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My UK Studio

felixkunze — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:16:14 +0000

I took the plunge. I did the deed. I’ve put together a studio. And I’m ready to photograph you in it.

About 10 days ago, I decided that there was a better place for my equipment than to gather dust beneath the stairs.

Things came together pretty quickly, and yesterday I shook hands on the space. I’ll be using it until at least mid October. Located 50 minutes outside of central London, the studio was set up in an old, large, rustic barn, all set on beautiful farmland. It’s a serene spot away from the city, it’s got horses, fields, forest and all sorts of other features. It’s perfect.

The shoots I’ve already used the studio for are still in post production, so instead I called upon my friends/sometime assistants Mia & Raph to pose for me. These are some behind the scenes images (with the end result) to show it off.

I’m excited to have a space that I can use for nothing but creating photos. I will be shooting creative work, publicity stills, the odd headshot and will have some celebrities down for some sittings.

The whole point, of course, is to create beautiful portraiture.

The thing that really makes it special is that I have natural light when I want it. And, I can leave the studio itself in the shot. It doesn’t detract from the image.

I want to explore what can be done in terms of portraiture. I want to get a variety of personalities and really push myself and my subjects to create timeless images.

You can book your shoot now.

Just send me an email via the contact menu or comment below, I’ll get in touch.

Matt James Thomas, the British Spiderman

felixkunze — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:40:12 +0000

A few months ago I shot publicity photographs of Matt James Thomas, the British lead of the new rock musical, Spiderman on Broadway ‘Turn off the dark’. He’s the alternate lead, which means he doesn’t lead all shows but he isn’t an understudy, he is the lead in several shows a week along with the main lead, Reeve Carney.

Shot on a rooftop and other locations around Manhattan, the images are now a title feature in M Magazine, a nifty online magazine chronicling all things London theatre. The images are now also represented by my celebrity portraiture licensing and syndication agent Contour.

See the feature below and read the rest of the magazine here.

H Magazine Editorial – Goddesses of Radio

felixkunze — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:09:53 +0000

We shot this editorial in Malibu, California in March with Kerri Kasem and Ashley Marriott of The K-Pod, a very cool podcast. It’s now a major feature in H Magazine, a glossy mag popular in LA and New York.

We shot this in a beautiful meadow in Malibu, with a great crew. I had come off a plane from LA a couple of hours before the shoot, having just flown in from Haiti with about an hour of sleep. Kerri had assembled a great team & with lots of coffee, great energy and great people we got a shoot together that I’m absolutely in love with. I’m so happy to be able to finally share these images. I’ve been itching to get them out for over 6 months…

Photographer: Felix Kunze
Make-up: Dean Bryant
Hair: Angelica Curiel
Assistant: Elijah Black

You can still get H Magazine on select newstands across the US.

Behind the scenes:

Hair/Make-up and styling in full swing.

Kerri being interviewed for a TV show while getting her hair and make-up done at the same time.

Ashley getting her make-up and hair done.

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Portraiture – May and June 2010

felixkunze — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:10:44 +0000

My recent efforts have been in the area of doing documentary style photography like my projects in Haiti and coverage of the Roskilde Music Festival while also developing what I am doing in the field of portraiture. This is a little showcase of some of the work over the last few months. This doesn’t include work shot for magazine editorials of which there are a couple that I can’t wait to show! But they have to wait until they have gone into print.

I’ve been working to shoot portraiture that was strong and meaningful and also working in environmental portraiture, IE people in a work or life situation. Essentially a picture that tells a story about a person.

In a way, each of the images below does communicate a part of each person’s persona. A model still communicates a certain aspect of their own personality, no matter how much make-up is thrown on them, they are always putting across an aspect of their personality. There is a certain truth to it.

To hire me to shoot a similar project for you or to give feedback, please email me or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

Model: Mia Gerhardt - Location: Florida - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) with basic hair by Intuition Salon and Spa - Wardrobe & Styling: Gioffre fashion - Studio: K&K Photography - Art: Alex Scott

Models: Mia Gerhardt and Raph Schweiter - Hair, Make-up and Styling: Sally Gatza & Natalie Johnson - Location: Florida

Model: Lena Schmidt - Make-up: Natalie Johnson - Styling: Sally Gatza

Model: Lena Schmidt - Make-up: Natalie Johnson - Hair & Styling: Sally Gatza

Personal commission, Houston, Texas

Kevin Patrick, Clearwater Beach - shot for publicity purposes

Hair & Make-up: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) - Styling & Concept: Gina Manecchia & Taylor Kugler

Personal commission, Tampa Bay

Personal commission, Florida - publicity shoot

Personal commission, Florida - Make-up: Natalie Johnson

Kristel Koehler, poet - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton, www.femmeakoi.com - publicity shoot

Family portraiture, Clearwater Beach

For other projects, check out my work in Roskilde or Haiti or the Portrait portfolio. And if you like this and would like to be kept up to date on what I’m doing, please head over to my facebook page.

Amy P Personal Portrait Session

felixkunze — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:48:16 +0000

This one was a lot of fun. We rode on Amy’s wave-runner to get to a small Island in the intercoastal waterway off Clearwater Beach. and shot there using the awesome gnarled old tree.

Gramajo Family Session

felixkunze — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:37:20 +0000

This was such a lovely family to shoot. The wonderful dynamic of the family really shows in these – I can’t help but smile when I look at these photos. These were shot on Clearwater Beach, Florda with available light and a reflector.

Berlin February 2010

felixkunze — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:15:46 +0000

Berlin is the city of my birth, but this time I’m here for Thorsten Overgaard’s photo seminar.

I like to attend his seminars because they push me to do some street stuff, help me go over the basics and he’s always such sophisticated and intriguing company.

As luck would have it, I’m meeting him again briefly in NY soon.

Thorsten runs a series of Seminars that help anyone get started in photography. There’s more info on Thorsten’s site here. As part of the seminar there is a section on street photography. I enjoy it because I don’t do it enough. Of course I end up doing a bunch of other stuff and always gravitate towards the more portrait style shots as you can see below.

It’s all a bit of photo fun after the more serious (in comparison) work in Haiti.

More images after the jump

Kevin’s Ukulele & Guitar

felixkunze — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:43:05 +0000

I had the pleasure of working with local Florida musician Kevin Patrick.

He plays the Ukulele and Guitar and has a neat assortments of them. I didn’t know what to expect from the shoot, but we had a blast, tried out some nifty (but fairly subtle) lighting and got some nice relaxed and cool images. We had a bit of a photographers dream moment when I was trying to describe my vision for the shoot, I was trying to verbalize what I had in mind, realized I couldn’t and instead just hummed the tune from Jason Mraz’s ‘I’m Yours’. Kevin immediately understood and we shot away. When that happens, you know the shoot will turn out great:

If you like this, you might want to check out the portfolio section and the front page

Royal Cave

felixkunze — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:38:28 +0000

Large here

Marble Sculpture, Mexico

felixkunze — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:26:55 +0000

From a recent shoot in Monterrey, Mexico.

View large here.