Liisu's photoblog

Tumblr

2011-06-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, just letting you know that I decided to start a new "blog" on tumblr.com since yesterday. I will use my tumblr as my random inspiration kind of blog at first and then i'll decide if i'll move to tumblr completely. So yea, visit my new tumblr at http://liisutool.tumblr.com/
Take care
Liisu

PS: If you have tumblr, then post your url to my comments ;)

Hei, annan teada, et otsustasin teha uue blogi tumblr.com lehel. Esialgu kasutan oma tumblri blogina kuhu teen lühikesi postitusi nii enda piltidest ja asjadest kui ka nendest mida ma internetiavarustest leian. Niisiis kasutan seda kui "inspiratsiooni blogina" vms. Blogi leiad siit: http://liisutool.tumblr.com/
Kui sul on endal tumblr, siis anna kommentaarides teada. ;)
Päikest!
Liisu

Kadri aka BatCat...

2011-05-11T10:33:00.000-07:00

...as Andres said. :)

Summer longing

2011-02-13T07:56:00.000-08:00

...happens every year in February mainly. *sigh* Felt like posting something related to summer.

Foun this video while searching for new "chillout music". It's like cutest and most emotional thing i've seen lately. A true-life story about a unique and special friendship between a wild dolphin known as JoJo and his human companion Dean Bernal. Read more on youtube right below the video. Happy VD! :)

Unedited

2011-02-06T08:31:00.001-08:00

Hehe, took a while to upload the pictures (I'm at Andres' place and internet is acting uberslow right now) Hmm, yea so now you see how the original (absolutely untouched) images look. I picked them kind of randomly, some close and some not, only where the model is me or my close friend, not a client. Put them togethr with the edited ones, so it would be easier to compare them. :D Have fun, comment or ask anything if you'd like. :)
(click on the pictures to see them larger, as always)

Alone but not lonly

2011-02-02T11:19:00.000-08:00

I've been alone three days for now (daytime only), and I still enjoy it. :D Even tough it gets boring sometimes. Hmm till today I hadn't gotten sick of photographing myself, but now I am. Took a few pictures of myself today and they all looked kinda odd. :)
Hmm anyways...I'm thinking of posting some photos from the past shoots that are absolutely unedited. Just so you, who follow my blog, can compare them with the edited ones. First I have to run through my old folders which are all on an external harddrive, to find the original ones. I will post some soon. ;)

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The Touch of Light

2011-01-31T07:09:00.000-08:00

It was so refreshing to see the sun today and the starry sky yesterday. Took some advantage of the beautiful light in the morning and photographed myself(again). :)
*sigh* can't wait for the spring.

Enjoy...

Hmm

2011-01-06T03:08:00.000-08:00

I was home alone some days ago. Like I had nothing better to do, tried to take some selfprotraits. Taking selfportraits alone is always quite funny. Since I don't have a remote controler I have to run across my room for every single picture. :D Most of the pictures aren't sharp at all and when I get to the right place I can't think of any good pose in such a short time. lol
Anyways I was too lazy to do anything with the pictures because they are too boring. :D Just added a frame. See it larger by clicking on it.

Listen/watch this video, at least it isn't that crappy as my selfportraits. :D

A few behind the scene pictures

2011-01-05T01:28:00.000-08:00

This creepy serie was supposed to be ready for halloween. We took the death and witch pictures on october 31. As we actually don't celebrate halloween here, we still had the chance to wear costumes. :D We had 6 ideas but managed to do only 3 due to lack of time, but we will certainly do the others too.

Testing the light on cute Pille

Haha, plasticine helps always, well almost. Broke my "nails" million times while taking a few photographs. :D

She never actually threw it toward us. -.-

This was too fun, but obviously not for Pille (it was actually her idea). Kadri pouring some water on Pille.

Corpse bride (1/3)

2011-01-03T14:18:00.000-08:00

Didn't want to ruin Pille's mother's wedding dress, so I had to ruin it on photoshop, which I kind of regret because the stains look too fake. But oh well. At least the location is absolutely amazing and I hope to take more photos there. :D

Wicca (1/2)

2011-01-03T14:00:00.000-08:00

Hmm, okay the first photo is more like a manipulation of two similar photos, I just tought it would add some morecreep to the picture . :) Pille took the photos and I played the little witch, Kadri helped with the reflector again. I was happy I didn't cath fire. :D Enjoy...

