Some of my friends have an office there and sitting home in the dark Swedish autumn I though it about time to check it out. The good thing about being a photographer is that you only need to bring you portfolio around to go look for work.
So in September I packed a bag, joined some friends and took Ryanair from Stockholm South (NYO) for meetings in Malta.I met a lot of really nice professional people there and got my first assignment pretty much at once: a wedding promotion shoot for the five star Palace Hotel.
So I went back with just a backpack with my Hasselblad H3D-31 and three lenses, some Lastolite reflectors and my portfolio. I almost was not allowed on the plane by carrying to much hand luggage! They thought the folded reflectors looked to bulky. Anyway, I got on after some discussion.
Malta in a strange, ancient, fun and beautiful place! A lot of entreprenuers have moved there and the Maltese are cool but have a strange language. Oh! And the locals women are really gorgeous. Well, the island is scattered with models so I... I... really do not mind having a drink there.Maretha had arranged the models and organised the shoot with locations, and a Rolls Royce from the car rental company Joe's Garage. Thank you Darryn, Nicole, Martin, Steffen, the cool driver and Maretha for a really fun, exhausting day. It was actually so exhausting my battery died. (I actually forgot to bring more than one battery handle on the trip...)
Beeing a photographer is a mix of having it really soft but also a lot of pressure. There is no point stressing during a shoot but on the other hand you never know what you would end up with, if the lights will be good, the location would work etc. For me, I really never can breathe properly until most of the shoot is done - if I have good pictures.
I just had started breathing after the shoot when it was time to rush to the airport.
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