Sunday Link

Hey Guys

Its Sunday again and

I have a new Portfolio link

for you, Enjoy !

TIM TADDER

Wow I love Tim's work just what I want to see.

His work always has this touch of some roughness

but is still so clean and good and that

little extra punch from Photoshop.

And I have to say "some of you noticed it already"

that most of my Inspiration comes through Tim's work

his sport and lifestyle Images are just the hit for me

it is really worth it to have a peek into his Portfolio.

so guys I hope you enjoyed his Portfolio

and please feel free to leave some feedback and maybe

some of you have a great Portfolio link that you

want to share with me.. Just pop it into the Comment box.

enjoy the rest of your sunday and see back here tomorrow.

Thanks guys

Cheers Manni

Social Media World

Hey Guys

It's Blog time again and today I

don't really have a lot of Images or a super

Link, actually just a question.

Who of you guys

" Photographers " are really taking advantage

of this hole Social Media in the web world ?

Well for me it's where it all started first you

upload Images to Flickr, Picasa, and more later

to Photographic communities like DeviantArt and and and,

then you start making a profile on Facebook maybe

creating a group or page start getting fans

after time you start going over to twitter start following people

that you are interested in. Later you might

decide to create a Website or maybe even a blog.

And through all of that you did not even spend a cent !

It's all on a free Basis ! So why don't use it ?

you don't need to combine it with

your personal or social life, you could just talk

about your work and only post Images about the work !

Ok I am honest followers always want to see some

behind the scene photos so if you do some ..

you don't need to be on them or in them just

take a photo of your light-setup or what happened on the shoot

easy as that. My tip if you want to go more into a Professional

Photography level I would really see that you spend some money

for a good website and Blog.

so ok that's it for know please let me know what you guys think

about this and you guys are free to leave some comments !

Thanks guys

cheers manni

Manni-Photography Workshop Concept

Hey Guys

Today I don't have really big and not so

useful Photography Blogpost, but a new

kind of thing for me and it could be Interesting for

some of you who really like my editing way.

Ok yes I have to be honest some of my Images are a bit

Contrasty and the editing looks a bit aggressive but I am in my

Fine-tuning weeks at the moment so be surprised to see some other

and a bit different Work in the future.

So listen up I am busy at the moment to

Make a concept for a Workshop where I show my Post

Production way and how I do my editing.

This will be about two to three Hours with life Photoshopping

and all participants can bring there " pc or mac " with

and work along with me and see step by step how I do the

Post Production. There will be a bit of an intro about how I

am and what I do, bit more like what Programs I use,

the way I shoot and with what Photography gear I work

plus Perspective and lighting and much more.

Unfortunately this Workshop will only be in Germany

at the moment, but from 2011 I will host some of these

and other Workshops in South africa.

So if you guys are interested in Manni-Photography

Workshops Keep on coming back to my blog and you

won't miss a singel workshop announcement.

So for this Workshop we will work through these

Images, From The Idea's to the final Images

From Lighting to Outfits, Perspective

and the Planning

Then Directly from the Photographic Part to

Post Production from RAW to JPEG

with Lightroom, Bridge, Photoshop,

Photomatix pro, filters, Plugins and much more.

so I hope you guys are interested in seeing and

learning my way, Plus techniques and a lot of Small extras

and a relative Quick Workflow and if you are interested

to have a Workshop in your city Please let me know.

These Things can always be arranged.

Thanks guys

Cheers Manni

The Creative Photo Walk

Hey guys

Today I have a really new kind of post.

The Creative Walk so this

was my first CP - Walk In

Mannheim with Calvin and Andy

the idea behind this Photowalk is that

you meet up with a view other Photographers

and together start a photowalk where you walk for say 3 hours max

through a city and take some shoot's but not just random Images.

Images that have a meaning behind it and those can be Photoshopped a bit

to get a more Creative view from it say for instant with filters.

So this hole Project photowalk has some rules plus you

get to see how good and creative you photo partners are and

the most important part is it train's your Photographic eye.

RULES

The walk can be max 3 hours.

Everyone can select 5 of his best photos

for some Post Production.

Those 5 Images must be Photoshopped in max 1 hour.

Those 5 Images must be uploaded either on you blog,website

or where ever you like.

So to start of I will show u my First image of the

Creative PhotoWalk

This bike was just a spark in my eye and I had the Idea

to create a old look with this photo not quite what I wanted

but its fine for know.

As some of you guys might know I love to take HDR images

so this was my Hdr for the day not quite the best Post Production

but for 1 hour editing time ok

And yes you can .. That is what I thought when I took this

Picture and actually wanted to create the Obama look but didn't

work out so quickly, so I just left it with this.

