Kalle /// Berlin Board Action

A couple of days ago I discovered the urge to at least jam up Red Bulls picture server with my first clumsy steps in sportsphotography.


If you have something like this in mind you have to be very consistent in your steps.

1) You shouldn't bother with a pro, just take the most insane buddy of yours.
2) Never go anywhere people would expect the type of sport to be practiced.
3) Have no real idea of what you're doing so choose the most insane but also physically fit buddy of yours. He will have to do a lot of walking, flying and hard landing.

Ali B. /// Flatlandsession

I met Ali about two years ago. His friend Chris Böhm was in town for a show and their photographer couldn't make it. We'd been in contact at that time because Ali was working on some super sweet bicycle components and wanted me to do some 3D-CAD drawings for him. This might seem confusing but I actually spent my early twenties studying civil engineering...differtent story...

By that time I'd never taken pictures of anything moving or to be more precise I'd told everybody I was taking pics of to stand still, do this, look that way...etc.
Now I wound up in a mix of laying on the floor or running after the blond version of the Tazmanian Devil from Bitterfeld, being in constant worry about my borrowed wideangle lens.

The end of the story was that everybody was happy with the pictures but no matter how often I tried to get in touch with the photographer or the magazine there was no response.
A friend had an interessting theory about this.
He suggested that since the name of the mag was easily mixed up a more gay-hardcore related topic I might have just sent my messages to the wrong people...



Ali himself has been riding since 1985.
He was able to win lots of prestigious contests througout the 90ies, had guest appearences in music videos and did commercials in the last couple of years.
I love the Fanta spot!

My intention was to shoot as lightweight as possible, just Ali, me and the wideangle I paid for myself this time.

Bluenight @ lovelite

Regular readers will know David and Sonne of the Sexinvaders from previous
posts.

The two asked me to take a few pictures of a party they organized and that headlined "Schluck Den Druck". Taking only a few pictures is one of these things I still haven't found out how to do...

Brüder Gerekos /// Vsya Evropa

In the same issue there was also an article about Andreas and Markus Gerekos.
The two run a store for furry accessoires on the Ku'damm.
The cheapest coat had a price tag that ran a bit lower that a spinout Hasselblad kit, so I decided to keep shooting on Canon and wearing what every keeps me warm.

Karl-Friedrich Scheufele /// Vsya EVROPA

The shoot with Karl was a real rush.
Surrounded by fast (and tremendously expensive) cars Steffi my assistant and I had about 45min to check the scene and set up the lights (and get the dog off the sofa).
After getting stuck in a traffic jam Mr. Scheufeles tight schedule only left us 20min to get the shots.
We were fortunate enough to be able to use a 1920 Horch in our setting.
Mr. Larkamp from E. Thiesen Berlin advised me to think twice about even breathing near the €8million car.

The obligatory was done pretty quick and so we moved on to the jaguar workshop for some freestyle pics using only daylight.
It was very nice to see how Mr. Scheufel, being a passionate oldtimer collector, totally got sucked up by the atmosphere.

Georg Levin /// Presspics

Right after I got back from my winter holidays Georg gave me a call and asked to do some more press pics for his album release end on march.
Since I've already shot him in most ways I can imagine, I wound up with the idea of giving my hardly used EOS 33 a try and using up some of the slides that still occupy my fridge.
Of course I couldn't resist shooting digital as well.
I unexpectedly felt really comfortable not having a direct visual feedback on what I'm doing but often caught myself checking the screen that just didn't exist.
This actually gave the session a certain laidback feeling I personally enjoyed.

The main thing I disliked about working on film was the time issue.
I did the preview scans myself and only had scanned what I thought was worth it.
Meaning I had to wait a day before finally being able to work on the pictures,
not to mention having to pay for the scans.

Stop by the LIDO in Berlin on the 20th of March to see Georg and his band play live and watch out for Georg's Album hitting the stores on th 29th of March.

Alexander Dimitrenko - Presspics

Last year went down in the best possible way: with lots of great work.

I was fortunate enough to convince Victor, head of the Hamburg-based agency Communicators, that I'm the right man for the job and therefore got ahold of the wonderful opportunity to take picture of a man whome I deeply admire for his achievements and determination concerning his sport.
Now that I had the chance to meet him in person I'm only left to say he doesn't stand anything short in terms of being a very pleasant and obliging human being.

Thanks to the great understanding with Victor, the loving care with which Alexander's girlfriend Vanja supplied me with something to eat and drink (yes, I actually forget these things)not to mention Lena (www.lenawolf.com)who was in charge of styling and Sven who somehow managed to translate my mumbling into real world lighting we had a very fun time together.
Hope to see you guys again soon!

More pics will follow as soon as they get published.

If you stop by to see my portfolio or invite me over to present it you can speed things up :-)