Photographer #118: Martin Stranka

Martin Stranka, 1984, is a young photographer from the Czech Republic. He has no education in photography. The images he makes are poetic and mysterious. They remind us of dark fairy tales or our own personal dreams. Martin works on commercial projects as book and CD covers. In the last three years Stranka has been in numerous exhibitions, won several awards and has been in many publications. The following images come from Martin's portfolio.

Website: www.martinstranka.com

Cory + Amber Married!

I recently assisted and 2nd shot at a wedding for Jylare Smith of Jylare Ann Photography.  (pssst...click HERE to vote for Jylare and enter to win a free mini-session with her!) It was such a fabulous experience and I am truly grateful to Jylare for being willing to let me tag along!  As I am trying to gain knowledge and experience in the wedding market, I hope to be able to assit/2nd shoot for other photographers as well!  It was really fun...and thanks to Cory and Amber and their wonderful families for making it a beautiful wedding!  Enjoy some of my pics...

My favorite image of the day!  Love happy accidents!  Love the fact that it's out of focus...it gives it such a dream-like quality!!!!

Thanks again Jylare for a wonderful learning experience!  It was so much fun and I definitely learned a lot!!!!

Photographer #117: Mathieu Bernard-Reymond

French photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, 1976, examines architecture, people, landscapes and their mutual interactions in his series Disparitions. In the series Intervalles Mathieu uses several images to make his final result. He clones the people walking around in the surroundings and thus playing with our minds, because we may perceive busy and crowded places but when we look closer it touches the theme of emptiness. His series TV is a photographic experiment, shooting images with a analog camera and then adding TV images. The following images come from Disparitions, Intervalles and TV.

Website: www.monsieurmathieu.com

Photographer #116: Erika Larsen

Erika Larsen, USA, 1976, has worked on a project creating photographs and a film of Sami reindeer herders living in the scandinavian arctic. The Sami have adapted to the extremes of the environment for centuries and are the only one's who can own and sell wildlife in Scandinavia. The theme of wildlife and the relationship with humans, the beauty and brutality of the hunt is a theme Erika has extensively researched. In her series The Hunt and Young Blood she has photographed hunters and child hunters in North America. The following images come from Sami, Young Blood and The Hunt.

Website: www.erikalarsenphoto.com

Shainnen - HBHS Senior Rep | OC High School Senior Photographer

This sneak peek was a long time coming...! Thanks for your patience as I worked through a few bugs with switching over to a new computer and CS3 not quite cooperating!

ANYWAY...ok...prepare yourself for a gorgeous young lady! Shainnen totally knew how to work it...it was fun! She was modeling from H to T baby! (p.s. the new ANTM started last night! whoo-hoo!) Ok, sorry I get distracted easily. I am really loving working with HS Seniors...it's so fun!

Enjoy the sneak peek:

Shainnen, you are just lovely!  

Photographer #115: Henry Leutwyler

Henry Leutwyler, Switzerland, 1961, works and lives in New York. He is most known for his portraiture, but in the last seven years he has started to photograph objects as "artifacts". Prior to the death of Michael Jackson, Henry photographed a large number of the collectibles from the collection of the King of Pop. In 2009 his book Neverland Lost came out. Leutwyler has had many prominent people in front of his camera, from Michelle Obama to Jean-Paul Gaultier. The following images come from Neverland Lost and his portfolio's Portraits and Dance/Nudes.

Website: www.henryleutwyler.com

Photographer #114: Robin Schwartz

Robin Schwartz, USA, 1957, has two subjects that she has photographed extensively. One is her daughter Amelia and the other is animals. In recent years she has combined both in her series Amelia's World; Animal Affinity. Portraits of her daughter and the relationships between species is what she tries to capture in order to discover the extraordinary. In her series Amelia's World: Imaginary Tales she explores her daughters maturing personality and aptitude. The following images come from Amelia's World: Animal Affinity and Imaginary Tales and from Primate Portraits.

Website: www.robinschwartz.net