Portrait: Session in new studio

First session in my new studio! The studio is in an attic in my building in Couvet - a very interesting place, not just because it is full of dead flies and other creepy-crawlies, but the height to the ceiling is better than I have ever had (hairlight here I come!) and the sheer volume inspires fullbody portraits which I have been limited from before. The most interesting feature is that it also makes an interesting scenario in itself, given its wooden cell-like appearance. I need to clean out the dust though...

Matilda and I made an introductory test session in the place and many ideas came out pretty neatly, given that we had to stop to vacuum or dust off something every other shot! Here is a selection from the session of a darker theme.

Portrait: Wishful Thinking

The first part of the session with Matilda last Saturday was centered around wishes and remoteness. The setup was a black wall background while sitting with arms resting on a table. All the best photos from this session ended up being close-ups.

Portrait: Mysterious Girl

Matilda Tehler and I decided to have a short studio session in between packing for Switzerland and a spot of bowling in Stockholm. The session had two parts, and the latter part was in stark contrast to the white-out portraits earlier this week. These were the very opposite, low-key portraits, and almost back-lit. Is it just me, or do these have a sort of 20's feel?

Portrait: White-out

With heavy overcast and skiing on my mind, the only photographically related today has been a refinement some older white-out style portraits - a style of portraits I have come to like over the last few months. Both portraits are of my beautiful sister, Annika Arnell, the first one from her previous north-facing-window-perfect-for-natural-light-portraits apartment, and the second from her new not-so-perfect-in-regards-to-light apartment on Söder, in southern Stockholm.

Kungsholmen, Stockholm

Söder, Stockholm