Ok I am honest this Image is really Boring and was more

of a Snap shoot but I had to deliver 5 images so I gave it my best try

for the beginning.

With the last Image I had this End of the World shoot in my head

Where the city is full of dust and near to the end,

with a quite wearied perspective.

So to end this Post I thought i will tell

you One last time how it works.

1. you meet up with other Photographers

2. You start a Creative Photowalk

3. After that meet up for an 1 hour Post Production

4. Upload it to the web

5. Compare and exchange some thoughts through a

Quick Presentation.

Let me know what you Guys Think about a

Creative Photowalk and if you guys would be keen to

Host another one some time ?

Thanks guys

Cheers Manni

Sunday Link

Hey Guys
Today I only have a Sunday Portfolio Link
what do you guy's think about it ?
Do some of you have a favourite Portfolio Link ?

So no big Post today Just

a small Sunday Portfolio Link. Bigger post tomorrow

again with five new Images from the Creative Photo-walk day !!

Have fun

DAVE HILL

This Photographer and digital artist is based in USA and has a big range of

Different types of Work and I have to say I get most Inspiration from Dave.

He is a really great Digital Artist it is definitely

worth it to have a look at his work.

Personally for me his underwater work is the

best at the moment, and don't forget

Dave also has a Behind the Scenes Section.

So hope to see you Tomorrow again
cheers Manni

Link Tip's

Hey Guy's
Today I really took some time to show you some
some link tip's and Blogs that I follow now after
calvin, told me about them and this is what he
was saying about them....
Hope there is something for everyone
So, have fun with the post and don't forget to
leave some feedback

COMMUNITY

Retouchpro

This is one of the Best community for Post Production ( Photoshopping )
from which he Knows, he can really say how much he learned from this
Page and how much Contact's he created throw it.
They also host regular Webinar's for small prizes.
Calvin's words where what a great page.

DEVIANTART

Could be one of the biggest Art Community on the Planet.
you could find everything there, from brushes, textures,
Stockfotos for practise or just some inspiration throw
great Pictures. In the beginning you might have a problem
finding your way around but it's worth it, so calvin's word's

XING

When you guy's think about business Xing is the best place.
it is like facebook but just for business use only, just imagine you
get to meet someone and directly talk about business with him .
How about that ? You can also just have a small chat for the start
and later talk about business but this Platform is really just for
business use and to get in contact with other business People.
Calvin say's, it is a really great place to get to know other each other
and the best thing about it, is you can directly see who has new and
interesting Business contact's, and that is where your Network start's.

EDUCATION

KELBY TRAINING

You can't go wrong with him, you will have to pay 17 dollars per month
and you will find the best material of photography and photoshop. How it works ?
Login and register and find a big range of online training's which you can see
throw an online stream.

This is a Platform where I actually never miss a video, If you guy's signup
It might cost you something, but still everyone has to decide that for himself.
I personally Think that more Education is better than technique.

BLOGS

SCOTT KELBY

Calvin say's : There are so many Bogs into that I look
and this one is one of my favourite's
Blog's it is so open, neat good structured, always
filled with new Information and it is so
good written and entertaining plus the best thing about it is, it's
always active and you will always find a new great Post's

2PHOTO

Calvin is not totally sure if this Page should fit into
Portfolios or Blog's, But anyway
on this page you will find a lot of great Portfolios,
well actually more Pictures and
Photo's but it's a good Site.

PSDTUTS

Here you will find a lot of tutorials, and sometimes really
great one's and some small nice Interviews or features.
But I Think this is one of the most active
Blog in Photoshopping - Tutorials.

CHASE JARVIS

On this blog you will find some information that you
will not find so easy somewhere
else, You might even find a video or Interview which can
be up to 90min so have some time !
Chase is a brilliant Photographer how also host really good Trainings

PETAPIXEL

Calvin does not Follow this blog for a long time now, but that what he has see'n
was really good and great. Very good videos and Post's about Photography,
Post production and video editing.

KWERFELDEIN

Sometimes some German Post's but mostly english and very nicely written and
always active. See for your self .

WEISCHES LISCHT

This is a German Blog but it is Calvin's studio's Blog.
The studio is called Weisches Lischt which means Soft Light.
try it you might find one or two interesting video's here and some more
Information about calvin's Photography Life.

So Guy's I hope you can Find some interesting Links in today's Post.
On the Next Blog Post's I will post about some of the best
Post production Portfolio's
and some Favourites.

Thank's Guys
Cheers Manni

CJ - Taylor Shooting

Hey Guy's

Today
CJ - Taylor Shoot in
Calvin's Studio " WeischesLischt "
From the group Rapsoul, Now going solo CJ - Taylor had a Test
shoot with calvin and his Lightguide Matthias and last week.
They worked with Hensel Studio light equipment and I had to

Assist with some California Sunbounce Reflector.

