Getting late to Malta

I went to the airport with the models, Heidi and Iselin, and the make-up artist/hair stylist Rebecka, to the Skavsta [NYO] on Wednesday and that was pretty smart of me. Of course they had to much luggage all except one. Rebecka even had to leave a plastic bag full of stuff just to get the weight down to 15 kilos on her check-in bag.

Why did I not join the Wednesday flight? I was part of a Swedish TV show and they would not be finished with shooting until Friday. When I was spending time in front of a camera (which I hate) them ladies were having a tour on Malta with our dear friend and local celebrity actor, Steffen, where giving un-healty cake and some nice wine. (Why do they always get the best part of a shoot?)

I finished shooting late on Thursday evening, arrived at Arlanda [ARN] on 2.30 in the morning on Friday after a really hectic week. You feel really glamourous sleeping in a noisy (they where doing construction works) departure hall on a marble bench, always with a hand on your EUR 40.000 camera bag.
Then you pay EUR 270 for the extra weight and get on the plane at 6.25. I fell asleep at once and woke up when they landed.

"Welcome to Arlanda!"

WTF!?
A window cracked in cockpit and they had to return. As being a pilot myself, I bonded with the crew and saw a picture of it. It happened while they where climbing through 28.400 feet. Thankfully it was just a middle layer of the multi-layer safty glass there.

After spending three (3!) hours in line to get a new ticket, 4 hours in Frankfurt and a nice time chatting with the crew of Malta Air - I finally arrived at MLA 22.30 on the Friday. Half dead...

I got a great welcome by the ladies and Martin in his apartment and a couple of drinks later I was perfectly OK. :-)

Models needed for magazine shoots on Malta

After speaking to the Danish magazine M! and the Norwegian magazine FHM they addressed an interest of having a collaboration with Morre Photography. This first shoot could be considered as a test: if we make great pictures they will get published and it will probably be the start of a beautiful friendship.

To get the best pictures possible, my local crew have booked a super nice location in Malta. Why stay at home in the dark, cold, winter when you can be in a much warmer, beautiful island in the middle of The Mediterranean?

I need (at least) 2 models for this glamour shoot so you have to do at least c2- but since we will get more commercial pictures with more categories, c3- models will have an upper hand.

There might be time over for more pictures, so if you are a model and would like to join as an "assistant" to help out and then get some shots also, please add that in your application. A return trip with Ryanair from Stockholm (NYO) to Malta (MLA) is only about EUR 30 right now and you will all have free accommodation.

If you do not bother about the details below - sign up via this form:

http://morre.se/models/apply/

Please add pictures relevant for this shoot.

*Details

Travel and accommodation are paid for the chosen M! & FHM models.
Accommodation are paid for joining models.
Oh! The big VIP Saturday night out is fully paid for all. :-)

I will be on Malta December 10-17:th and the main shoot will be one or two days between Thursday 11:th to Saturday 13:th. That gives you those travel dates of Ryanair's NYO-MLA flight schedule:
Wed 10-Wed 17 Dec
Wed 10-Sun 14 Dec
Sun 14-Wed 17 Dec (not applicable for the M! & FHM models)

Here is the daily schedule:

Tuesday 9 Dec
before 22:00: Models have to arrive in Linköping
Wednesday 10 Dec
12:00 Travel from Linköping to NYO
19:30 Pick up at MLA by the Malta crew.

Thursday 11 Dec
Crew: prepare the location
Models: Day off with private tour of Malta

Friday 12 Dec
Shoot

Saturday 13 Dec
Extra time for shoot
Cocktail party @ Martin's (see picture)
VIP treatment on all the best clubs of Malta

Sunday 14 Dec
Malta crew & models: day off
14:00 Latest time at NYO for those traveling to Malta
17:30 Travel to MLA for those who choose to leave on Sunday
19:30 Pick up at MLA for those who arrive on Sunday
23.45 Pick-up in NYO by Linköping crew for those who went back

Monday 15 Dec
Day-off and/or spare time for shoots

Tuesday 16 Dec
Crew and maybe models: Fashion shoot for Malta Now magazine

Wednesday 17 Dec
Half day off
17:30 Travel to MLA
23.30 Land at NYO

Thursday 18 Dec
01:00 Sleeping in Linköping
xx:xx Travel home for models

Please write in Comments what dates you prefer to be on Malta! The weather will be warm (about 19° C) but during their winter, it might rain at least every second day, often not more than a couple of hours.

