Beyond backstage

[olleorama]

Just found an rather old clip of one of my favourite photographers, Lars Tunbjörk. He talks a fair bit of photography, his approach and philosophy, the fashion industry and his rather unusual shooting style and the resulting photos. Note the cameras! 🙂

http://www.agencevu.com/focus/medias.php?tab=femis&id_femis=33

If you haven't seen his work, be sure to pick up any of his books, vinter, office, the country besides itself are my favourites. Or flicker thru what's available on his tab on agence VU: http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=80

Hope it inspires someone.

 

[Ranchu]

That was good, thanks for sharing. I like his pics. He really is hitting people pretty hard with that lumedyne!

 

[olleorama]

That was good, thanks for sharing. I like his pics. He really is hitting people pretty hard with that lumedyne!

I had a chance of hearing a speech by him. And I had to ask about the flash. He said he uses an older Japanese press flash (of up to 640 WS). But it does look like a lumedyne. This was last year, the video is a few years old I think, maybe he thought the lumedyne was too weak? 🙂

 

[normalandboring]

From my understanding the 640ws flash you're speaking is the minicam master outfit that was available on the late 80's early 90's usa market. I found an ad for it in an old adorama catalogue. There was also a grandmaster outfit by minican which boasted a 1250ws output. The lumedyne he's using in this video was likely able to output 800ws power, which would deem his minicam flash inferior except for the fact that it mounts directly on the shoe without and added height resulting in sort of a ring flash look because the width of the flash ends up on both sides if the lens