portrait of nika

Since I work in the firm, I work with Tina. I know her daughter since she was small, even photographed her. Kids grow up. Nika came today to pick up Tina’s car and of course I used the opportunity to make another portrait.

Two seconds, windowlight and my reflector.


self assignment IV

About self assignments.

“This week you must create a serie or triptych about ‘Still life’ using your 30mm objective and a ‘1:1’ ratio. You should use impressionism, combined with following colourmode: free of choice.”

What else to photograph than peppers (“paprika”) when it is the season and you are told to do a still life? From the 15kg we had for ‘ajvar’, I only needed one…


self assignment III

About self assignments.

“This week you must create a serie or triptych about ‘Daily life’ using your 18mm objective and a ‘21:9 (16:9)’ ratio. You should focus on details, combined with following colourmode: colour, SOOC.

This assignment led to a discussion: what is ‘daily life’? I photographed something I encountered in my daily life, however, it was not my daily life. It was the daily life of someone else? Does that count? Below the daily life of aunt Ljerka.


In case her daily life doesn’t count, my selection would have been following (though different lens and format):


self assignment II

About self assignments.

“This week you must create a series of 5-10 images about ‘Cityscapes’ using your 18mm objective and a ‘1:1’ ratio. You should playing with light, combined with following colourmode: colour, processed.”

I cheated a bit with the assignment as I knew I would be out of town. At the other hand, being out of town, it didn’t mean I had much time to photograph. The only advantage was basically a change of environment. Meet Budapest:


self assignment I

Every writer has it. Every photographer has it. Every artist has it. The (writers)block. How to overcome it? How to push yourself? How to create when you are not in the mood? Too tired? Too inspired? How to go on? How to force yourself? How to start creating again?

The best way is to give yourself an assignment: “shoot this, in such and such way”. This will force you to think, to create. For sure no masterpieces but it gets you back on track.

Welcome to a new series: “self assignment”: simple, small jobs to myself to keep me going. Let’s start:

This week you must create a triptych about ‘People (portraits)’ using your 23mm/f2.0 objective and a ‘free of choice’ ratio. You should use an abstract style, combined with following colourmode: free of choice.”

During a walk through my village, I noticed Tommy working on the wood. I took a piece and photographed him through it in order to frame him in an abstract way. Light was gorgeous and the first shot was just perfect. However, a triptych was needed so I needed two images more. In post, I cropped to 16x9 and changed colors with lut’s.


portrait of ida

It was tough to get a steady image of Ida, I took several images in the range from two to six seconds, but all were a bit blurry, unsteady, restless. As if she knew. She remained shortly in the firm, restless as she was, she had to move on.

Three seconds, windowlight and my reflector.





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