If the weather is nice, you might find yourself at a Mediterranean boat cruise. :-)

Send in your application via:

http://morre.se/models/apply/

Comedian and a nice ass

Dropped dead in my flat at about AM 2 on Thursday, got some hours of sleep and then packed all the gear in the trunk of a SAAB and headed for Malmö.

There I had a shoot for LKPG Magazine - a portrait of a Swedish comedian, Anders, from the creative duo Anders & Måns. The written piece for the magazine I got hold of minutes before I got in the car gave me nothing about him, just what he had done.
Not having an impressing means no angle of attack. For this shoot that was not all - I did not even had a location!

Thank god I have some friends running the restaurant at Mayfair Hotel in Malmö and they also have an old nightclub, Tunneln (The Tunnel), for rent. They kindly allowed my to use it for free and even gave me food and loads of Coca Cola, badly needed after days of traveling and lack of sleep.

Due to no input and lack of sleep, I was really blank until I met Anders. He showed out to be smart, fun and energetic so I just took it from there.
The good thing of working with an actor/comedian is that they are daring and have a lot of good faces to deliver. For them, a shoot for nothing compared to standing alone on a stage giving a stand-up.
To get some cool shots, I was running around in the abandoned nightclub turning sofas on their end just to get a colorful red background, using a half-dead plant I thought looked hilarious, and the lack of interesting clothes I gave him my favorite wool sweater and told him to ware it backwards.

Well - you tell me what you think of the images. The difference between these pictures and the finals ones is mostly the lightened plant and some small skin-errors that I corrected.

After the shoot with Anders, I had a training session since a friend of mine wanted a some nice pictures of her beautiful behind. The "poor" waitress of the restaurant had to volunteer as an assistent and had to apply the baby oil. As she said: That is not a bad start of getting to know someone. :-)

After the shoot, I once again find me driving late a night and of course it was horrible weather. Really glamorous job being a photographer...

First shoot in Malta

Malta - beautiful Malta!

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.

2 racing hostesses on Friday, 26 Sept

My friend Erik Jirhall and his Gentleman Racing Club has arranged a racing day on Emmaboda airstrip this Friday, the 26:th of September. I will be there shooting video and pictures.
So, if you would like to get paid for writing down lap times, taking you picture among super cars (Lamborgini, Porsche, Ferarri etc) and ride some of the cars - your are the right person.

Send in an application via the form on my web site (click here).

The day starts at 09.00 and ends about 17.00, so you will have to get up early. There are a lot of cars coming from all over Sweden so getting you there in time will be no problem. If you want to ride with me in our lovely Longboard.eu WV bus, you can get to Linköping.

See ya!

New date for spa indoor: 12 October

I just spoke to Johanna at Studio Paus and she has almost decided on what dark haired female and male model to use, but not the blond female one. So for all of you and especially blond females - you still have time to apply!

Send in via this form.

Beauty/spa models wanted for a September shoot

The outdoor pictures for Studio Paus where shot on Gotland in July (see earlier post) and now, when the makeover of the beauty salon is finished, the time has come to shoot the indoor pictures.
So now I need 2 female models and 1 male model for these beauty treatment shots in Stockholm. The models should preferably be tall (male > 180 cm; female > 173 cm), fresh, fit, good hair & skin and the female should be curvy (natural looking C-D cups).

This is a low-budget friends assignment (I work for free) but a somewhat nice deal you models, and that is paid travel expenses and beauty treatments to book for SEK 1.500 at Studio Paus. Oh! And of course - you will get real treatments during the shoot. Not a bad day at the office! :-)

The time is planned for Saturday 20:th of September or later, depending on you models and the availability of the salon.

Interested? Send in an application via: http://morre.se/models/apply/

Tip of the day: Apply first - ask questions later. We always check by phone with the interesting models before booking date and time.