I want to do a new blog or make this one look better for 2014!

But I'm lazy.

Goodnight!

Selfportraits

I've been working really hard lately, trying to improve with studio and photoshop.

So I've taken a lot of selfies just for fun ! 

I still have some much to do and I have a crazy photography fever going on, I want to shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot, and I have so many projects and plans.

I dont know what to write today.

So I'll write better stuff another day.

Because I've been feeling kind of sick all day long, maybe it's the overwork, I don't know D:

The Lands of Lethaiah

I haven't written anything in such a long time !

So ... 

I went to France with Topi. I shot my beautiful friend Louise in Fontainebleau !

I was proud of the picture, but.. Something was missing. And I kind of started to feel like almost all of my pictures are "good" but yeah something's missing.

So thought a lot, and wondered what the hell it could be :D And then I finally found out.

THERE'S NO ACTION AT ALL!

I don't mean action like people running or screaming or shooting. I mean.. a story... something.

When I look at my pictures, yes, there's a kind of story but it's too small, I don't know how to explain.

But take a look at this picture of Louise. Yup, you can imagine something that could happen or imagine who she is, but THAT'S IT. All I can imagine as a story to her is something like she's a beautiful kinda princess chilling and when she's over with her chilling she will go to eat with her royal father.

Haha. Not interesting enough.

SO ! I remembered a project I had in mind for mooooonths.

Creating a WORLD, mine. Fantasy like and maybe even a little epic.

I started then to write a whole structure and story, create a map, everything.

And the project came to life.

So the idea is to take pictures of the moments of the story.

That's my first character. Topi is the perfect model for him. 

I will not reveal what's happening on the pictures ... yet!

I want people to use their own imagination and imagine what's going on :D

The project is a success if:

-I take the best pictures of my life

-People can imagine amazing stories and not just blank

-I get better

Yeah, because this project is perfect for getting better, doing work with others (For these two pictures I had the help of the incredibly nice Jenni and Yordi! I'm so thankful!), organizing shootings, photoshopping, 3d, studio etc etc etc.

So that's my current awesome project.

Then school began again. You can't imagine how many plans I have in mind.

I'm doing that project, training with photoshop and studio. Doing so much and going to school and taking every possible opportunity.

I've also been planning my future and talking about it with my parents, boyfriend and teachers. I won't say a word about my plans but I swear I've never been so excited about my future.

I have so much to write but I can't think of anything else right now so I'll write another article later.

Yoohoo!

Shootings and shootings and shootings!

Wooaaa! Lots of pictures!

First I had a shooting with a beautiful model named Jenni. 

I was looking for models and when I got her message I was so happy beause I found her so beautiful and she said she has a lot of indie clothes (and damn, I love everything indie!)

Then we planned the shooting and stuff, and she talked about horses. Oh yeah.

I've always wanted to shoot a model with horses.

So I took some fashion and natural pictures, portraits, and one conceptual photoshoped one like the way I love it.

Here are the pictures.

We probably will shoot again together and I can't wait at all!

Then I got an idea of project. 

It's "Beautiful souls", I want to shoot red hair girls with a lot of freckles! 

So I planned the first shooting with the beautiful Ronja. 

For the project I want a unique headshot of every model.

With Ronja I wished I could take some other random photos because I really liked her as a model but she got sick and couldn't be as a model longer :( Fortunately, I got the shots I wanted for the project!!

Then then then I took a few selfportraits.

The thing is, this day I didn't look good at all so I didn't get the shots I was hoping for :( And I don't have a tripod anymore and it's horrible! I don't have any money to buy a new one :<

You can see more random photos on my tumblr ! www.karinaboissonnier.tumblr.com 

Then,

The project I'm starting with Olli Viljamaa.... started! But it's still in preparation. But but, I'm sure I will be able to tell everything about it in the next article and publish the first photos of it.

I'll keep you in touch!

Kisses and stuff!

Beautiful lights

I bought some awesome lights! (700little ones)

I have a cool idea in mind, and I'm going to shoot on sunday with them. 

But I don't want to use them just for ONE shooting so I had another idea to continue the Two worlds become one project, and I tried yesterday but Topi got an electric shock during taking the test pictures :(

It scared the shit out of me so we stopped. But I found out a way to take the pictures without touching those stupid lights D:

I hope I'll be able to take the pictures tonight.

At least I got some natural cool pictures of Topi with them :D The test photos werent that bad.

