. You still have the chance to sign up for the beta-test of this package.

(sorry for no German version this time, i have some trouble with the language-plugin)

Many things are going on here the last days and i won’t stop for now.

This time i’m looking for some Beta-Testers for my next Photoshop-Package. Here are a few examples, of how the results will look like:

Beta-testers will get the final Package for FREE! If you are interested in becoming a beta-tester, please fill out the form below and specify a link to your Portfolio/Photostream in the text-area. I will pick beginners and professionalls to see how the different levels of photographers can handle the package.

The only requirements are, that you work with Photoshop CS4 (or higher) and that you fill out a small survey about the package within 7 days after you received the files. It will only be a few questions, most multiple choice that you can go through in under 5 minutes.

If you’re choosen as a Beta-tester, you will receive an e-mail from me in the next days.

Important agreement:

The Beta-testers are not allowed to pass the files or part of the files forward to anyone. Beta testers are allowed to use the Beta-Version of the package for processing their photos for personal and commercial use.

Beta signup-form:

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