UjENA Top 6 photographer Brian Williams

All the great photographers I have met have all been very open and cooperation, and so is the UjENA talent photographer Brian Williams. The glamour photographer Brian Williams is located in Califorina USA. I had the honor to spend one hole week with him in Sitges Spain at the UjENA Bikini Jam. We get along at very first moment as we met. The team was set with Brian, Johan and me. Brian was excellent with booking models and he really filled our calendar for the week. It was easier to work with controlled hard light when we could help each other with the lightning. Our concept worked out really good. It became that we all three succeeded to place our self as top six photographers in the weeks UjENA talent competition in Sitges 2008.

Brian Williams and he staff models are going to visit us next summer in Stockholm. Contact Brian if you are interested in working with Brian next summer. Go and check out his website, Brian Williams Photography for more information or his MySpace. We had a wonderful time together in Spain, and I’m looking forward to met him again next summer.

First two pictures are some pictures I took of Brian. Next following three pictures are taken by photographer Brian Williams himself.

Last presentation of all the UjENA models, Isela Palacios

Mexcian based UjENA model Iseal Palacios is last out of all the models I worked with during my visit in Sitges at the UjENA Bikini Jam 2008. Isela was the very first model I worked with during my 9 days stay in Spain. Isela is 30 years old woman from Mexico, and if you watch TV from Mexico you might already have seen her before.

I would like to give a very special thanks to my Swedish room mate Johan Rosén. Johan is a great person, and he took really good care of me when I have twisted my knee. Thanks a lot Johan, it was fun to work with you. I really hope that we will hung out more.

And special thanks to my new friend and photographer Brian Williams. Brian was in our team too, and all of us three team member qualify to be 3 of 6 top photographer. Great teamwork, great lightning and great models led us to be a winning team. I hope to see you guys in Stockholm Sweden next year for our own Bikini Jam.

To all the models I worked with, without your lovely help I wouldn’t got so many awesome pictures to my portfolio. Many thanks to you all!

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Rabecca Lee UjENA model and a mother

Southern Rabecca Lee is a proud 32 years old mother of two young boys, and she is also a talent UjENA model. Rabecca was one of six models who went to Barcelona with our team of Brian, Johan and me. We went to Barcelona for a days shooting and with as we had tv-team from Telemundo.

Erika Leyva a talent model at UjENA

Erika Leyva born in Brownsville, Texas USA but she has lived in Southern California most of her life. She love to travel and see the world. Model Erika is interested in doing commercial work, fashion, sport, lingerie, glamour, runway, casual, swimwear, film. web. and advertising. I met Erika in Sitges Spain 2008 during UjENA Bikini Jam, and she is a wonderful 19 years old talent model.

Fotografera med en blixt

Något som jag tycker är väldigt givande är att testa nya lösningar med enkla fotohjälpmedel som man kan hitta hemma i sitt kök eller kanske bland sina egna sopor. Som vid det här tillfället där jag har använt en tom vit gammal glassbox. Glassboxen fungerade som en softbox i ljussättningen av en ölburk. På motsatta sidan om plastlådan och där en Canon Speedlite 580EX stod uppställd har jag en vit pappskiva för att belysa skuggsidan. Mitt mål med bilden var att efterlikna den produktbild som finns på Kopparbergs hemsida. Mer komplicerat behöver det inte vara….

UjENA talent model Evan

I met UjENA talent model Evan in Stiges during UjENA Bikini Jam 2008. Evan is 27 years old and she is located in Raleigh NC USA. She is a very outgoing person with lots of experience. What was nice of her is that she took good care of other models too.

UjENA talen model Karen Ladouceur

UjENA talent model Karen Ladouceur is a very sweet good looking model. 26 years old Karen is located in Santa Barbara CA USA. In addition to modeling and when she is not in front of any camera, Karen work as an English instructor. It was very nice to work with a talent model as Karen, I do hope our paths crosses again so we can do some more work together. Some of the pictures I took of Karen during my visit in Sitges Spain.

UjENA talen model Elizabeth Leigh Sullivan

Next model up is 26 years old Elizabeth Leigh Sullivan. Elizabeth has a very pretty smile, and it’s easy to smile too when you see hers pictures. A pretty talent girl from Covington TN USA.

UjENA talent model Rebecca Frichette

Mansfield MA USA based model Rebecca Frichette is 23 years old. Rebecca was one of six girls we took to Barcelona for a day photo shooting. We had fun time together in Barcelona, and we came out with some great shots. You can find Rebecca on MySpace.

S-former skapar dynamik i porträttbilder

Det sägs att fotografera mitt på dagen är den sämsta tiden eftersom ljuset är hårt. Hårt ljus skapar skarp övergång i skuggorna. Bilden i det här inlägget är taget mitt på dagen, men det vi gjorde när vi tog bilden var att vi kontrollerade ljuset med hjälp av en diffuser och ett par reflexskärmar.