Hope you guys, who had the chance, watched the solar eclipse today!

Death Came (1/1)

2011-01-03T02:37:00.000-08:00

Hehe, it's kind of funny I post photos like these on my birthday. :) They kind of look a bit funny to me in some way now. Note that the dead body changes her posesometimes. :D hmm, yeah I thought one photo would have been too few to post. Anyways the creepseries were taken really quickly, which I will be posting today and during the following days. Model is Pille and assistant Kadri. The idea was Pille's if I'm not mistaken. That's why she had to lay down on the wet and cold moss and grass in a bog.

Lala

2010-12-29T14:26:00.000-08:00

I had such a random feeling that I should post something here today. Hehe. Life's been quite good to me so far, nothing special but nothing bad neither. Totally not waiting for the January, because no holydays then. :( AND my birthday on 3rd doesn't really count because I don't want to get any older. I've never liked my birthdays. I used to hate it, and still do...suonds kind of evil. :D
About photo. Haven't taken any lately only admired others work. Really, i've kind lost interest in my photos, because they look so miserable to me comparing to others'. But I know, its winter, and winter's always been the season of "no inspiration", even tough there is soo much snow outside and it's so beautiful. :D
Hm, I owe my photoblog some pictures from the "creepy" serie. I remembered. I looked at them today and kind of didn't like them anymore. So I'll skip this time and wont post them, also it's not the best time to show people "dead bodies". :D
See ya soon, and a Happy new year!

The proof I was bored today

Notsu

2010-11-13T05:43:00.000-08:00

Hello, this is Notsu (means a piglet in estonian). Made this stool last spring at school. It can be used as a chest also. :)

Still not dead...:D

2010-11-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

Seems like I haven't posted for a while. It's not like I haven't taken pictures lately...nope. Me and my flatmates are doing a small "project", just for fun tough. I can tell that all the photoshoots are some kind of horrorscarycreepy(but not that scary tough). :D I can't help it, Autumn just makes me think this way. At first I wanted to make these photos for halloween, but yeah couldn't get it done. We still have to do alot more photographs and I wont post the finished images before everything is ready. Yep, just to let you know that something is coming. :D

Kind of a spoiler picture, but didn't want the post to be without a picture. (Me, Pille, Kadri)

His music has given me a lot of inspiration lately :)

Family Portraits

2010-10-10T04:30:00.000-07:00

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Hmm, thought I should write here something but now all the ideas are gone. Right now I'm just sitting by the window and enjoying the almost "perfect autumn weather" (quite chilly and windy plus it's about to rain soon, I guess)
Lately I've got several ideas of taking photographs and I hope I can realize them soon. Pille has already started making a costume for one of the shoots. As a hind I say it's something like a mixture of persian...and several other cultures.It was actually Pille's idea but she told me and I'm going to help her to make the costume as much as I can and then take pictures and maybe add my ideas and vision to it. Anyways let's see if we ever manage to take the pictures. :D
Besides that idea I've got more , but I wont tell about them before I manage to post the final photos here on my blog. :)
Right now going to take a walk in the forest with Andres...bye...

Magical fog

2010-10-05T11:26:00.001-07:00

The beauty of fall :)

2010-09-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

Surprisingly this year i've managed to do several photoshoots during gorgeous colourful period in autumn. Took alot of photos of a family in the weekend. The weather was absolutely ethereal. :D yey. Finished sorting out the good pictures yesterday. Going to finish these in the weekend, because right now I feel quite crappy due to cold that I caught today morning. Eyes all watery and tired...=').
Pille asked me earlier about a picture I took of her last week right before she left home to go to uni. I had edited it and all but totally forgot about it. :) It's nothing special...hehe. Maybe finds some use on facebook. :D But here it is:

