Its getting more and more complicated…
June 8, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
Making of Remembrance by Ako Specht
My photo shootings become more and more complicated…no Photoshop was involved in this shooting, just a laptop, an old Apple Cinema Display, several different power sources, way too many cables and did I mention software? Yes, that too. My cool model Coma was freezing high in the mountains and the next day she had muscle ache from holding the heavy monitor quite a while, but wow was she great again.
I called this series “Remembrance“, because the remembrance of her came back with startling clarity as symbolized in the infinite picture echo.
The Journey – An homage to the demise of the incandescent lightbulb…
May 27, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
When I as a photographer get asked what I usually photograph, I have an easy answer: I photograph light.
Since I was young, I was fascinated by light and the incredible variety of it. But one very old light source will now disappear, the incandescent lightbulb. So I decided to make a last shooting I call “The Journey” as some kind of homage.
Toshiba recently announced that they stop manufacturing these lightbulbs, I in fact had a hard time to actually get some incandescent lightbulbs of the old, clear type here in Tokyo. After checking 5 different stores without success, I finally found them in a sixth store and bought all they had. Most stores only sell LED based lightbulbs these days.
Then I suggested the idea and concept of the shooting to the lovely Ella and she agreed to be my model for this series.
Needless to say, I love the result. But then again, I love my own photos :)
The logistics for my shooting are often quite complicated. Finding a location where we have the required privacy, getting electricity into the middle of nowhere and avoiding snakes are just a few of them. The location was easy, because this series was shot on privately owned land and I had the permission of the owner. Electricity, that what this box is for. And the snakes…since the one we saw was rather long and big and I have absolutely no idea about snakes, we relocated to a saver location and I made sure that the model stayed on a path.
“The Journey” is more like a photo story, so make sure you scroll to the end.
The making of “Car Crush”
December 21, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
Today my newest series was published, I called it “Car Crush“.
The making of Car Crush – Photo by Ako Specht
The idea can be best described as bizarre and I leave the interpretation of this series to my visitors, but as usual my latest shooting is always my favorite – until it gets replaced with my next one.
I’ve had the idea since a long time and also found the perfect location for it … a remote tunnel in the mountains, with permanently water dripping from the ceiling, even if its not raining. In preparation to the conditions, I wrapped all my 39 flashes used for this shooting in plastic wrap and they all survived. The ground was extremely muddy and we had temperatures close to zero degrees. My brave and lovely model stayed in the warm car, while me and my assistant stomped through the mud in the cold. I love how this series turned out and even my aging car looks gorgeous!
Too bad it’s getting very cold now and I really cannot make more of these kind of shootings outdoors, so its time to go back to the studio.
Their Eyes
October 4, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
These are the eyes of 5 of 7 models I shot yesterday. They all survived ;)
The most scary photo I have ever taken…
September 9, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 1 Comment
Too scary to show it on the front page!
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