Göteborg rockar fett
Yes, Gothenburg ROCKS! This week I had the chance, for the first time, to visit Europe and namely – Sweden. Scandinavian Photo, a super cool camera store, brought me out to Gothenburg to speak for 2 days of their workshop. Beautiful city, friendly people, and talented photographers. A Nikon rep was there on day one to lend me any lens in the Nikon’s arsenal, a 200 f2, 200-400, sb800′s, and of-course D3′s ….. what a toybox of gear we had.. even top of the line lighting from Profoto which we used both days to over power the sun. Day 2 was special for me because I had the chance to remember some of my roots and shoot on medium format cameras. Martin, a rep for PhaseOne let me shoot on the first ever PhaseOne Camera in the world. If you’ve never shot medium format cameras before you are in for a treat. The files are so sharp and so large (39mp!) that I could count every eyelash and goosebump on the models. (I’ll post more about that on the dwf soon) . Along with the PhaseOne camera, Martin gave me a chance to go down memory lane with a Hasselblad 501cm sporting a p45 back (Gothenburg is home to Hasselblad), I felt like a kid again. Thanks to everyone who attended, everyone at Scandinavian Photo, and special thanks to Jenny Blad who was my guide while I was there and who also arranged the entire wonderful experience, (I’ll post her session with her cool husband, Robert, soon) . I’m starting to miss Sweden already. The following are some of my favorites from the workshop.
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It rocked having u here John Michael! I felt really sad when u left. I never spend time with my friends – either i´m to busy or I don´t have the energy. Now I had u to hang out with for three days in a row – so it felt like I lost a friend when u left – even though we hardly know eachother! Maybe this will be my alarm clock to start making time for my friends or I won´t have any left!
I know u can check out the pictures on the attending peoples blogs but apart from Erikas (who write in english) u won´t understand them. To translate what I have seen on all of the blogs is that everyone are overexcited and happy about the workshop!
I hope i´ll see u again sometime in the future!
Hugs on ya!!!
John,
I couldn’t make it to Gothenburg (it’s a bit too long of a travel – expensive), but I know how excited Jenny has been planning this and how happy she was when it was over, that it was such a huge success!
I hope you and your better half could come to Sweden again and visit, and perhaps we can meet half way – in Stockholm or something.
Love your images from the workshops!
Thank you so much for the workshop! It really inspired me and made me start rethinking things in my business – starting to see outside the box
I’ll email you the picture I shot of you and the BIG lens soon as well.
Thanks again!
//Karin
John, these images are sick:)
Great to have you here John Michael, and some amazing images you made!!
Thanks a lot!!
Wow, man. powerful stuff! ‘nough said.
Holy sh*t John, what a cool trip! Seriously these are some of my favorite images from you (which is saying something….
I can´t thank you enough for taking your time to come to Sweden! Many things that you said confirm thoughts that I have with my business. I appreciate your comment on my blog. I hope to meet you again in US! /erika
P.s Wow! I especially love the last picture inside the submarine!
Thank´s a lot, this is the kind of inspiration we all need!!
I had a great time, you are truly gifted and everybody should do this
The URL in my signature abowe will show you my images from the shooting.
P.s. heavy file!
Thank´s again!!
/Eva.
Thank you for a great day.
Love your picture in the submarine.
Thanks again.
/wiwi
Best workshop I´ve ever attended. Great inspiration and great fun. Hope to see you again. //