Studying stock :)

One of my goals in Portugal was to learn with Erik Reis. These images are from one of the shoots I did in his studio. Hmmmm what to do with a girl when you are photographing people stock. I had no idea. So with my beautiful hand drawn plan (I actually have a photo of that, I'll post it later :) ) I tried to get 'stocky' images. Hihi now that I look at them I actually like them but I can tell you that I was sweating (and so was probably the model as well. And Erik who I through out of his own studio).

But -- relief -- Erik said that actually I don't have to change myself to be a stock photographer. That's just one avenue of selling my work.

With Erik Reis - Running photos

And the final result...

Yesterday I had a pleasure to be at a shoot with Erik Reis from Iko Studio. With three studio lights taken to the nearby forest he photographed running photos with Jyri. Again - was great to see him work and to see the final result. Wouldn't have believed how hard it is to actually get photos of a runner who is actually not really running :). But Jyri is a pro runner so a perfect model for that :).

At Iko Studio I Valokuvaaja Helsinki

Last Sunday I spent at Iko Studio watching Erik Reis work -- like I said yesterday he's one of the best stock photographers and has his studio in Caldas da Rainha. It was great to see him work :). My stock is mostly small still life but learning to shoot people stock is good for me. And organising my files and learning new editing skills. So happy :).

The building were the studio is is amazing as well - I'll try to get some pics so you'll see what it's like :).
Today I'm learning Lightroom 'at home' and later this week I'll have a day with Erik to go through all that. So I'll keep you posted :).

Itäkeskus Christmas opening 2 I Valokuvaaja Helsinki

Christmas opening at Itäkeskus shopping centre - a few photos to share :).

I'm Portugal at the moment - and it's beautiful! I love the sun :). We have started work with Pedro Reis to get my new website etc. done and tomorrow I will be with Erik Reis at his studio. Today we had a fun trip to Lissabon and I had my camera with me so will share some pics later. Now I think I'm too tired to write anything that makes any kind of sense so I should just put my alarm on so that I'll wake up in the morning when Erik comes to get me :).