Vom 13. bis 15. August 2011 haben Marc und ich in Zusammenarbeit mit zahlreichen MakeUp-Artisten, Hair-Stylisten und DJs aus der Region den Event “A&Z live” durchgeführt. Nebst eingeladenen Gästen konnte sich jedermann von uns kostenlos an unserem Set in Düdingen portraitieren lassen.

A&Z live erinnert ein wenig an die alte Ofehouse Partyzeit. Marc und ich wollten das Fotografieren in den Hintergrund stellen. Die Leute sollten kommen und sich amüsieren. Aus diesem Grund haben wir eine Bar aufgestellt, Sofas aus unseren Zimmern entfernt und Kilometerweise zum Event getragen, Vales Kühlschrank ausgeliehen, Lükus Soundanlage vibrieren lassen und einfach zusammen gelacht!

Der Event wurde via Internet auf unserem Livestream übertragen. Die Aufzeichnungen finden sich auf www.livestream.com. Making-of Bilder gibts auf unserer Facebookseite.

Hier sind unsere Lieblingsbilder:

Wir danken an dieser Stellen allen TeilnehmerInnen und natürlich unserem Stylingteam und den Fotoassistenten. A&Z live wird im 2012 wiederholt. Die Anmeldung startet im Frühjahr.

Weitere Infos gibt es dann auf unserer Facebookseite.

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Camera: Canon 30D Infrared

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Vortrag Infrarot-Fotografie herunterladen [PDF]

Erste Fotos in Infrarot:

• Brücke in Düdingen
• Lac de Pérolles
• Pérolles
• Zuglinie Düdingen-Freiburg
• Hochschule für Technik und Architektur Freiburg

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Cameras: Canon EOS 5D MKII
Lenses: 85mm f/1.2L II, 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye, 24-105mm f/4 L
Flash: SpeedLight 580EX II, ST-E 2, Flash2Softbox
Editing: Apple Aperture, Adobe Photoshop
Photographer: Thierry Trachsel, Marc Zahno, Stefan Aebischer

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With the advent of digital cameras it is now possible to photograph infrared light. The latest digital cameras are sensitive to infrared light, so much so that manufacturers place a hot mirror filter in front of the image sensor to block infrared light from spoiling regular photographs.

By replacing this regular filter glass with an special infrared filter it is possible to photograph infrared images hand held at low ISO speeds and without the need of any lens-based infrared filters.

I decided to convert my Canon 30D to an Infrared-Camera (especially for weddings and nature photography) and asked my friend Marc Zahno for  helping me out. Let’s have a look how this conversion works:

So this is the sensor with the regular filter glass in front of it. In order to prevent the regular light to pass through you have to replace this glass by an Infrared one. This step is quite difficult and could become very harmful to the sensor if you don’t do it carefully. Your workspace must be dust-free and clean. The filter replacement was my job =)

That’s it =)

So what does the world look like in Infrared? Well, that depends. Some things reflect Infrared better than others, and some things even emit Infrared on their own. Living things are rich in Infrared, such as plants and leaves.

It can be very hard to anticipate what something will look like when rendered in IR. Green leaves typically become very white, and the sky becomes very dark. So does still water. People’s skin becomes an almost ghostly white, which can either be attractive or cadaverous, depending on the situation.

I’ll post some shots later this month! Stay tuned…

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Camera: Nikon D60
Data: RAW
Editing SW: Aperture 2
Photographer: Me
Date: June 2009

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Last saturday night I went to the old town in Fribourg, a beautiful and unwell known place down the city. The pictures were shoot by myself with the Nikon D60, a beginner digital SLR camera. With me were Ofehouse‘s brilliant photographer Marc Zahno and 3D geek Gabriel Roggo.

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Happy Birthday =)

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Skiferien 2008, Leukerbad, Schweiz

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