Local Hair Stylists in Frankfurt

Long time no update.

I graduated a week ago and am now officially M.A. (Master) of art education and japanese studies. Currently working for a few weeks at a “normal job” and saving money to go to Japan again. So, quiet busy.

I did have an assignment a few weeks ago though. A local hair stylist just opened up and asked me to take a picture for an ad. Since it had to be done quick and it was just for a local newspaper I didn’t go for something totally wacky edgy, but something that would make people feel that these two hair stylists are young, pretty and have self-esteem.

Sometimes I wish I had more strobes and more time. I would have loved to sculpture the hair saloon with light, because it is quiet fashionable and would need more attention than just a overhead strobe…

Strobist: SB-28 through umbrella high, camera right; SB-24 in the middle of the room aimed at ceiling; SB-600 far right as a kicker (didn’t trigger)

Photoshop: Vibrance, Saturation, Contrast, LAB-Curves, Sharpening etc…

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The above photo is my choice, they used a different one for the advertising:

They are very friendly and the service is great. You can feel quiet at ease, as their name suggests: “Relax’N”. Located in Oberrad / Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Give them a call:
069 – 59 60 74 67

In the Garden

Photoshop – I have a love/hate relationship in the sense that I prefer rather ‘original’/raw pictures. I like to plan things ahead and would rather use photoshop as little as possible, preferably not at all, like with this photo of my hair styles shooting. But on the other hand it is fun and can have such an impact on your photo. And you never have anything raw – every picture has to go through the settings in your camera, white balance, developing (either real or virtual), and in modern age it even depends on the monitor you use how the picture will look like!
In this case I was just doing some personal portraits for my pretty cousin Julia and liked this picture so much that I wanted to add something and make it really pop. I wanted to try something different than my usual postprocessing and I like the effect the blur has on the image…

Strobist: (lightly diffused) SB-600 camera left

Postprocessing: Colors, Contrast, Blur, Retouching etc…

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RGB Bridge

I was location scouting with my fellow photographer Manuel Hoßfeld yesterday without any real equipment but my camera. The east harbor of Frankfurt is an amazing, mysterious place at night. So many cargo boxes, train tracks and lights – and this old, rusty bridge. I love how – yesterday with almost full moon – the colors mixed and made this bridge shimmer and give highlights and shadows.

Postprocessing: Different layers of contrast, color intensity, crop etc…

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