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Very talented and versatile Jaz and I met one summer morning in northern Stockholm to shoot some retro fashion images. Here are some of the frames from that shoot. I introduced some Fuji Provia feel to them to go with the theme. They bring back memories of a certain rather famous singer from a very successful Swedish music export, don’t you think? Feel free to share if you like.

Here's the story behind the shoot.

Model: Just Jaz
Photography: Donald Linderyd
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Bohemian Fashion with Karin

I met Karin one morning at what has become one of my favourite locations for bohemian fashion. We kept it simple with natural light and a softbox. Karin is really inspiring to work with and a natural in front of the camera. I think the shoot worked very well. What do you think?

Here's how the shoot came about.

Model: Karin L
Photography: Donald Linderyd
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Olga S

Me and Olga met one very hot day to create some bohemian fashion portraits.

Read the story behind the pictures.

Model: Olga S
Photography: Donald Linderyd
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Up!

Inspired by the beautiful animated story Up, Sarah and I took to the Swedish country side one cold and snowy March morning, with balloons in tow. In these conditions you have to work fast to create high quality fashion photography and it helps if you are as professional as Sarah.. and warm blankets is always a bonus.

Model: Sarah Eckardt
Photography: Donald Linderyd
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Sarah

In between the showers Sarah Amy Eckardt and I found some time for a test shoot. Very simple setup with all natural light. Just a reflector bouncing some of the soft light back into Sarah’s face. A Canon EOS 5D Mark III and a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 does the rest.
What do you think?

Read about how we created these images.

Model: Sara Amy Eckardt
Hair & Makeup: Sara Amy Eckardt
Assistants: Kalle Pettersson & Tommy Johansson
Photographer: Donald Linderyd
Retouch: Donald Linderyd

Hanna

At the end of September Hanna and I used an old barn for a very spontaneous test shoot. This is the result.

Model: Hanna Fredholm
Makeup & Hair: Hanna Fredholm
Photographer: Donald Linderyd
Retouch: Donald Linderyd

Hollywood Lighting

I’ve really started to like hard lighting. If it works it can make portraits almost look 3D-like. If it doesn’t work it’ll be a disaster with very unpleasing shadows in the wrong place. Still worth a try.

Having mostly aimed for soft light with soft boxes and shoot-through brollies in the past, I took on the task to learn more about hard light. I wanted to create the classic “Hollywood lighting” or cinematic lighting from the 1940s that is so popular. Think Marilyn Monroe and you know what I mean.

I spent an evening doing self-portraits, just to see what the shadows looked like. My Canon Speedlite 580 EX IIs came in very handy, as they are small light sources and can be made even smaller and harder with grids and snoots from HONL, perfect for what I was looking for.

Self-portraits can be interesting and good practise, but my wife is definitely a better model, so I asked her to sit in for a few shots. I think we’re both pretty pleased with the result.

The Beach

I hooked up with very talented model (and working photographer) Marcela Diaz in August to create some traditional beach images, including bikinis and beachwear. Well, that was the plan…

The summer had been fantastic, with hot and sunny weather in abundance… until we decided to do a beach session. After a number of failed attempts we decided to give it a go.

Finally at the beach we realised just how windy and overcast the conditions actually were. We had initially talked about high contrast beachfront pictures with blue skies and a lots of sun. Instead we had to change our plan drastically.


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Wireless Flash on Location

Two small flashguns, a brolly and a small grid can work wonders for almost any photo.
I tried this setup in a park in east London, UK, this weekend and am very pleased with the results from such a small and lightweight setup. Obviously, I brought much more gear than needed. But it could have been very lightweight, easily fitting into a LowePro backpack.