Maybe someone of you german readers remember... once there has been a general blog of mine at shaded.de. After a while I closed it down and made the domain referring to here. So far so good. Without diving too much into this... but this ol' general blog is online again (once again german only). It can be found at schattiert.de It's going to stay there for good. Even if, at some point, I might loose interest in blogging for a while once again Here on shadedARTS there will only be things closely related to shadedARTS (like updates and such).

(07/2009) Once again it took a "little while"... The shooting took place in the cellar of our house. Me and my brilliant ideas... That day in the morning I tidied all up and... well, I swept the floor. Sure it would've been a very good idea to spray some water beforehand. That would've kept the dust under control. But some things come to mind only afterwards. Anyway it took more than two hours for the dust to settle. I was already worried... Eventually we could enter the cellar again Only light was a flash head with honey comb laying on the floor.   to the gallery

(04/2008) Model: Dispensable Once again this shooting took place in my "micro studio". For the puppet pictures I replaced the originally white background with something more "grungy". Only light was basically one flash head with honeycomb.   to the gallery

(03/2009) Model: Vi Vacious Location: Washroom The idea came up due to the "size" of this washroom and the fact, that this tiny room is completely tiled in white. The only light is a flash head on the floor just behind the toilette. So the background is actually overblown but there's more than enough reflection light for having the front of the model lighted as well. The window is coverd with a (not colored) foil, for having some privacy while "doing things". At the time of the shooting it was already dark outside. So the foil is only lighted from the inside. Due to the white balance and probably due to some sort of light refraction within the foil it's getting this particular blueish look.   to the gallery

(11/2008) Models: Charade & Vi Vacious Visagist: Ilka Küting This shooting was inspired by "Black Metal", a comic book by Timo Wuertz, Niki Kopp & Julia Niemann-Kopp.   to the gallery

(11/2008) A very inspiring shooting withBelain , a model from Cologne (Germany). Visagist: Ilka Küting Pictures from this shooting will be used for Dark Celebration Party flyers. Actually I've already built one. Just the "rest" of this series took a little while longer   to the gallery

(6/2008) Third part of the first shooting withSinner Again this part is quite different and therefore got its own gallery as well. Here we "just" ran some experiments. The results came down to something in between of bodyscapes and "distinguished nude".   to the gallery

(6/2008) Second part of the first shooting withSinner Since this part quite differs from the first, it got its own gallery. Nude and gothik are the key elements now.   zur Galerie

(6/2008) First part of the first shooting withSinner In fact it was her very first shooting For this part we went for a somewhat portrait approach for "getting warm".   to the gallery

(12/2007) Models: Vi Vacious und Anke The very idea for this shooting was to accomplish something "squeaky and colorful". So to say the exact opposit to dark and gloomy. In the end the set came down to somewhat "80's retro"   to the gallery

(09/2007) Cyme In Bloom Band Promotion   to the gallery

Gothmodeltreffen (Matrix, Bochum) April 2007 Actually it wasn't my turn for shooting her. I shot without flash along with another photographer (who was using the flash setup). That's why some pics are a bit blurry...   to the gallery

(7/2007) Model: Vi Vacious This had been a very spontanous shooting. In the first place we had no plans of what we wanted to accomplish. In the end it still came down to some cool pictures Only lighting was a studio flash with a softbox.   to the gallery

Kalli Haun, a befriended illustrator and airbrusher, has interpreted a picture of my "fave model" Vi. Very brilliant work! More of his work:Kalli Haun's website (www.doc-evil.org) Why do I post this? Well... I took the picture this work is based on

Thora has released a brilliant new album: Baby No. 666 The cover-photo and a few more inside the booklet were shot by me, and so I couldn't resist to spent this album a blog entry The model is Vi-Vacious (aka "Vi-Suicide"). Some of you might already know her from here or from her website. The original picture can be found in this gallery. The manipulation and the overall artwork of the booklet and the CD has been done by Peggy Graßler (www.pg-design.de)

(03/2007) Flash Future Band Promotion.   to the gallery

(3/2007) Second shooting with Vi Vacious The goal was kind of a claustrophic atmosphere. Location was the hallway of my appartment. The only light was a studio flash with a reflector with a honeycomb grid.   to the gallery

(10/2006) Very first shooting with Vi Vacious.   to the gallery

(09/2006) Thora Promotion-Shoot. Some pictures will probably be used for the CD booklet of the upcoming album "Baby No.666".   to the gallery

(03/2006) DJ Zöller   to the gallery

(03/2006) Damian Plague   to the gallery

(5/2005) These pictures have been taken in my appartment. The shooting was originally meant as a portrait shooting for the "crew area" of a website. "Out of the blue" this shooting followed. In the living room the participants of the original portrait shooting were watching The lighting was done with two camera flashes on tripods with umbrellas. They were triggered by an IR transmitter. BTW: The backdrop covers a door   to the gallery