Portraits with an actress and musical performer

Feb, 2024

Annika on Instagram: anni_stefanie_


Annika and I met mid April in my home studio with the goal to create some very basic portraits. On my moodboard i only proposed some classic headshots and some poses on a chair.

However, it was for me a very special shooting event. It was the first time for me working with an actress, something i wanted to do for a long time. Annika is a professional actress and musical performer, currently engaged at Staatstheater Darmstadt and acting in the musical Jekyll and Hyde.

Our shooting was a blast, and after a couple of hours (time flew by) we created an incredible amount of great portraits. We both were quite amazed about the results - and selecting the candidates for post-processing was not an easy task for both of us.

It was a great experience to see how Annika was able to create a strong presence and connect with me and the camera - which is certainly down to her acting background. She also supported me with my Project Zuversicht.

In addition, I shot a roll 6x6 Rollei RPX400 with my Hasselblad. Unfortunately, a lot went wrong and there were a lot of lessons learnt. At first I underexposed the HP5 (forgot to add a stop) and during developing it overlapped with another roll which screwed 3 frames. During the required second watering i scratch it a lot and added a lot of dust. Hence, nothing to show here at all :(

Thank you Annika for this great shooting and all the best for your future career as actress.

Equipment

  • Canon RP with 85mm
  • Leica Q with 28mm

Digital :

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