Autumn Bliss

Those glorious autumn colors, I don't want them to disappear.

I'm so lucky to be surrounded by beautiful nature and weird, hidden little places. It's a great way for me to clear my mind and observe nature through the eye of the camera. Especially with the amazing autumn light there's been in the afternoon, I just feel the need to go out, explore and see what I end up with. I also brought with me an old film camera these past days. Shooting with film has always been something I've wanted to try out. And lately I've been very inspired by some great photographers and their magical techniques while using analog cameras. So it will be fun to see the results, when I finally develop this film. For the moment I am so in love with photography and put all my feelings and efforts into it. And even if I'm feeling like the struggling photographer nowadays, I couldn't think of anything else I'd want to do instead. They say hard work pays off, right?

Obscurity

I originally had an outdoor shoot planned last weekend with model Miriam Tullien. I've worked with her earlier and was looking forward to try out some new ideas I had come up with. Had made a moodboard, collected photos for inspiration,drawn sketches and all, but then came the rain and it just kept on pouring down all day. So we had to come up with a plan B - and decided to take some photos in a basement instead. Since I'm into darker tones and very grainy photos lately, this seemed like a nice compensation. Still I was a bit concerned with the lighting, it was very dark there and a lightbulb hanging from the ceiling isn't always the most flattering. Luckily Miriam knows her stuff and is great working with. And going through the photos later that night, I rather liked the hazy effects and indefinite atmosphere we created.

Autumn Winds

For a while I've been wanting to take my photography to a slightly darker place. And now that autumn and colder days have arrived, I was suddenly very inspired to use the grey skies as a background and add some melancholy in my photos.

model: Juliana (thanks again!)

I called this home

A while back I found this amazing abandoned (or at least it seemed abandoned) old house with a gorgeous garden. And I decided that the whole place was very my style, especially when it comes to taking pictures. It was the perfect area to create a story with a mysterious, dreamy and lonely feel to it.

Darker sides

A few more blurry polaroids, cause I like the imperfection in them. Outside it's raining now, and I'm not ready for those autumn days just yet. I think that might be the reason for the colder and darker colortones in these pictures.