Ducati Panigale 1299S, Teil 1/2

Ducati Panigale 1299S, Teil 1/2

Eines der edelsten Bikes am Markt wird von Ducati gebaut – die Panigale 1299S. Ein brachialer Zweizylinder mit mehr PS, als man essen kann. Eine wunderschöne Maschine, bei welcher die Italiener mal wieder gezeigt haben, dass ihnen in Sachen Design keiner etwas...
Playing with Light

Playing with Light

Readers of my blog will remember the giant potash mine dump I used as a gorgeous backdrop in previous posts (location scouting and quick shooting). I returned to that location to take some more images. I’ve got that perfect image in my mind with a deep blue sky...
Against the sun

Against the sun

You know what I said about noon. Harsh sunlight, not good for photography, go into the shade if you must take images in such conditinos. And don’t photograph against the sun, your subject will just be a dark silhouette against a blown-out sky. I chose to break...
Homemade motorbike studio shoot

Homemade motorbike studio shoot

I have photographed motorbikes excessively this year (Link1, Link2, Link3). All these shootings took place in the bike’s natural habitat: roads, streets and in one case an open field. These shootings are fairly easy concerning the logistical part –  just take...
Avoiding closed eyes in flash photography

Avoiding closed eyes in flash photography

There are people whose eyes are closed or half-closed on every single picture when they are photographed using a flash. Getting a decent portrait of such a person is difficult. Today I want to explain the background to that circumstance and show two ways of avoiding...