If you like my work and want to work with me, contact me and I'll let you know where I am at the moment and what the chances are I'll come your way in the near future....
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I am no longer active on the forums. The forums have degenerated to such an extent it is barely more than MySpace. It is not possible to hold meaningful discussions about basically anything that has to do with the actual business without rude and offensive interruptions by individuals who seldom know anything whatsoever about the business of photography or modeling..
If you have anything you like to discuss with me, trade or think I can help with pro information you can still get in touch with me thru messages..
***** I teach MASTER CLASSES *****
Group or one on one. These are not the group workshops where you get 30 min with a model. What you get depends on what you *need* and *want" to learn.
Write me for details or references..=*^)
Christer
YOU ARE DIFFERENT - this is one of the most common comments about me and my work - and yes, I am...
I am not interested in wasting my and your time by making what you see on 99.9% of all portfolios on sites like this one. If that's all you want, then I am not the one to contact. If you want to create *meaningful* art, something that you wish to keep and look at for the next 30 years, then we maybe should talk..=*^)
What you see here image wise is but a fraction of my work since I started doing photography about 8 years ago - during that time I've taken 2 years off so I have actually worked about 6..=*)
On my main site, ChristerArt.com, you'll find about 4,000 images - I think...=*^)
Katrina...
I am now living most of the time in the US again. I finally gave up on New Orleans and am on the road most of the time. If you wish to work with me, drop me a line and we'll see if we can make it happen.
About me (no, I did not write the Wiki piece)..=*^):
http://www.christerart.com/ChristerWikipedia.htm
(As you may know, Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. Someone, for reasons unknown, amused him/herself by deleting the Wiki page about me. After about ten deletions and re-uploads, the author of the page, Caroline Godschall, cg@godschall.com, after conferring with me, decided to abandon the page.).
I am an Internationally known, book, magazine and newspaper published Swedish photographer more or less living in New Orleans (now "less").
If you think you have that "Special Something" a "Different Look", and have not had breast enhancement done, contact me. I do a limited number of *collaborative* sessions. It doesn't matter if you have no or little experience being in front of the camera, what I look for is integrity, intelligence, a different look, a strong desire to be part of a creative process that will hopefully end up with images that "sing", that stops you dead in your tracks, an image you'll be proud to hang and see on a wall or have published in a book or magazine.
I am ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR FETISH, LATEX and pierced models.
However I do not work with "enhanced" (fake boobs) women. The exception is if it was done for medical reasons and you have an exceptional mind. Likewise, if you have a number of various tattoos all over your body I most probably won't work with you. A small one that is not intrusive is probably ok. The reason for this is that tattoos has gotten to be 13 to the dozen - and that is not who or what I look for..=*^)
I am very easy to work with but expect you to be dedicated to our work, ie, return emails, calls, be on time - you know - all that stuff that makes it a pleasure to work together and get the images done..=*^)
However - I am a PRO - not a GWC or a beginner - so there are some "Rules and Conditions" you need to be aware of - if this sounds harsh - it is not meant to be - but my time - as I am sure yours - is finite - and I only have so much time I can give to a collaborative effort - or a Look See. So....
I do not allow anyone else but the model(s) onto a shoot - test or otherwise - unless it is a commercial shoot - if you think you will not be safe with me - how in the world will we be able to work together? - my kind of work - and ethics - require trust - without it - it's a waste of time.
I require a Look See at a public place - like a coffee shop - before I book a test or TFP - you can bring a chaperone to this Look See if you so prefer - on the condition that this person sits at another table - I want your undivided attention..=*^)
I do not pay anyone in cash - well, I might pay Scarlett Johansson - so - please - do not send me any "I love your work" and at the end of it is one of those "and my rates are" emails...=*^)
Some "models" demand a CD of all the raw - read: unfinished - images from a shoot if the shoot is digital before they leave the studio/shoot. I tell you this: - no professional photographer will EVER give away his/her work or unfinished images which is what giving a CD of all the RAW images from a shoot amounts to. This demand screams "I am a non-professional model" and I only work with GWC's..
As a professional, I will gladly give you a CD of all the FINISHED images - it is in my contract - and you can use those for personal promotion as specified in the contract but never, ever, will I give anyone a CD of all the raw images from a shoot. Anyone doing this is an amateur or very, very unprofessional - and will probably deliver images on that level as well. And please note that this CD will be low rez as I will never release control of the printing process. I will be happy to make print(s) for you if there is a specific image you'd like that was not among the ones I selected and printed for you...
Another trend is models charging or billing certain expenses - such as "makeup kits" for a Test, or a TFP shoot. How silly is this? What about the tens of thousands of dollars I have in equipment and cost for a studio? What about the several thousands of dollars worth of prints you receive from me as part of the TFP contract? What about my several days of processing and printing your prints? And you are going to charge me for a makeup kit?
Most pro photographers do TFP shoot as a way to try out a new model, to play with ideas they have and see what happens. A TFP shoot is a huge cost for a pro in time and effort - and if you want images for your portfolio that sets you apart you need to work with these photographers and a demand like that is not going to get you in the door with these artists.
If you read all this you deserve to "Have a great day"...=*^)
Christer