So the First and most important Part on the day was to get to know each other
to have a chat about another Feature on a shoot. But still some good
Images where shoot and those where Directly Edited in the Studio more will follow
soon this week on The Blog.

Here a Making of image from the Shoot with an California Sunbounce Reflector.

We wish Cj good luck with his Solo Career and his New Album Which is
coming out in January 2011.

Thanks Guys
Cheers Manni

Marc Terenzi and Jason Mercurio

Hey Guys
Today I want to show u the First
Finished Images from the Marc Terenzi shoot
On-top of that some info about the Image
How Calvin and his Partner Matthias created them
and I had the honor to assisted them
Let me Know what you guys think about it
Have fun

So the shooting with Marc Terenzi is almost a week ago and

I have some first Finished Images, the shoot was in

the German Theme park "Europapark ".
Marc, his Friend Jason and around 12

Vampire Actors waited to get photographed.

For Location we had a big showroom with

3 ghost houses, cornfield and a scrapyard.

We had lot's of the studio equipment with us 3 studio Lights, 2 Portable Beauty
dishes and many Different Softboxes so actually nothing could go wrong.
After a small tour Through the locations we started Thinking
( wow, ok this will not be an easy shoot )
The light in the showroom was not really bright enough and not really muddy so
we had to shoot with some extra Speed flashes and had a shutter time of
1sec - to 1,5 sec.. then the Focus was another big problem it was
too dark for the focus so we had to lighten up the models with a torch..

The first Image that I want to show you Guys was shot with 2 speed flashes
and an iso of 1000 so we could get a bit of the ambient light.

For the second Image we had a small studio setup on location.
We first Photographed them on the Location and after that in our 3 - Light setup
for some extra's we used those to do some more Postproduction on them.

The last Image was in one of the ghost houses " on Location "
Here we also had to fight with the light situation so we used a Studio light
with a Beauty dish and 1 sec shutter speed.

So, after all the shoot was quite quick and enjoyable
but the worst part of the shoot was that the theme music was playing the whole
time so we really had the feeling of being in a horror Life for one day.
Hope you guys enjoy this one !

Thank's Guys
Greets Manni

Interview with Natalia Taffarel

Hey Guys
So what's up today....
Some High End Retouching

I have a interesting video Interview for you featuring Natalia Taffarel.
She talks about her life her way and how she made her way up to the Top.

How to become a Professional High End Retoucher.

- Klick to see Video - On Calvin Hollywood's Podcast Page

more info about Natalia Taffarel
on her Website - Klick

or old Portfolio - Klick

and a small Video Tutorial
how to turn White skin
into Black skin.

Thanks Guy's

Greets Manni

Spending a day as a Personal Coacher

Hey Guys..

So what was happening yesterday Calvin

and I had to give a Personal Coaching.. With an extra

afternoon of just Post Production and Photoshop.

The hole day Included Planning, Location scouting, Light setup

and pure photoshopping.

So we Started around 11am at a german harbor in Mannheim

which was not far from studio so, first of we

did some more easy and emotional Images

with a big Softbox - The sky

After That we went over to a bit bigger and stronger Light

we used a portable Flash light with a battery Pack

and fixed a beauty dish to it.

After that we made a more Emotional grunge, contrast image

infront of a big old rusty garage door.

All of these Images are only Photoshop around 10-15min.

Now these images where all shot in the shade,

so we went over to a bit sunnier location to get some

really nice contrast and Backlighting

This image was also shoot with a Beauty dish here some

behind the scene pictures and I hope u liked the post,

Will definitely also host some Personal workshops in

South Africa and Namibia from 2011 on ..

Thanks Guys

Manni

Assisting Hollywood.....

Hey Guys ,

Like I sad From now on I will Blog at-least

2-3 time's in the week and keep you guys updated with latest news

and live Shoot's all around Manni-Photography's Life.

So what are the Latest News I am still in Germany - Schwetzingen

and work in the studio Weischeslischt and

assist the great Photographer Calvin Hollywood

I have the honor to Bring his English blog back to life

so if you Guys are interested in learning more about his

Techniques and style start following his and my Blog...

Link - calvinhollywood-blog

My First Blog Entry on the English Hollywood Blog was

today and hope you guys dig it !!

Klick..

What happened after Photokina

Day 1 - Studio introduction Oftersheim

Day 2 - Shoot with Marc Terenzi Horror Night in the

German Fun Park - Europa Park .... wow seriously guys

this is the best park ever and Really scary Horror Place !

Day 3 - More studio Work

Pics and more news will be posted soon !!

Stay Tuned

Manni