Oh yeah, lately I've thought a lot about experimenting with photography. Hmm yea maybe I even have some ideas but i'm not sure yet. Anyways I have to look for someone who could model for me. I'd like to take pictures of someone who hasn't posed for me yet. :D When I'm completely sure what and how I want to do next. I will probably announce you, just so you can write me back or reccomend someone who would be interested.
Anyways, I'ma go make a cup of tea and start watching a film or something (The Others, altough I've seen it several times but a long time ago)

Finished photos

2010-09-19T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, I'm so proud I finished two more pictures from the last photoshoot. :D Sundays are somehow so inspiring. I tried to push myself the whole week to finish some more photos but I just couldn't. But today I actually really wanted to do it. hehe :)

Listened Evanescence the whole time I worked on the photographs. Kind of suits with the atmosphere. :D

Snowwhite wannabe :p

2010-09-16T12:06:00.000-07:00

Ofcourse I'm not fabulousely beautiful like snowwhite should be hmm but yeah I actually just wanted to try how red lipstick suits me and take some photos. :D I have to admit, it's not the best colour for me. Anyways, the photo is taken by my Mum who first time took pictures with my camera ever. Wasn't so bad though. :P Oh and forgive me I haven't posted the photos of the costumes, I just don't have them yet...still... :D Ok now when I'll stop being so lazy I will post more of this photoshoot but right now only one.

Costumes :D

2010-08-29T01:16:00.000-07:00

Pille's room will be soon too small for the costumes :D

Yesterday I went to Pille's place and decided to overlook all the costumes we have made for photoshoots so far. Some of the pieces are more than five years old and some of them aren't finished yet. So we tried everything on and it felt quite good, because everything fit perfectly (yeey :D). So yea, we tried everything on and took a quick picture of each costume, so we can share everything we've done. Unfortunately something happened while I was loading the photos to a memorystick and when I came home and plugged the stick to my pc there were only a few photos on it. So I will post the photos of the costumes some other day, when I can get the rest of them from Pille.

I'm in the paradiseee!

Boooring days...

2010-08-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

It's been so boring lately. Mostly raining and nothing to do in the house. Thought about finishing a corset for next photoshoot, even went to town to buy some special details for it, but they didn't sell such things. *sigh*
So I tried to find something more exciting to do on computer than watching dumb soaps on tv. Ran through some old pictures and found a photo of Pille which would be fun to retouch. I'm not really good at it because I mostly don't do it to my photographs (takes too much time, may change the appearance of the person too much and I'm not using the photos for commercials anyway)
Wanted to try changing the make-up, but I think it turned out a bit fake. But overall the photo looks a lot better now. :P I even removed the scar on her cheek this time.

And here is the original photo:

Spooky O.O

2010-08-18T14:40:00.000-07:00

I hope I don't get nightmares after looking at the photos tonight...hehe. Just wanted to try multiple exposures...the best way to achieve ghostly effect.

Santa, bring me a camera flash or something for christmas... :)

2010-08-11T04:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some portraits of Olivia I took last week. The weather was awful on that day, it rained almost the whole day. So we had to stop taking pictures several times to prevent the camera getting wet. I was also kind of worried about the lack of natural light, because I don't have any flashes or studio lights. Fortunately most of the photos were sharp.

I had also requested to shoot a family on the same day but I canceled it, because it was later in the evening and there wouldn't have been enough light anyway. Still I took a few shots of the youngest child from the family, who was going to get christened in the weekend. I hope the parents are ok if I post a photo of her also.

Sweet... =)

2010-08-06T08:04:00.000-07:00

Here are photos of Kadri I took on the same day when Pille's pictures. Added a little bit of sweet colours to the photos, thought it would suit with the theme and somehow with Kadri's personality(my opinion only). Hope you like these. :)

New serie with Pille

2010-08-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

Dress and make-up by Pille. She was inspired by a musicvideo for Vermillion by Slipknot.
I also took photos of Kadri at that day, so once she was an assistant and the other tima was Pille helping...teamwork. Hehe :) I will soon post some photos of Kadri too when I have finished working on them (could be in some days or so).

