STRKNG Photography Blog

“It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”

Marilyn Monroe

It was within these last minutes of our shooting that all pressure fell off like a dry leaf on a windy day in fall. Just music, late afternoon light, a model that was a bit tired from the night before and a photographer who loves taking pictures.

Manual focus gives me a kind of inner peace while framing, even at open aperture..

session with a beautiful muse

Nude

Photographer Nietlisbach2024-04-12

Hey guys! I wanted to tell you about my latest photo shoot. I had the pleasure of working with an absolutely stunning model. She served as my muse for two hours, and together, we created some truly impressive images. We captured everything on roll film, using my beloved Mamiya RB67. The chemistry between us was just right, and Angi truly inspired me. I'm super excited to see how you all like our work!

Interview mit Stefan Rappo

Uncategorized

Photographer Thomas Berlin2024-04-12

Stefan Rappo ist Fotograf in Paris und ehemaliger Assistent von Peter Lindbergh. Wir sprachen über seine eigenen Projekte und Fotobücher. U.a. was ein gutes Bild ist, wie er seine Shootings durchführt, wann die Kameratechnik doch wichtig sein kann, über Bildauswahl und vor allem den Umgang mit Models.

Zum Interview: https://thomasberlin.net/blog/2024/stefan-rappo-interview

Sehnsuchtsort Texel

Landscapes

Photographer Thomas Maenz2024-04-11

Viel zu lange hat es gedauert, wieder einmal auf dieser wunderschönen Insel zu sein. Eine Woche Ende März VOR den Osterferien, und so war es überschaubar leer. Das Wetter war typisch Friesland. Nach einer Nacht mit ergiebigen Regenfällen war die Luft am nächsten morgen so klar, dass es die wahre Freude war, mit der Kamera loszuziehen. Ich genieße dieses All-Ein-Sein mit Wind, Strand und Meer. Formen, Strukturen, das Komponieren von Bildausschnitten; ein nie versiegendes Füllhorn an Möglichkeiten. Die Bilder sind rund um den Leuchtturm ganz im Norden der Insel entstanden. Der Strand lädt zu ausgiebigen Spaziergängen und fotografischen Entdeckungstouren ein. Leider, wie es so ist, war die Woche viel zu schnell rum, aber wir kommen wieder. Natürlich mit der Kamera.

Floyd

Alternative Process

Photographer Astrid Susanna Schulz2024-04-10

Doubles exposures on film (Agfacolor XRG 200, expired 2006)

Spring delayed

Street

Photographer Kris Taylor2024-04-09

Spring can finally start, the snow has melted in southern Finland at it looks like it will stay away.

The snow melt has left a lot of humidity in the air and given a wonderful misty atmospheric morning. Unfortunately when I awoke I had to rush to work so I could only capture it quickly on my phone, hopefully more mornings will produce such an ambiance and I will have time with my camera.

Abends im Hotel

Nude

Photographer DirkBee2024-04-08

So ein einfacher Raum ohne viel Drinherin lässt Raum für eigene Entfaltung.

Saltwater ballads

Black and White

Photographer KjTaylor_2024-04-08

I feel a connection to the mood of these images, the feeling the weather and nature during the shoot to that of the poems by John Masefield’s Saltwater Ballads

Here is an excerpt from the book:

SEA-FEVER

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.