One of Many

Today evening I was browsing though some of my images and this one brought my attention. It was taken only a few months ago at the local ZOO and I really like the repeating pattern of the orchid (at least I assume it is an orchid). Also the colors looked nice but I could not remember what lens I took it with ... only after examining the EXIF I realized that it was taken with my pocket camera Powershot S90! Camera spec: Canon Powershot S90 at 6mm, F2.0 @ 1/1000, ISO 80.

Focus on iPad

Another photo from the fair exhibition that I like. The person is nicely separated from the background and the symmetric green bars on the sides of the frame provide a good framing. I also like motion blur at his right hand pointing at the iPad, but best thing is the light. It was a pure ambient light but at the background there were placed two bluish spots pointing exactly at the right direction and providing cool accent lights on both sides of the figure. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II at 70mm, F2.8 @ 1/100, ISO 2500.

I Want this Job

During this week I was ask by DES Job Fair organizers here in Aalborg to do some short photo reportage documenting the event where students from the university meet with companies in order to establish connections. Here is one of my favourite photos I took. I was working completely with ambient light only as I didn't want to disturb the atmosphere with my on-camera flash which was moreover impossible to bounce (ceiling more than 20m high) and off-camera flash would attract too much attention. I found my scene from a distance, set the camera to manual in order to have consistent exposures and then took several frames to get the right expression. On the photo above I like that it has a clear foreground and background and the main two objects in the middle are nicely separated by a shallow depth of field. This creates a feel of dimension. Shooting at ISO 2500 is absolutely no problem, after a slight noise reduction in Lightroom 3 the photos look like shot at ISO 400 on my Canon 40D. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II at 70mm, F3.2 @ 1/100, ISO 2500.

Life-Coaching Video

Today I am posting another video that I recorded on 5D mark ii. This time I was shooting a short introduction video for our local life-coach. The task was to create a short, friendly and relaxing introduction to her homepage www.forandringsrum.dk. It is spoken in Danish, but give it a try and let me know what do you think? When you play it in full screen, make sure you switch the full HD quality on. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 24-105 4L IS and 70-200 2.8 IS II lenses, Rode Stereo VideoMic with dead kitten.

Elegant Body Lines

Today I am presenting another photo from the fashion show last Thursday. What I like about this one are the nice lines in the body of the model combined with the warm a saturated light atmosphere. As in the previous post, the high ISO capabilities of my camera in combination with 2.8 telephoto lens saved the shot. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II at 200mm, F2.8 @ 1/250, ISO 3200.

Friis Fashion

Yesterday I visited a fashion show in Nordkraft, downtown of Aalborg. The show was organized by the fashion shops in the newly build shopping center Friis and was attended by many local citizens. Unfortunately, the lighting of the catwalk was not ideal at all. At the last stop the models were standing in almost a complete dark. What a pity. Anyway, I managed to get a few interesting shots. The one I present today focuses on the detail of the dress and what I think makes in interesting is the tension in the photo. Human eye normal expects to see warmer colors in a closer distance and colder colors little bit further away. Placing objects in the scene to follow this rule allows to create a feel of depth in the photo. In today's post the colors are placed in the opposite; warmer further away and colder on the main model. I really like the drama this trick allows to create. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 2.8 IS II at 200mm, F2.8 @ 1/200, ISO 1600.