:)

2010-07-29T04:25:00.000-07:00

Hey. I had a photoshoot a few days ago. So, yea I was the model this time. :D I felt quite awkward while posing, cause I hadn't done it for a while. So we switched our places with Pille this time, she was the photographer. The assistant was Kadri. Many thanks to Kadri and Pille, oh and loads of thanks to Tarmo (Pille's brother) who brought my shirt when I had realized after arriving the location that I had forgotten it to Pille's place. I did te styling, make-up and post processing. Kadri and Pille helped me ripping my tights shirt though.

Enjoy!

Inspiration:

Photos of Kariina

2010-06-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

Final results =)

2010-06-16T13:49:00.001-07:00

The quality on here is quite awful but oh well.
I hope I can manage to edit some more but for now that it. :)

Photoshoot with Pille

2010-06-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

I had a photoshoot with Pille like a ummm...mmmm..like over a month ago but i wasn't able to do the post processing because of loads of schoolwork. I still haven't finished editind the rest I want but since I don't know when I will finish with them I'm going to post some right now...or later on.
So the huge inspiration this time came from Galliano's 2009 fall collection and later I just looked at pictures of slavic fairitale characters and so on. :D

I just fell in love with this collection at first sight and I was kind of sure that next costume would look something like it.

Costume was made by me and Pille...like we don't have much better to do in Tartu. :D We actually started making it in March and then waited until the weather would be a bit warmer. :)

Pille adding some details to the sleeves

First try-on

Anyways, the weather on that day was great and it was the first time I used my new camera on the photoshoot. Since I took pictures of Pillle, she couldn't be the assistance this time. I asked Janne if she could come and help me with the lightning and she was able to do it. Many many thanks! I did the hair and make-up like always. :)

I made a total zombie of Pille with that make-up. :D (after the shooting)

I think I'll make a separate post for the final results. :)

Ave & Ann

2010-05-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

Some photos of sisters Ann and Ave. :)

PS! I updated my equipments last week. Bought d80. Not the newest camera but better than d40. Just needed a camera that has AF motor inside it (want to buy new fix lense). I hope to get to use it this Saturday. We have made a costume with Pille and stuff...can't wait. :P

Hello, my dear photoblog! Good to see you again...

2010-04-24T02:16:00.000-07:00

I had totally forgotten about my photoblog for a while...and I really don't know why. But yeah, lately the urge of taking photographs has grown inside me. Maybe it's because of the spring (warmer and sunny weathers, growing grass and leaves) that inspires me.
I'm not a good writer so I'll stop right now before the post turns into the worst expression of feelings that has ever written.
This Tuesday I had a photoshoot with Kristi. Thought I should share some pictures with you. :)

Doing Kristi's hair

Pille (assistant) and Kristi

A few of final results:

Basket "Kapsuke"

2010-02-08T14:32:00.000-08:00

Uploading a photo of selfmade and designed basket I made at school. You probably know why I named like this. It can be put together so it's easier to store. Made of bent veneer. ;) Oh and I found some photos taken of making the bent veneer. Several layers of veneer and glue were placed onto a mould and then put into vacuum bag.

Paintings

2010-02-08T14:00:00.000-08:00

Some watercolour paintings I've done at school. Took photos of them for photography class. Not my favourite ones, so maybe I'll post some more soon.

All watercolour paintings done during 1. semester.

Starry night

2010-02-04T05:18:00.000-08:00

I was about to turn into an icecube while I was taking these photos. Stood in deep snowdrifts with more than 20 degrees below zero and cold wind. Used iso 1600 for these photos. Not a good choice because as we know, usually the noise ruins all the photographs. At least it made the stars visible in the photographs and that was my main purpose.

Shutter: 30 sec; Aperture: 3,5; ISO: 1600

Some finished works

2010-01-31T14:31:00.000-08:00

Really bad quality on here...sorry for that.

For the darker photograph I used brushes for the smoky effect. Downloaded from Falln-stock ( http://falln-stock.deviantart.com/)

Cheap flash reflector :D

2010-01-28T14:28:00.000-08:00

Hi. I wanted to share something with you. I got an idea a few days ago and realised it yesterday. I made a flash reflector for builtin flas. It guides the flash to the ceiling or walls and then the light bounces onto the object. So the shadows wont be that sharp in the photo.
I used a small mirror, two-sided tape, velcro and a plastic sheet (can be reaplaced with cardboard or something like that)

Sorry, I'll take some better photos of it and also when it's attached to the camera.