Oh, and I'm also going to use the lights as a decoration for my room because they really are beautiful <3

yaaay!

New photos

I don't know what's happening to me but I'm having a crazy photography fever, and all I want to do is to take pictures. And more. And more. And more.

So yesterday I got a random idea. And Topi and I (ok just Topi) made a loooot of little holes on an icecream box. And the light went through it.

The pictures are... here:

I'm quit proud of them.. Even though people have for some reason enjoyed commenting with stupid jokes about diseases (what the hell people seriously?)

Anyway, 

The big project I've been planning for weeks, months and years is coming true and getting bigger everyday. My friend Olli Viljamaa joined me on it and we have great plans. I'm so excited!

I was supposed to shoot and start the project last monday, but it didn't happen. It's okay because it's just postponed for the next week! 

Argghhh! I wanna take pictures again ! And I really can't wait for the shooting coming with another photographer friend Pauli Riikonen. I have an idea and all I need is to realize it. 

So.

I think what I'm gonna do now is wait for my boyfriend and surprise him by asking him to be my model because I JUST WANNA PHOTOGRAPH.

I'm going crazy.

See you in the next article !

Oh, and I have an advice for any photographer.

Date with someone.

You'll always find yourself a model of your taste ;-)

Magical stuff

So ! Today I was at Suomenlinna with my finnish photographer friends. It was a great day and I randomly decided to take a picture of my friend Jenny. Because the sea suddenly looked like the way I love it (I always photoshop my water picture with fog and stuff). 

And I took this picture:

I'm proud of it because it looks like my picture ! 

Even though I think it's important as an artist to be open minded and try different stuff, I'm so damn happy to have recognizable style ! I don't want to think about it too much, I want to keep on shooting with my heart and feelings. But it looks like they always take me to this kind of magical picture.

THAT'S what I wanna do.

And I want to mix it with fashion because as I said in the previous article, I love fashion like the stars above, I'll love till I'll die (yeah yeah dire straits yeah)

Tomorrow I'm gonna start a project I've been thinking about since I took this picture here 

Love is magic!

If you can love, you are pure.

Yep but the picture above is just a preview of what's coming. It will be big.

I hope they will look good as pictures, but if they don't, I don't care that much because it's all about the message.

I'm so excited!

Oh and look at my portfolio 

http://www.karina-boissonnier.com/portfolio

See ! 

...I'm tired...

Goodnight!

Silver and Gold

I still haven't found any nice "real" title for one of my latest photoseries :(

I can't actually remember where I got the idea from, but I wanted to paint my boyfriend in silver. Then I decided I wanted to paint myself in gold.

And use the studio.

Then I took pictures.

And this came out.

It really is a shame people don't like studio pictures as much as conceptual location pictures.

But,

I actually DON'T CARE at all, because in the end the person I want to shoot for is me and only me.

Of course, it's nice to know if people like my work. I just got more than 1000 fans on facebook and it felt kind of cool even though that's not the most important thing.

I should publish the others new photos I took in another blog post but I think it's better in only one article, I think.

SO SO SO,

I've been busy with all kind of photography work since I quit my last job, but I won't publish them because they are just.. work....

Here I publish stuff I do for myself and if it's client work, I publish it only if I really do like them.

Yeah whatever,

I participated in a creative sprint. Once a month you get a theme, a word, and you have to take a picture in 48h. This month the theme was secret, so I took a shot. I'm not proud at all :D But people seemed to like the picture more than my studio pictures. :< Of course!

Then I shot for Sirus. I so wanted to try male fashion. Because I LOVE fashion, but for a reason or another, I have never really tried..

Now I know for sure I want to shoot fashion (and of course conceptual ). But my dream would  be to make my own style and mix up fashion and magical conceptual. I would be aweeesome!

                                   

 

 

Hahaha

they are not well oganized because I don't know how to use blogspot correctly 8)

Photography camp 2013

So, once again I was at the photography summer camp that "nuoret valokuvaajat" (young photographers of finland) organized. Awesome as always. :)

I was quite inspired, and for the first time in a long time I took conceptual photos just the way I like them.

Now I'm feeling motivated again about photography and getting better.

I'm happy about my life right now, because all I have to care about is photography.

I decided to start a tumblr. :) I really wanted to have a place I could just put all my random nice pictures.

I also thought it would be awesome to do a photo diary. Taking pictures all the time really makes better in photography, and it's nice to have all memories saved. 

http://karinaboissonnier.tumblr.com/