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Filed in: 35mm | Analog | Leica M7 | Nikon F4

When I was visiting Chloé last weekend in Berlin, she reminded me that I still haven’t uploaded her Mallorca pictures to my blog. And that is truly a shame, because we did some really great work together there.

The whole idea for our short trip started on a cold winter day, when Chloé wrote me that she would love to do another outdoor shooting with me. She suggested April, when she would have some days off. „April?“, I answered skeptically. It was a windy and unpleasant day and I imagined a similar weather here in April. „Where do you want to shoot outdoor in April? On Mallorca?“, I joked. „Good idea“, was the next I read followed by some flight suggestions and several shooting proposals. Obvious, she wasn’t so much into joking than I was.

What I greatly appreciate about Chloé is her perseverance and her never fading enthusiasm. She always tries to get the best out of a setting. Constantly asking to have a look on the screen of my camera in order to improve her pose, correct her outfits or enhance her look. This is the type of portrait shooting I like the most. Not a model and photographer just focussing on their own jobs, but two people being creative together and bringing sensual, expressive and unique pictures into being.

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  • Juan Carlos Gallegos11. Juli 2016 - 3:07

    Exquisite model and a wonderful location and lighting. CongratulationsReplyCancel

  • Ashish11. Juli 2016 - 8:40

    Your gallery is superb!ReplyCancel

  • Peter Kasbergen11. Juli 2016 - 10:40

    This is outrageously gorgeous! Every image is just fantastic! Compliments to both you and Chloe for creating such wonderful work.ReplyCancel

  • Mariusz12. Juli 2016 - 21:36

    Great photos.
    It was worth waiting so long for this new post on blog.
    I love every photo from this session. In my opinion Chloe is your most wonderful model.ReplyCancel

  • Amin13. Juli 2016 - 13:57

    she’s so naturally beautiful and the shots, poses and the scenery are simply amazing. Well done and good luckReplyCancel

Filed in: Allgemein | Huawei P9

Most of my pictures have one thing in common: A very shallow depth-of-field. No wonder because I mostly shoot portraits and I love a soft and pleasant bokeh. So I would never ever use something like a compact camera or even a mobile phone for my shots – or would I?
Today Huawei launched their new mobile phone P9, equipped with a Leica dual-lens camera comprising two Summarit H 2.2/27 ASPH lenses. The two lenses are not only for capturing more light, to reduce noise and to increase image sharpness, but also to generate a three dimensional map that can be used to calculate an out of focus lens blur (bokeh).

A few days ago I had the opportunity to test the P9 in the Leica Museum in Wetzlar. Can you imagine a better place to try out Leica’s first smartphone camera 😉
All images are out of camera with ISO between 50 and 500 and a capture time between 1/280s and 1/25s. I edited them with the one or the other camera internal color filter (mostly blue and handsome) and set the “virtual” wide aperture to the max. value of f/0.95. The good thing about this effect is, that it can also be set afterwards. So if the wide aperture produces any image artefacts or you simply don’t like it, you can reduced or removed it completely.

I will not comment the results, but I highly appreciate if you do  🙂  Here or on facebook.
What do you think? Will computational photography some day replace a well crafted photographic lens? Will a mobile phone picture eventually be indistinguishable from an image taken with a fast prime lens?
I made a test and asked my facebook follower to guess the camera/lens of a certain picture that I took with the Huawei P9. You can find the answers here.

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  • Philip7. April 2016 - 12:58

    You are looking like a gentle ,very mysterious and challenging lady. I like you ,your work and I like photography of photographic instruments . I am currently using a Lumia 535 for making pictures ,can’t say I’m a fan of using such devices for photography making but they are quite handy . I will consider getting a P9 as a next device of daily use especially because of the camera ,would appreciate having a software pro camera as on the Lumia 535ReplyCancel

    • Markus8. April 2016 - 18:07

      Err… Philip… I can assure you, Florian is definitely male… ReplyCancel

  • Huawei P9 : Que donne le capteur photo dans les mains d’un pro ? « RevoltElite - Actualités Geek10. April 2016 - 17:20

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  • Ces photos ont (aussi) été prises avec un Huawei P911. April 2016 - 6:32

    […] sortie au Musée Leica pour tester l’appareil et pour prendre plusieurs photos avant de les partager sur son blog. Elles ont toutes été prises avec une sensibilité comprise entre 50 et 500 ISO, […]ReplyCancel

Filed in: Allgemein

The pictures I’m showing here had been taken almost a year ago when I managed to convince Astrid, Janina and Sandra to make themselves comfortable into some muddy water for a few minutes.
Don’t worry, it wasn’t as cold and nasty as it looks, at least for me 😉 But from the girls perspective I think they had much more pleasant shootings in the past.
Nevertheless, they did a great job and I like to thank them for all their patience and hardiness  🙂
Regarding equipment, I usually like to play around with different cameras (film and/or digital). But this time I only used my Nikon D700 together with a 1.4/85 and a 2.8/24-70 in order to work as fast as possible.
I hope you like our work.