Ofcourse the extra flash would work much better, but as I don't earn money by taking photographs, I can't buy all the extra equipments. They cost very much and I'm not able to spent that much money on a hobby.

Here is a sample (all taken with same shutter, aperture and in the same light conditions):

Surprise, surprise!

2010-01-07T16:15:00.000-08:00

Better late than ever... =)

Happy holidays!

2009-12-27T12:31:00.000-08:00

I know I should have posted Saile's photos before, but I didn't. :P I just can't decide how to edit them, b'n'w or colour ( cold tones or warm)...hehe. Anyways...before it's too late I would like to wish you all happy new year. :)

My sister's son :)

Hi!

2009-11-22T09:49:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had a photoshoot with Saile again. The photos were taken for my schoolwork. I had this idea for a long time actually, but there wasn't just a fitting weather for the shooting. It was quite cold and snowy a couple of weeks ago and I just had to wait for the snow to melt. Fortunately, yesterday the weather was absolutely perfect. Thank you God! :P
AND I thank Pille and Saile ofcourse who were very helpful. Poor Saile, had to pose for me with quite cold and windy weather. She's shuch a good model and never whines about a thing! :)
I actually haven't started with the editing yet. But I think I can post them soon.

Pille and Saile switching their shoes.

Pille assisting :)

Pille imitating Saile

Saile and Pille as usual...

I dedicate this song to you, Pille and Saile :P :

Photos of Saile

2009-10-24T01:50:00.000-07:00

So, here are the final results. I'm open to critique, if it's constructive. (The photo above didn't really suit with other photographs because of it's warm colour, so I placed it a bit separately from the others.)Oh, and try to ignore the poor quality due to filepacking(or whatever you call it).

Behind the scenes

2009-10-23T09:05:00.000-07:00

Hey! You probably were all thinking that I wouldn't post anything here anymore. Sorry for not doing it for so long time. I kind of didn't "touch" my camera for about 3 months! (Yea, I can't believe it either) :D I'm not going to whine here like " oh I've been so busy and tired and other stuff", because i've been completely OKAY. I just didn't feel like taking photographs.
Anyways two weeks ago I was shooting Saile. I kind of wanted to do something close to wild and native. I bought some fake fur, leather and fabrics with Pille and made some accessories and skirt really "fast" right before the shooting. Thank you very much,Pille, for the skirt and for assistance of the light.For animal-lovers,yes the fur she's holding is real, but it probably wasn't killed in a horrible way (probably during hunting and as we all know hunting is very essential) and if you really don't have any glue about it, then don't bother to post stupid comments about it. I hope I didn't sound too harsh here. :D
I still have some photos to edit and I will post them as soon as I finish the post processing. Right now I'll upload some behind the scenes. ;)

Pille giving final touches

Saile doing her best high jump ever.

Saile looking happy as a primitive human who has just found her meal of the day.

A puppy looking for a nice home.

2009-08-20T14:28:00.000-07:00

Kutsu leidis endale hoolitseva ja sõbraliku perekonna. :)

Results

2009-07-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

Something B&W for a change. :) Let me know, what you think. I always appriciate some constructive critique also.

Hi again!

2009-07-14T06:24:00.000-07:00

So, I had a kind of quick photoshoot with Janne on Sunday. I mean quick because I didn't expect to take photos the day. So, no preparations were previously done actually. I did a quick make-up and called Saile, if she was available to help me with the reflector. Fortunately she could come. :) But, as I said, I didn't expect to have a photoshoot the day, I hadn't charged my battery. That's why I couldn't take as many photos as I would have liked to. What a pitty!
Oh and I almost forgot to tell the most exciting part. :D We went to a horsefarm to take photos with horses. I knew it would be really difficult to shoot with animals and yes, it WAS. I hope it was worth trying and who knows...maybe I will do it again. :) But I'd like to thank Janne's friend, who let us to take pictures with her horses. =) I'm currently editing some photos. I will probably post them later this evening.

