Title: Stearin

Gear:Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, x sec, f2,0, iso 400

Comment: These photos were taken by my girlfriend. We wanted to do something really special and decided to take some nude photographs. This the first time I’m in front of the camera naked since I started working out. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. As narcissistic as it might sound but I love to see my body reshape.

Title: Dadilydoo – Ten

Gear: Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, 1/320 sec, f1.8, iso 400

Comment: Just becouse I love my leg so goddamned much.

Title: Dadilydoo – Nine

Gear: Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, 1/8 sec, f1.8, iso 200

Comment: Long time ago since I made a piece for the ‘dadilydoo’-series but here’s another addition. I’ve had my whole leg covered in ink for two months now but today was the first time that I really, really looked at it. It felt really weird. Like I had discovered something new. Before it felt so very natural that didn’t really see it as anything else than a normal leg. Now I realized that everything about my leg looks different. Everything from its color and shape, to its texture and glow. I love my leg so much.

Title: Holiday Heart Syndrome

Gear:Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, x sec, f1,8, iso 800

Comment: Like in my rite of passage I decided to have a change of appearance. Holiday Heart Syndrome is irregular heartbeat pattern in otherwise healthy people. A lot of things are going on inside my mind and my soul and heart is aching of love. What keeps me in line today is the thought of her. The sweetest scent. She keeps my chest warm.

Title: Suspensionüberalles – Love

Gear:Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, 1/80 sec, f1,8, iso 400

Comment: This photo, among all photos I’ve taken of people suspending, is by far the most justifying. And what I mean by that is that the photo show the essence of suspending. Most people that lack experience associate the hooks with pain, blood and people that are hurt. Of course those elements are all included but in the end a suspension is all about the sensation, smiles and development.

Title: Quads – Game

Gear:Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: ∞ mm, 1/60 sec, f0, iso 400

Comment: Here’s the second try with my EF50 turned backwards to get the macro effect (thus the weird data). Growing up I found that escaping reality through the world of fiction was a true blessing and when I got my first Nintendo system it opened up a whole new dimension. Since then I’ve visited numerous places in various video games, each one just as comforting. This is a tribute to those places, and of course all the emotions they have provoked throughout the years.

Title: Quads – Smoke

Gear: Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: ∞ mm, 1/60 sec, f0, iso 400

Comment: This is the first submission in a photo project I started to keep myself busy. I love to shoot macro but I don’t have a lens for it. What I did here was to turn my EF50 backwards, which gives the very same effect. The data is all wrong because the camera doesn’t recognize the values when the lens isn’t mounted correctly. Infinite focal length and aperture is zero (in reality it’s the lowest; f1.8). This technique means no auto focus and manual shutter speed. But it’s okay.

Anyways, the idea behind this photo, and the upcoming in the same project, is to make four macro shots and put them into one picture. The objects are things I associate with my childhood. Without getting to deep into possible childhood traumas lets just say both my parents were smokers.

Title: .drop

Gear: Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, 1/125 sec, f2.0, iso 800

Comment: I’m not really used to photo-manipulation but this was a fair try. A friend of mine asked me to photograph him during a skating session and I got an idea about photographing his drop. I added a sky (not my own photograph, but can be found here) to get a very dreamlike atmosphere. He tells me that dropping from the ledge is absolute freedom and for me there is no better symbol for freedom than the sky. It has no limits. It’s only infinite.

Title: Deftones

Gear: Sony Ericsson K810i

Data: 1/8 sec, f2.8, iso 125

Comment: One media I truly appreciate is cell phone cameras. They are so incredibly practical, always with you, and sometimes you capture amazing photos. I’m not saying this self portrait is amazing but it sure is one of my own favorites. I guess what I’m really saying is that you don’t need a camera worth a month’s salary to get a shot you enjoy. And that Deftones rock.

Title: Rite of Passage

Gear: Canon 400D, Canon EF50/1,8 II

Data: 50 mm, 1/40 sec, f2.2, iso 1600

Comment: ”It’s only after you’ve lost everything,” Tyler says, ”that you’re free to do anything.” ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 8

I had one chance and one chance only for this one. After having had a mohawk most of my teenage years I cut it off. I still remember the feeling. I truly changed that day. It’s marvelous how appearance affects the soul.