Montreal I

Montreal is amazing! I was a bit surprised when I got here and the majority of the populations speaks french. Well sure, I knew that this is the french speaking part of Canada, but still. Always a bit funny when someone is coming up to you and trying to pitch something to you in french, and you don't understand anything at all. Haha. And that happens a lot!

Anyway, of course this picture is taken by me. I took it tonight, in Old Port in Montreal. It is so lovely.

Ps. I have taken lots and lots of pictures! Think I'm gonna display quite a bit here ;)

Bye Bye Sweden And Hello America

Montreal and the USA, here we come!

Shades of Red

Sitting in School and editing some pictures. For example some self-portraits, those I took this Friday. I like to try different kinds of make-up, and what better person is there to try on then myself?

Ps. This Thursday I'm finally going! Yay!! Montreal and New York, here I come!

Lisa

Sunshine! Sunshine! Sunshine! Weekend's been wonderful. But this I might tell you about later.

Here is one of the pics I've been working on for the last couple of weeks. This is going to be a full series, but I still have a couple of pics to take before it's finished. Anyway, as some people now I'm not always too good when it comes to patience, so I decided to show you this one anyway...

Ps. Seriously, it looks kinda pathetic in this small format, so you guys just gotta click on it! You can probably change the format of the frame. I'll investigate that later. See you!

Trial of me

This picture is not even close to being finished. So far I've just put on two curves and nothing else. I will show the finished one later. However, I wanted to show what I've been doing today. I went to the studio and took those self portraits. (And no... I'm not naked) And I also want to try different make-ups in myself. I think it is so much fun to do make-up and come up with new stuff to do all the time!

But now I gotta go, since I'm going to a barbecue party tonight. So I need to get everything finished!

Ps. An advise is to NOT look like that while you're walking the public streets. People are looking at you... Really.

The Predator

I got a feeling that the future is gonna be awesome! Got so much in store. But I should start with getting out of bed and do something useful with my day. Dunno if I want to though... Cause I had the most amazing dream tonight. I dreamt I was shopping in New York and found lots and lots of just amazing stuff! Haha.

Ps. Malin is "The Predator". Great, love it! She looks like some kinda creature about to set off for a hunt or something. Exactly what I wanted!

The beginning

Sorry for not updating for such a long time. I've been so incredibly busy doing like a million things. At least it seems that way. This is a project which I did last week, and now I just got back to "the village" to do the editing. I got tons of things to edit, school projects and privet projects. So I guess I'm gonna be pretty busy for a couple of days. Hopefully I will find some time to do some more photographing this week, but we'll see.

Ps. The pics are SOO much greater if you click on them!

Vernissage

Fotoskolan Gamleby klass YH1 välkomnar till utställning på Galleri Dobre, Fotoskolan Stockholm, Kungstensgatan 45, Stockholm.

Konsten att se

Fotografin föddes i mitten av 1800-talet och har sedan dess både fascinerat, förundrat och ibland förvillat oss. Redan från början handlade fotografin om äkthet och sanning. Men fotograferna utvecklade snabbt metoder för manipulation av verkligheten. Då byggdes bilder av kemi och silverkorn, idag rör vi oss med pixlar och datorer. Gemensamt för all fotografi oavsett epok eller genrer är det visuella språket och des...s förmåga att få oss att minnas, drömma och i viss mån stanna tid.

I en gemensam utställning presenterar sig 22 blivande reklamfotografer från Fotoskolan i Gamleby. Nu som då tar fotograferna med oss på en visuell resa.

VERNISSAGE: 7/4 kl. 17-20
Utställningen pågår 7/4 - 19/4

Medverkande fotografer:
Beata Cervin
Dan Sjölund
David Sandell
Emma Franzén
Emma Shevtzoff
Hawta Magid
Helena Nyytäjä
Ida Halling
Johanna Ankarcrona
Johanna Sterling
Jonas Carmhagen
Jonathan Silfverberg
Josefin Bergqvist
Karin Lundin
Mattias Hamrén
Mitra Ekström
Ninja Hanna
Oskar Vallinder
Pelle Lannefors
Rachel Ottley
Rowan Thornhill
Tone Margrethe Gauden

Vi önskar er välkomna!

(And sorry about not translating this into English...)

Sneak Peak

This pic is roughly edited today. I'm currently working on a project where Lisa agreed to be a model. This is a shoot I did this weekend. However, I need more pics for this one before displaying the "hole thing". This is not one of the pics that I'm gonna use in the end.

Jacuzzi

Saturday

Great day! Vickan's here.

Taking the stage

I got plenty of pics I just love from this shoot, however I could not use all of them for the actual project. It's a shame when they don't fit. This one is as good as finished, however there are still a few corrections I should do... Always aiming for perfection!

Forgot to mention it before, but much creds to the wonderful model Malin Landgren! She did an amazing job!

A different self

And yes, you have seen something similar before. It's another pic from the same shoot I did with myself. For those of you who did not see this or don't know me, it is me. But I'm wearing a wig and have strange make-up.