Janne being cared because of horses big head... :D

Finished photos

2009-07-13T07:28:00.000-07:00

Photoshoot with Liisi

2009-07-13T06:39:00.000-07:00

At last I finished editing photos of Liisi. Last week we went to Sangaste to take photos inside and near the manor. The service in Sangaste manor was very nice. Liisi requested me to take historical photos of her, since she wants to hang some of them on the walls of her flat, that is baroque furnitured. The photos kind of remind of the "Vanity Fair" shoot I had with Pille last summer. Probably because of the same dress. :D If you don't know yet, the dress is made by Pille and me.
Anyways, hair was done by me and Pille, make-up by me. I had two assistants this time-Saile and Pille (Many thanks!). I'll post behind the scene photos and finished ones separately.

Some behind the scene photos:

The most comfortable pose to take photographs.

In the ballroom. I like large windows.

It was kind of windy. Thought the hair couldn't resist, but as you can see, it actually could. Use Taft by Schwartzkopf...haha.

Swirl, swirl...Liisi feeling quite dizzy. :D You can see her tights are also ripped.

Probably just some everyday visitors in Sangaste. :)

Hi!

2009-07-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

It's been almost a month since I last posted something on here. I've been really busy with schoolstuff. Fortunately everything is going quite well, so I can think about taking photographs again. I've been asked so many times by people if I could take photos of them, but I haven't had time for that. So, if anyone of you is reading this, then know that I am totally sorry and I apologize for that. Hmm, that's all I wanted to say. Keep watching. I will probably update my blog with new photos soon (I hope, hehe). :)

Take care!
Liisu

I'm not really sure about that, but I am planning to do a photoshoot near a manor called Sangaste. You can see a photo of it here: http://voru.wifi.ee/album/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_0110~0.JPG

Photoshoot with Olivia

2009-06-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

I had a photoshoot with Olivia last Tuesday. She actually needed just two photos for a job she is applying for this summer(not modeling). BUT...she's too pretty to only take a few shots of her, so I ended up with hundreds of photos. :D And then came the hardest part...I didn't know which ones should I edit, because there were too many pretty photographs. :P So I just picked some of them to post here. :) I didn't do much editing, because I wanted them to have the natural look, since she just needs them for a job application. Many, many, many thanks to Pille and Helena who helped me...again. :D It means alot to me. Hair is done by Pille and Helena, make-up by me.

Some behind the scenes:

Helena and Pille helping with the lighting

Lots of hairspray...

Everything has to be in right place :)

Final results:

Little starling

2009-06-07T02:57:00.000-07:00

Some days ago, when I was at Andres' place, it happened to be really hot outside. We saw a baby bird, that somehow had fallen out of it's nest. It probably couldn't bare the heat in the nest anymore. So it was time to learn how to fly. Fortunately the little starling managed to do it. Yay, so cute. :P And I managed to take some photos of it. :D Just thought I should post them here.

What ya lookin' there?!

Probably thinking It's in a safe nest.

Brothers and sisters "gasping fresh air" (it wasn't twittering at all, just sat on the edge with opened beak )

It was too dumb to get out of a tractor's wheel, Andres helped it. :)

Children :)

2009-06-01T06:11:00.000-07:00

Hey! Last week I was asked to take photos of kindergarten children. I hope their parents are ok if I post some photos here. :D

Hello :)

2009-05-29T04:33:00.000-07:00

I have to make it really quick because Andres is about to pick me up any minute. I'm going to his place and maybe I will stay there for some days. He has really slow internet connection. So I wont be able to use internet there because I don't want to ruin my nerves. :D Anyways, here are some behind the scenes and then finished works. Maybe I will edit more photos, but later, when I get to use my PC. Enjoy...

Happy birthday, Helena! :P

Pille testing her new digital cam in the background

Helena looking cute with her tuft :)

Bossing around :P

Have to get the right angle...Saile in the middle of nowhere

Leaving the place

Finished works:

As I promised...

2009-05-27T14:34:00.000-07:00

...I will now upload some photos of Pille too. :D Two of them look more natural and with the others I just experimented with colours. :D
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, I will post more photos of Helena that we took on her birthday tomorrow. Those are something a little bit different of my other photos because those are not fairytale-like. :D You'll see...

