There are many ways to interpret this image: Outsiders can be as valuable as insiders, inside groups there can be outsiders, … Of course, I didn’t think about any of these things when I made the image . The image was done quickly without greater planning, but I like the result.
One of our cats, Juuso. This was interesting image to make. I had black velvet on floor. The plan was to get one of the cats to pose nicely on it. The only problem was that the cats were not co-operating… I had been shooting about one hour already with no keeper shots. I think [...]
Just a quick shot of knife and fork with my minimalistic strobist setup. I need to do these quick images to stay sane… photographers will understand.
In some cases it’s obvious which produces more easily good looking images, 3D or photography. Take for instance portraits or food shots. There really is no contest at the moment: photography rules. Then there are all sorts images that would be harder to create using real world photography: It’s certainly possible to make a cut-away [...]
Mobile phone as light source I wanted to do a “real” self portrait because I anyway do many (photographic!) experiment with myself, but those images will (hopefully? definitely?) never be seen by anyone else. Since I like playing with light I thought I might as well show that in my self portrait. My Nokia 1100 [...]
If you have ever hit yourself with a hammer you know the feeling. I wanted to capture that feeling of hot pain in a photo. I got the idea watching our 1 year old daughter playing with a small flashlight. She was trying to eat the light and her whole mouth was lit from inside [...]
This image was taken with Sinar Norma 5×4 inch view camera. Background was changed in Photoshop. I am sure an educated eye can spot where the blur isn’t consistent between the shoes and the background, but I’ll live with that.
The current banner image The chili image was shot using available light with Canon A520. Large window acted as a softbox. No fill reflectors, as much of the red color on chili peppers was generated by translucency (using white fill would have resulted in less saturation). The first banner image The banner image is taken from [...]
