Saturday, June 27, 2009

Sportfishing with 4 years old boy

Happy Young fisherman. Photo: Henrik Kettunen

Our son is nearly 4 and very interesting in anything about fishing. For some weeks ago I got him first rod och reel. Now he is starting his fishinghobby. This week we have already been two times sportfishing at sea with a boat. As catch we have got perches, pikes and zanders. Here are two galleries from fishing tours.

http://kettunen.1g.fi/kuvat/pienikalastaja/ and http://kettunen.1g.fi/kuvat/kuhareissu/.

I was very positive suprised how good it went to throw tackles by a little kid. Sharp hooks can be very dangerous, if it goes wrong. I did try sportfishing for the first time when I was 6 years. So my son handle it two years earlier, and do it nicely.

They will soon be found also in our photostock with keyword sportfishing

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Hair Do Head Shot

Although it has firm and respected roots in the portrait world, I'm not a big fan of the blown white background.
I much prefer a subtle gradient and opaque tones.
The lighting for these headshots was provided by 2 Elinchrom FX 400's modified with a 65cm softbox as key camera right and a honeycomb grid for a rim light on camera left. The fill light was reflected with a 1.8m x 1.2m sunfire Lastolite reflector also on camera left.

True to my roots a Nikon SB-800 was neatly tucked behind the model, and gelled with a Lee Filters B53 Blue 3 inside the diffusion dome.

A huge round of applause goes to stylist, Marina Andreeva, her sister, Victoria (the lovely model), and also Marina's good friend Maria for translating my dodgy English.

Well done to all you guys and good luck with the competition!

Another mammoth sized thanks goes to Henrik Kettunen for providing the gear and the studio space. As always Henrik, your a champion!
T.