A fully operational battlestation
04.06.2008
When I was a teenager I had no other plans but to become a photographer, but somewhere between 14 and 17 typography stepped in and engulfed me completely. And that is basically how my transition to become a graphic designer began.
So after a 20 or so years detour. I've finally opened my photo studio and I mean business. I'm not caving in on design. Quite the oposite. But I want to diversify. Both fields are closely related and are easily combined as a one working solution. I've been doing the photo shoots for the Car Rental Business I'm a part owner of in Iceland for I think 4 years now. And even though I never really became a photographer I've always more or less had a camera in my hand. Photography is a much more physical thing than graphic design and as such a pleasant welcome change to the static desktop work I usually do every day.
The studio is fully equiped to deal with complex product shots. Effects and composite shots. As well as portraits and full figure shots for both fashion and editorial. The studio in its entirety is fully mobile. So I can easily bring generators and lightbanks to location shoots.
For product shots I'm set up with a skyport system that allows me to control both lights and camera remotely from my desktop and hone in on the right light and get instant feedback that helps me verify both sharpness and light.
All in all a dream to work with and in. My goal is to do 60% design work and 40% photo work. I think that is a healthy ratio at least the way things are right now.
I'm going to add more photo work to the web soon. Hopefully you'll find some studio work there soon.
So after a 20 or so years detour. I've finally opened my photo studio and I mean business. I'm not caving in on design. Quite the oposite. But I want to diversify. Both fields are closely related and are easily combined as a one working solution. I've been doing the photo shoots for the Car Rental Business I'm a part owner of in Iceland for I think 4 years now. And even though I never really became a photographer I've always more or less had a camera in my hand. Photography is a much more physical thing than graphic design and as such a pleasant welcome change to the static desktop work I usually do every day.
The studio is fully equiped to deal with complex product shots. Effects and composite shots. As well as portraits and full figure shots for both fashion and editorial. The studio in its entirety is fully mobile. So I can easily bring generators and lightbanks to location shoots.
For product shots I'm set up with a skyport system that allows me to control both lights and camera remotely from my desktop and hone in on the right light and get instant feedback that helps me verify both sharpness and light.
All in all a dream to work with and in. My goal is to do 60% design work and 40% photo work. I think that is a healthy ratio at least the way things are right now.
I'm going to add more photo work to the web soon. Hopefully you'll find some studio work there soon.