One look
Study
One idea, one look, one light. The shortest way to a portrait that stands on its own.
- First conversation and concept
- One look with its own lighting
- Selection in the online gallery
- Edited pictures at full resolution
Fine art portrait
The portrait as a work of art – portrait sessions with a concept, a look of your own and light, in Frankfurt
A portrait session that does not have to prove what you look like at the office. I develop a look with you, build the light for it and turn it into a picture that belongs on a wall.
What is different
The idea first, then the camera.
A headshot is meant to show what someone is like. A portrait made as a work of art is allowed more: a character, a mood, a side of you that has no room in everyday life. So I do not start with a date, but with a conversation about what the picture should say.
Out of that comes a look that belongs to you rather than to a catalog. Light is my main tool in it: it decides what stays in the dark, and only then does a photograph become a picture.
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The first conversation
We talk about ideas, references and moods before a date is set. Pictures from my gallery, from Pinterest or from your own collection help.
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A look made for you
Clothing, colors, props and background are matched to the idea. The aim is a picture that looks like you and like nobody else.
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Styling, makeup, body paint
Everything is possible, nothing is required. If the idea calls for it, I bring in a makeup artist on request; what fits is settled in the first conversation.
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Light as the tool
Hard light, candlelight, color from a single direction: I build the light for this one picture, not for every picture. The editing on screen does the rest.
Formats
Study, series or edition
Three formats that build on each other. Which one fits depends on the idea, and that is exactly what the first conversation settles.
Two to three looks
Series
Several looks that tell a story together, from the quiet picture to the loud one. Made for anyone who wants to see an idea in variations.
- First conversation and a concept for the whole series
- Two to three looks with changing light
- Selection in the online gallery
- Edited pictures at full resolution
The finished portrait as a print
Edition
A study or a series, and at the end the picture hangs on the wall: as a fine art print, printed like my prints under Editions and signed by me.
- Everything in the study or the series
- The chosen image as a fine art print
- Signed by me
- Size and frame by arrangement
Priced by concept: you get an offer after the first conversation, once it is clear what the picture needs.
Process
Four steps to the picture
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First conversation
By phone or email: what should the picture say, which mood, which colors? Afterwards you get an offer.
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Concept and look
I set the idea down in a concept: clothing, props, light and, if you like, makeup or body paint. You see beforehand where it is going.
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The session
In the studio or at a place that fits the idea. I take the time it needs for the unfamiliar to wear off, and work look by look.
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Selection and editing
You choose in a password-protected online gallery, and I edit the pictures. With the edition, the signed print follows.
Pictures
Portraits from my work
A selection from my free portrait work: body art, masks, costume and light that hides more than it shows.
Questions about the fine art portrait
- No. Pose, light and editing are my job, and the concept takes away the question of what to do with your hands: the character decides.
- No. Some ideas need only a dress and the right light, others elaborate makeup or body paint. What the idea needs is settled in the first conversation; I bring in a makeup artist on request.
- In the studio or at a place that fits the idea, a room with a history, for instance, or outdoors in the right light. The location is fixed in the concept.
- It depends on the concept: one look in the studio is something else than a series with body paint at a special location. That is why I name the price after the first conversation, in an offer that is fixed before anything is photographed.
- For private use, yes: on social media, on your website and in your own portfolio. The only thing excluded is resale, to stock agencies for instance.
More questions answered on FAQ.
Planning something like this?
Tell me which idea or mood you have in mind, ideally with a few pictures you like. In a first conversation by phone or email it becomes a concept, and then you get an offer with a fixed scope and price. The inquiry commits you to nothing.
A session starts at 250 euro plus VAT. What lies above that is decided by the scope. How pricing works
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