warm days
White Shirt
A White Shirt, Frau Katzenblum, and Three by Three Pictures in a Square
Sometimes, it doesn't take much to create strong images. A white shirt, natural light, clean lines – and a person who knows exactly how to move in front of the camera.
This was exactly the case during the shoot with Frau Katzenblum in my apartment. She not only handled her own makeup and hairstyling but also actively shaped the entire shoot. With great creativity, an assured sense for posture and expression, and an impressive presence, she continually introduced new poses and variations. The interplay of her ideas and my photographic perspective gave the shoot its own dynamic.
In post-processing, I played around with different looks, tried various edits, and published some of them. Ultimately, I decided on three small series here, all in a consistent style: sitting, lying, and with a mirror – three pictures each. These can be seen both here on the blog and on Instagram—there, of course, with appropriate censorship, here in their complete form.
The shoot remains memorable for me not only because of the pictures, but also because of the calm, focused atmosphere that developed. A clear framework – and within it, enough space for expression.
Teilnehmer: Model Frau Katzenblum
Zwischen Licht und Schatten
Zwischen Licht und Schatten
In monochromem Halbdunkel entfaltet sie ihre Präsenz wie ein leiser Hauch von Eleganz, der sich in den Schatten verliert und zugleich aus ihnen hervorsticht. Ihre wilden, voluminösen Locken umrahmen ihr Gesicht wie ein ungezähmter Strom, der sich über ihre Schultern ergießt – eine Komposition aus Licht und Textur, die das Auge auf ihrer Stirn, den sanften Wellen ihrer Haare und der zarten Struktur ihrer Haut verweilen lässt.
Ihr Blick, fast fragend, fast herausfordernd, ist auf eine Weise direkt, die mehr offenbart, als sie verbirgt. Ihre Augen scheinen eine stille Geschichte zu erzählen, ein Geheimnis, das sich im sanften Spiel des Lichts auf den Wangenknochen und der geschwungenen Linie ihrer Lippen verliert. Der leicht geöffnete Mund – nicht vollends entschlüsselt, nicht gänzlich verschlossen – haucht dem Moment einen Hauch von Sehnsucht ein, als wäre sie im Begriff, Worte zu formen, die doch niemals ausgesprochen werden.
Der schwarze BH, der ihre Brust sanft umfasst, setzt einen markanten Kontrast zur blassen Haut, die im Zwielicht fast zu glühen scheint. Der dunkle Stoff enthüllt so viel, wie er verhüllt, betont die natürliche Kurve, ohne den Zauber des Unergründlichen zu verlieren. Es ist ein Spiel aus Kontrasten, aus Weichheit und Struktur, aus Schatten und Licht – verführerisch und zugleich zurückhaltend.
Die Linie ihres Halses, die Anmut der leicht gesenkten Schulter, der feine Schatten, der sich an ihrem Schlüsselbein sammelt – all das wirkt wie ein Gemälde, in dem jedes Detail bewusst komponiert wurde. Der Hintergrund, verschwommen und reduziert auf abstrakte Formen, lenkt keinen Moment vom Zentrum des Bildes ab. Sie ist der Fokus, die Essenz, die Wärme, die inmitten der kühlen Töne aufblüht.
Es ist ein Bild, das nicht nur Schönheit einfängt, sondern eine Geschichte erzählt – eine von Selbstbewusstsein, von Verletzlichkeit, von der stillen Macht eines Moments, der für immer im Auge des Betrachters bleibt.
Water ~ Sky
"Cromer110821" has been selected for the group show "Water ~ Sky" at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 55406. The exhibition will run from July 19 till August 9.
https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/calendar
Pastel body parts
Creating delicate body part photographs was more difficult than expected. Whether said body part is shot directly in the crop or the image is cropped in post-processing, it takes a certain eye to create the balance between too much and too little.
To get away from the monotonous black and white image, I decided to go for a pastel look. I think the delicate colors of light, almost pink skin and the light blue background go together perfectly. I also chose a round frame with occasional break-out elements so that the image section also matches what is shown, namely a human body, completely without sharp edges and hard corners.
I would like to leave it up to you to decide whether I have succeeded in this balancing act or not 🙂
Have you ever photographed body art and if so, how did you find the process?
Teilnehmer: Model Miss Souls
summer in my garden
ESPRESSO-TIME
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Marta Art
I created this account as an experiment.
I have not used a camera
for over twenty years,
but use 3D CGI, for a few things. 
One is to re-create, or re-interpret,
images that I found beautiful.
Four years ago,
I contacted Marta Gromova,
and informed her I wanted,
with her permission, to create in 3D,
a variation of one of her photoshoots,
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTrGg5IMM_n/
She liked  the idea,
and the result was popular on Instagram. 
So, now I choose this image
to open my portfolio,
even though it is not real photography. 
It does use a  camera,
or, camera shader, part of the
industry standard renderer,
I use, as are the lights. 
The rendering engine allows me
to reproduce atmospheric lighting,
such as sun or moon,
exterior street lights,
and interior spot lights,
as well as from lamps,
candles and so on. 
It also calculates the
colour, intensity, and angles,
of specular highlights,
shadows and reflections,
et cetera, perfectly.  
The response to this,
here on STRKNG, is warming. 
I am honoured,
that I am in the top ten
of trending photographers,
for this final week of June. 
Thank you, STRKNG,
and all of you,
models and photographers,
for welcoming me.
The warm light in a cold place
Whilst the sun is scorching around Europe at the moment there are times of year we grab every ray of sunshine we can.
This set is from an abandoned water dam frozen in late winter, the warm sun had started to thaw the ice and snow, as life started to return.
WINTER SUN
BY MOLLY FISK
How valuable it is in these short days,
threading through empty maple branches,
the lacy-needled sugar pines.
Its glint off sheets of ice tells the story
of Death’s brightness, her bitter cold.
We can make do with so little, just the hint
of warmth, the slanted light.
The way we stand there, soaking in it,
mittened fingers reaching.
And how carefully we gather what we can
to offer later, in darkness, one body to another.