At the moment I feel kinda inspired. I have LOADS of inspiration and I'm just gonna go with it. Feels great!

It's also awesome that spring's coming, and the "dark" period is nearly over. Spring gives you plenty more opportunities. At least it feels like that.

Ps. In case you wanna see the pic bigger, just click on it!

Playtime's over

Creds to the fabulous model who's also a friend. Thank you!

The Phantom

This is what I've been working on for the last couple of days. Much creds to Malin Landgren, who was my fab model.

The idea is show a different picture of a phantom living at a theatre, entering the halls and saloons whenever there's no one around. At this moment, "the creature" feels free and a bit like an animal, before it withdraws. And at the same time it is a fashion shoot, of course.

Grand theater

Today, I had a hard time choosing what pics to use for my current project. This Wednesday I did a shoot at the grand theater in Linköping with my friend Malin. This is not at all close to what the pictures which I'm using look like.. The other ones are really different. Eventually I managed to make up my mind on which pics to use. You will see those later.

Buttonetta for real

Ok, so this is what is should look like! Earlier I just gave you a "taste". Hope you enjoy it!

Help

I am not particularly sure of what I need, I just know there's something missing... Perhaps yet another hobby? I think that would do for starters. Do you have any suggestions? (This is something I did just now, hope you like it..)

Buttonetta all over again..

This is a work in progress. There are more pictures with this theme, however not ready yet. And she still has buttons as eyes. For some of you who don't already know this, you can click on the actual picture to display them bigger. Hope you like it!

High school steroetypes

Did a product shoot for a school assignment. I chose to picture the different lifestyles of the the high school stereotypes. Can you possible guess which stereotypes?

Buttonetta

This is a sample from a photo shoot I did this weekend. To be continued!!

Me and my different selves

I realized, that I as always want to do a series on this theme. There are gonna be more follow-ups. I am not gonna explain any further, but as always, there is a thought behind the pictures. Feel free to comment if you want

My different personalities

Gosh!

I can't even remember the last time I've been this restless as I've been today! I can't find joy in things I used to like, such as watching series or movies or doing other things. Instead, today, I used the beloved time to do LOTS of photographing. Here is one sample.

Small, furry thing

Hello.

My name is Silkie, and I'm a Cat living with people who's weird names I cannot pronounce, since I'm a cat and the only sounds I can make are "mjau mjau"... Really. Right now I hate them for not letting me inside, when it's snowing like crazy in this godforsaken country. Instead I'm sitting out here, freezing my but off! Wait, what is it I'm hearing? I think it is a door opening...! Yay, they are finally letting me in! See you later!

Magazine cover 2

Again, we got an assignment where we made magazine covers. It is for a psychology magazine, and the most important headline is "think yourself happy". The picture beneath it is the original uncut photoshop picture. Because when I put my pictures in InDesign, the colours change. And that is no good thing... Anyway, hope you like the pictures! Feel free to comment. See you soon.

The advantage

I consider the advantage to have your own business to be that you got the power. Haha. I can't speak of own experience yet, but the right time will come for me too when I finally start my own company. (Btw, I can't relate to my personality when I see my quite narky face...)

Christmas break pics

Scotch

In my last post, I forgot to wish all of you guys a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I hope all of you have had a wonderful time.

The new year's resolution is on my behalf, that 2011 is going to be the greatest year so far. And I have no doubts that this wish will come true with the right attitude. And something that I'm also aiming at, is my foot getting better. Still can't walk. I had a revisit at the doctors' today, and they said in a couple of weeks time I will hopefully be able to walk. But I probably can't go out for a run until summer... Well, time heal all wounds. So I just need to be patient.

Still, even though we are sooo close to 2011, I have loads of unpublished pics. And I think I should get started on it. This was a product shoot I did for an assignment. I it is supposed to have text as well... But perhaps I'll show that some other time.

X-mas

It's really strange, how fast time the time is running by. Cause now, we're about to say hello to the new year. And Christmas has already passed.

By the way, Christmas was lovely. My family from England came for a visit and I had this super cosy feeling, which you are supposed to get around Christmas.

On the picture, is my brother's girlfriend, Anja.

Night Owl

Before, I could not tell if it was a good idea to publish this or not. It is really supposed to be a 4 picture series, instead of only 2. I took all the pics, but I realized I would have redo one of them. And suddenly, the snow came falling down. And it was not any longer possible.

Anyhow, the theme is "Night Owl" and the girl is sleepy and drowsy during daytime, while she comes alive at nighttime. There are so many other thoughts behind the scenery etc... But I feel that at the moment, it's pretty difficult for me to explain. I seem to have lost a bit of my ability to speak recently. Haha. There have been quite some situations when I've not been able to explain how I was thinking or why I did as I did. But I'm sure the words will come back to me.

However, soon we are going on Christmas break. I must admit, it's going to be lovely. And then my foot will hopefully heel so I can walk again when I get back to school.