Profoto Umbrella XL

Profoto Umbrella XL, latest addition of light shaping tools from Profoto. First impressions and sample portrait photos taken in studio after the link.

Sugared

Fashion shoot with maniac girl in the land of sugar & trains. Best part of using candy as props is that you can eat them after the shoot. Models are so adamant about their diet that they can't eat them anyways :)

Pin-up

Teaching again

Yours truly, teaching portrait retouching basics about month ago. Non destructive image editing with layers was new to some listeners and I heard they updated image editing workflow after my presentation. When I teach Photoshop basics, I mention the layers, masks and blending modes to be the most fundamental tools with the software.

Problem with some Photoshop books are that they list everything you can do with software but don't focus on getting the workflow basics on the right track. But we all started from the zero, and first images were edited by running tens of silly filters to them. Oh those were the days.

It is amusing how much laughter you can generate in the audience by demonstrating liquify filter to create some photoshop disasters.

Photo: Lothar Mallon

Dr. Sketchy

Promo photo for Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Suomi.
Models: Tin Ker Bell and Jackie O'Lantern. Small berets by Molla Mills. Drawings by Aiju Salminen.

Graffiti artist

Trama, graffiti artist


Making of N9 wallpaper graffiti


Setup for above time lapse

London & Bristol

It was good to see merry old England again. Last time was 11 years ago, time flies. English breakfast & lunch is still something that requires time to get used to. Or what would the life be without bacon?




And one from Bristol