Kontrollerat ljus skapar ger bättre kvalité på bilderna likaså även bilder med dynamik. En S-formad kurva på modellen ger bättre dynamik och gör det lättare för betraktaren att beskåda bilden. Det blir både intressantare och roligare att titta på en person i bild som har former. Dynamiken i bilderna får du lättare med vana modeller, men om du arbetar med ovana modeller måste du ge dom direktiv för att uppnå det resultat du önskar. I kursen Ta kontroll över ditt porträttfoto berättar jag om hur jag arbetar och kommunicerar med mina modeller. På kursen får du även vägledning, tips och råd samt feedback som tar dig vidare i din porträttfotografering. Vi kör igång med en ny omgång 4 juni.

Studio photography on location

Yesterday I visited gold- and silversmith Claes Nyström in his home to make some photographs of his creations. I thought it would be a couple hours of work but it turned out to be 10 hours continious work. Not because of problem with taking pictures, it was rather it was so many products Claes wanted me to take pictures of. As he states on his website “There is also a high quality selection of jewellery, ornaments and utility objects for sale“. The products were very nice, and also the models I had the pleasure to work with. We all had a great time, and actually I enjoyed to spend the time with Nyströms family.

I brought my gear with me, and I setup a studio in Nyströms livingroom. Here below is one of the photos we took, straight out from the camera with no post-work. I used two Canon Speedlite 580EX II as a mainlight, and two Speedlite as a rimlights. Claes assisted me with reflectors.

Mimi UjENA Talent model during Spain visit

I met Mimi in Sitges and we were out for a day photo shooting. Mimi make her living as a nurce in Chicago IL USA, and she has just recently started with modeling. Here is some pictures of her from our shooting.

Jennifer Smithline as Jill at UjENA

Next up of all the UjENA models I worked with during my week in Sitges Spain is Jaco Costa Rica based Jennifer Smithline. She is 29 years old and you will find her as Jill at UjENA Talent website. She do very well for fashion styled photos, as you can see here below.

UjENA staff model Sharony

22 years old Sharony was one of the staff models for UjENA in Sitges Spain. Sharony is located in Leiden Netherlands. As for all of the staff models she was very easy to work with and I’ve got some fantastic pictures of her. In Netherlands Sharony is a sunglasses model for Ralph Vaessen.

UjENA model Sumatra

Sumatra 39 years old female model, great for fashion work. I really enjoyed working with her. Sumatra is located in Jacksonville FL United States. One of the best pictures I had at UjENA Jam is with Sumatra. It was great time to work with her, I which it could have been more.

UjENA staff model Crystal

Crystal is 25 years old and she is one of the staff models at UjENA. She is a very talent and beautiful model. Recently she have started with acting, and I’m for sure that she will be very well in her new carrier as a professional actress. Crystal was very easy going in front of my camera, here are some of the photos I took of her during UjENA open shoots in Sitges Spain. See more of Crystal here.

Mixa blixtljus med befintligt ljus

Jag börjar oftast med bakgrunden när jag fotograferar. Bakgrunden ska hjälpa till att framhäva huvudobjektet i förgrunden och om bakgrunden är exempelvis för mörk kan det vara idé att ljussätta bakgrunden med ljus. Att använda blixtar utomhus fungerar utmärkt bara om man har någon slags kommunikation mellan kameran och blixten. Bakom vardera pelare i bilden här nedan fanns det en Canon Speedlite 580EX II monterade på ett Manfrotto stativ riktade mot stenväggen i bakgrunden. Blixtarna utlöste jag med radiokontakt via Pocket Wizard. Skulle jag ha utlöst blixtarna med hjälp av infraröda signaler så hade det troligvis inte fungerat då pelarna hade säkert blockerat signalerna.

För att skapa lite mer dramatik och färg så hade jag monterat ett färgfilter över blixthuvudet. Sedan gäller det att få rätt balans på ljuset i förgrunden och bakgrunden så att inte den gula färgen i bakgrunden försvinner. Det tog inte många minuter att rigga upp den här scenen. En enkel smidig lösning som passar utmärkt för location fotografering. På workshopen går vi igenom allt i detalj.

UjENA staff model Nicole in Sitges Spain

21 years old UjENA staff model Nicole live in Portland, USA. She got into the modeling business past year, and she loves every single moment of it. Nicole is a easy going model and here is some shots of her.

Hostess of Telemundo Leti Coo

At the UjENA bikini Jam in Spain I had the opportunity to photograph the hostess of Telemundo Leti Coo. Telemundo is a division of NBC Universal. Our shooting was recorded on film by a nice photographer Carlos Garcia, and what I’ve been told the our photo session will be on TV today on Sunday 18th of May. The TV-team joined us also for a days shooting in Barcelona, so it would be fun to see if Telemundo team will include that photo session too. Here below is some shots I took of Leti Coo.

UjENA staff model Jessica

The UjENA staff models were very easy going, and nice to work with. Jessica is one of UjENA staff models and she is very easy to work with. If you ever have had a chance to work with her then you probably know what I’m talking about. Jessica is located in Idaho USA and she is 25 years old. If you are planning to attend to next UjENA Bikini Jam then I would suggest that you try to find Jessica.

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