Photography of interior and exterior views of a heating module with four heat pumps mounted on a container. The prototype was produced by a consortium of local businesses for a global manufacturer of heating and air-conditioning technology.
In the end there even was time for two portraits.
A local hearing aid specialist hired me for portrait photography, capturing various scenes from a typical workday. I really enjoyed working with them as they had a pretty clear and realistic understanding of what was needed.
They were about to redo their whole website and needed fresh visuals to go with the fresh website but told me about the troubles they had finding a webdesigner who would still answer their emails and calls after first getting to know each other. It is right that, as they say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but more important is matching the following imporessions to that first one. reliability is key.
The shooting of the portraits went very smoothly – also because the master hearing aid acoustician herself was extremely reliable – and in the end everyone was satisfied, but also a little exhausted from the rather demanding shot list.
Same as last year, I had the honour to collaborate with Linh of Linh Duong Blumenkunst again on her invitation for the traditional Christmas exhibition. Always a pleasure – and always fine to see one’s work printed!
Florist Linh Duong of Linh Duong Blumenkunst Siegen at work.
Documentation of the annual Christmas exhibition at Linh Duong Blumenkunst Siegen.
Einladung zur Adventsausstellung von Linh Duong in Siegen. Photographie, Gestaltung und Druck der Postkarten.
Am Samstag, 28. April 2020 spielte Jördis Tielsch gemeinsam mit Peter Schneider ein Benefizkonzert im Kulturhaus Lÿz.
Möglich wurde die Veranstaltung trotz Corona dank des virtuellen Hutes – einer Initiative, die zusammen mit dem Kulturbüro des Kreises Siegen-Wittgenstein lokale Künstler und Kulturschaffende unterstützt und in Zeiten des Kontaktverbots heimische Kultur in die Siegerländer Wohnzimmer bringt.
Das Konzert war wunderbar, wenn auch bizarr. Das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen dem sehr warmen und emotionalen Liveerlebnis, das Jördis und Peter so mühelos erzeugten auf der einen Seite und der Abwesenheit von Publikum, das in der Regel diese Erfahrungen spiegelt und damit bestätigt auf der anderen Seite war eine einmalige Erfahrung. Nachhören kann man den Stream auf Youtube:
Jördis Tielsch:
Peter Vanielik Schneider:
Der Virtuelle Hut – Support Your Local Artists:
I did not have my gear with me and there only was an hour left in between the idea to go for the shoot and me having to be through the door for the train station, so in order to put the opportunity to good use we had to move fast and I had to borrow Marlene’s old Canon. Of course time was even scarcer after the usual displacement of furniture had taken place, and the combination of time pressure, borrowed equipment and a different camera maker resulted in a couple of technical blunders on my part, but we all had a fun time and in the end were pretty pleased with the results.
My friend and colleague Doc Babel not only taught me rudimentary Spanish, he and his wife also provided me with a home in Munich during the last few years, which made many things easier than they easily could have been.
And now that it’s their turn to look for a new home, they pack some aluminum boxes bound for South America and thought that some decent head shots would make their new start easier. I was of course more than happy to provide that part of their luggage.
Big thanks to Nemo Babelfish for hosting us in his fabulous »Toberaum« which first made for a great location for the portrait session, later for drinks, and even later for some impromptu music.
When I last photographed my friend Theresa, she had just secured her first job after graduation. A year later, the resourceful health and safety professional sticks to the good advice my friend Rob once expressed: the best time looking for a job is when you have one.
Since a picture is mandatory for almost all job applications in Austria, we put my spacious living room to good use one last time before I had to move out and shot some formal portraits. Luckily there’s also one to sneak into »Project 12«. This, that and the relocation got into the way, so it took me way too long before I managed to get round to editing (and seeing the barber).
My good friend and physiotherapist Valentin Rosegger is about to open his own practice and asked me to provide some visuals.
I gladly obliged, because in the past I received countless hours of Valentin’s skilled treatment and profound advice. Creating the images for his information material was a great way to repay the services (and I could also sneak in my – late – August portrait for »Project 12«).If you are looking for a thorough physiotherapist, I really recommend him. He is setting up shop at Lindengasse 27 in 1070 Vienna and offers very work-compatible times. For an appointment dial +43 699 17161420.
Big thanks to Valentin Rosegger’s colleague Julian Gullner, who played the patient in a manner that can only be described as patiently. It involved holding a very strenuous position for a very long time (see above), neither minding Valentin (»straighten the back Julian, involve the abs a little more«) nor me (»great, stay just like this, only a few more shots, almost done«).
A week or so ago Christian Bazant-Hegemark said he had an idea for a picture involving himself, a children’s trike and one of his paintings. Was I interested in helping him shoot it? Of course I was – he is very easy in front of my camera and I knew it was going to be fun.
He wanted to combine a photo of himself with a painting he is currently working on. The painting shows a boy on a children’s tricycle and my job was to place Christian so that his position would resemble the trike-boy’s as much as possible and at the same time keep the background relatively easy to edit out.
In the words of Douglas Reynholm: I am no Truman Capote when it comes to Photoshop and I am excited about what Christian is going to do with it, but what I pictured while shooting was something like this:
It goes without saying that Christian riding an imaginary tricycle whilst resting his feet on a broom and sitting on a bar stool that was itself placed on a table was also calling for a more serious portrait.
Westernreiten & Ferien auf dem Bauernhof am Ossiacher See in Kärnten: https://www.lake-view-ranch.at/
With more than a decade of experience, I strengthen the visual identity of my clients through industrial, academic, and corporate photography.
I also headed communications departments in both the corporate and the academic world and this background enables me to get you the visuals you need – every time!
What I enjoy about product photography is that through spending time with an object that otherwise gets overlooked as a mere utility, beauty can be found in unexpected places.
Making the extraordinary within the ordinary visible for others always is a very exciting process.
In the words of Arnold Newman, Portrait photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
It never seizes to amaze me how, by moving some furniture around and thus creating a carefully designed context for the subject, photography can condense the many facets of a personality into a still image.
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