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  • Hannes Benz18. Dezember 2015 - 0:36

    <3 .. intense !ReplyCancel

  • andrea richey23. Dezember 2015 - 13:54

    …wieder eine wunderbare Serie Florian!!!
    LG AndreaReplyCancel

  • Pedro Libório5. Januar 2016 - 16:02

    absolutly wonderful work,
    as usual,I must say! I am a big fun of your „photos“ since I found it in 500px and it is always a pleasure to browse on your galleries and enjoy your stunning „captures“, keep enchanting us!ReplyCancel

  • Rama Reddy Ganta8. Januar 2016 - 18:48

    Your photos run like a poem and are an expression of beauty in the form of the ever mysterios feminine physique placed in the infinite spaces of nature and secured abodes.ReplyCancel

Filed in: 35mm | Analog | Contax 645 | Leica M (240) | Leica M7 | medium format | Nikon F4

I shot Taisia a few weeks ago. It was cold and unpleasant outside and I longed for a warm and cosy place, something nice and already set up. At first I thought about a hotel room or so, but then I found this tastefully furnished commercial studio which we rented for 3 hours.
The shooting was quite straightforward. We met, exchanged a few nice words, started shooting, run into a few technical issues, solved some of them and stopped shooting after running out of time.
Taisia is a very nice, calm, patient and friendly person, just perfect for this kind of sensual shots. So it was very easy to work with her and I really love the results.
Most of the shots were taken with a Nikon F4 (1.8/105) on Acros 100, a Contax 645 (2.0/80) on Kodak Portra 400 or a Leica M7 (0.95/50) on Portra 160. But I also used a Leica M240 (0.95/50).

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  • Lex Arias15. Januar 2015 - 3:53

    Bautiful and inspiring workReplyCancel

  • Striwen Photography15. Januar 2015 - 20:28

    Wonderful album ! Although the model is pretty and poses very well , but the technique is right, the lights are soft, black and white is superb.ReplyCancel

  • Yann29. Januar 2015 - 19:04

    Belles photos, belle femmeReplyCancel

  • Jackson23. Februar 2015 - 8:02

    Spectacular work on film. Truly wonderful to see Acros used with such skill. You must be very happy with these images.ReplyCancel

  • joe12. März 2015 - 2:35

    Beutiful work and beutiful model.ReplyCancel

  • Kim Boss19. April 2015 - 18:25

    Love your Work and you have truly inspired me. I feel like Im at a crossway and you have shown me the light to the right direction. Thank you!ReplyCancel

  • Tim Farrell31. Juli 2015 - 17:18

    I love your work. May I do watercolor paintings of some of your photographs? Thank you, Tim FarrellReplyCancel

    • Florian Weiler31. Juli 2015 - 17:26

      Sure Tim, as long as you don’t sell them 😉ReplyCancel

  • victor14. September 2015 - 6:51

    I like most of these photos on FB and here.ReplyCancel

  • Patrice27. März 2016 - 19:09

    Very Nice pictures, very soft, sensuous….do you shoot analogue ? And way so many différent cameras ? Thank youReplyCancel

Filed in: 35mm | Analog | Contax 645 | Leica M7 | Nikon F4

This is already the third post with Astrid and I really hope it won’t be the last. It’s not only that I love the results we get, it’s more how much I enjoy spending time with her.
It was a cloudy but fortunately mild day in late autumn when we met at her place. After a small breakfast we headed for a nearby park to take a relaxed stroll along the bare trees and through the rustling leaves. Occasionally, we stopped here and there for the one or another shot. It was a small but pleasant park. Surrounded by old houses with wrought-iron fences and partly overgrown front gardens. Astrid told me that she likes to spend her summer afternoons here, reading books, having a walk or just relaxing in the sun. It must be a beautiful and pretty quite place during summertimes, I thought.
Later we went to the Main river and took some last shots at the riverside. We even caught a few low sunbeams until nightfall let me give up any attempt to take further pictures.
On this day I left my digitals at home. All colored pictures were taken with a Leica M7 (0.95/50) on Kodak Portra 160 and the b&w with a Nikon F4 (1.8/105) or a Contax 645 (2/80) on Fuji Acros 100, developed in XTol 1:1.

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  • PaulG6. Januar 2015 - 21:00

    Once again: Very beautiful shots! Love it !!!ReplyCancel

  • victor14. September 2015 - 7:01

    nice face.I like the other models ,too.ReplyCancel

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