Seeing in the dark
August 14, 2010 by Juergen Specht · 2 Comments
Next Monday I will publishI just published my newest series called “Apocrypha“, here is a preview:
What I saw…
Ironically the picture above is not just a black image, its exactly what I saw while shooting.
But thanks to modern technology, an infrared flash and an infrared camera, this is what my camera saw:
and what my camera saw!
This was definitely the first time I didn’t see at all what I was shooting and had entirely rely on my gut feeling and the instructions I gave in the darkness to my lovely model Sanaxxx and my assistent Ken. Neither of us saw a thing. The results however are amazing!
The Man and his bottle
January 18, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
The Man and his bottle
One night I was walking around in some seedy area of Tokyo when I suddenly saw this man balancing a bottle on his head – luckily I was fast enough to take a picture before he started laughing and took the bottle down.
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.
Last nights dream
September 12, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment
Last night I dreamed that I disguised myself as a worm and try to enter Disneyland for free. It wasn’t working. What does this say about me?
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