I didn’t do portraits in the office for a long time. Sometimes daily life just takes over and you’re stucked in excel tables and powerpoints. Of course, the drive to create is there, but time is simply lacking. Reality meets dreams.

And then, Martina walked in, she was told she needed her portrait taken with me. I was not even sure what kind of portrait. A normal one, or a long exposure one?

I went for the long exposure one, cause in the end, that’s what I do, but to be on the safe side, I took some normal photos as well.

Those who know me, will notice a subtle change: I went back to the original processing of the long exposure portraits. I tried colour, even loved it, but it dates after one year. Black and white is here to stay, especially the processing I had from the start. It simply fitted a long exposure. So black and white it is again. No skin smoothening except the use of a red filter which whitens the skin. As usual, available light, my dear reflector and this time an exposure of around two seconds.

And, just to be complete, I took some normal photos as well. No strobes, just window, a small reflector and a borrowed fuji xt20.

Processing in C1. Didn’t use it for a while and need to get used to it. Especially for black & white.