Finished work:

Finished work

2009-05-26T13:13:00.000-07:00

Here are my finished photos of Helena. I haven't edited all of Pille's photos, so I will post them maybe tomorrow. Keep watching. ;)

Photoshoot with Helena and Pille

2009-05-26T12:45:00.000-07:00

I was at Andres' place last week for quite a long time(for me). The environment over there is actually very beautiful. So I wanted to take photos at the locations nearby. Pille and Helena approved to be my models on the day. Nope, I didn't take photos of them together. Pille's shoot was quite fast and simple and Helena's one was something like more prepared?(if I can say so). Me and Pille had made a dress for Helena like a month ago. It took us only like 4 hours to sew it and we absolutely didn't use any cuts. You can see the poor quality of the dress in the photos. :D
I decided to do separate posts for Pille's and Helena's shoots. But first, I'll post some behind the scene photos.

Having some snack before starting

Pille doing Helena's hair

Pille wanted to try her new clipin extensions

:D I hope Helena wont smack me for that

One of the locations

Pille helping me with the lightning

The end (never mind what I'm wearing) :)

Hey!

2009-05-23T08:10:00.000-07:00

Just had to make a quick post. I wanted to say that I've had luck in a competition again. :D So, I got second place in Garnier's photo competition. The theme was "We care about eachother" and it had something to do with green lifestyle or something. Ok the idea of the photo I took for the competition wasn't my own for sure because i've seen these kind of photos everywhere. :D The price was loads of products of Garnier. Oh and the winner of the competition was my classmate, Madis. Gratz!

The photo:

Teen siia ühe kiire postituse, et jälle kekutada veidi. Nimelt sain ma selle fotoga Garnieri fotokonkursil teise koha. Idee on tegelikult "varastatud" ja igalpool mujal juba ammu nähtud. :D Pilti aitasid teha Saile ja Pille. Tänud! Muide, esimsekoha sai Madis. Kes veel ei tea siis käisime/käime ühes klassis. Õnnitlused temalegi!

Something fairy-like

2009-05-18T11:01:00.000-07:00

Hey, sorry for not posting here. The reason why I haven't done it for a long time is that I just hadn't taken photos lately and not because i don't have enough time. Nope, believe it or not, I just didn't feel like doing it. I've had some kind of crisis of creativeness or something...weird. :D Anyways, last week while "playing" volleyball with Pille, we decided to go take some photos instead of keeping tossing the ball. So, the idea just came from nowhere and we hadn't done any preparations for it. I still remembered a nice place, where I had taken photos of Saile last year, and wanted to photograph Pille there. And when we got there, I saw for my surprise that half of the forest was gone! It kind of made me sad, because it was such a magical coppice with all the giant firs. I marked the part of the background on saile's photo, that's gone by now. Also, we saw some roe deers there, but I wasn't able to take photos of them because they moved so fast. :) once they ran past us about 10 meters away from us. Couldn't get anyone who would have helped us with the lighting, so we have to conciliate with the sharp shadows on some photos.

It was pretty cold, Pille having goose bumps.

The ground was full of branches, it was kind of difficult to move there. We were also scared of snakes. :P

Some final results:

Tsau! Vabandan, et pole siia ammu postitanud. Mul lihtsalt polnud uusi pilte, mida oleks võinud siia uploadida. Kuigi mul on kool juba ammu läbi saanud ja aega on olnud enam kui küll, pole ma jõudnud pildistamas käia. Mul oli vahepeal lihtsalt mingi põud loometöös. :D See selleks.
Eelmine nädal tegime Pillega ühe kiire fotoshuutingu. Läksime paika, kus ma olin pildistanud eelmine aasta Sailet. Üllatuseks oli osa metsast mahagi võetud. Üsna kahju hakkas, sest see oli tõesti väga ilus metsatukk. Nägime ka metskitsi seal ringi lippamas. Tegelikult oli väga mõnus õhtu ja tänud Pillele, kes viitsis jaheda ilmaga kaamera ees poseerida. :D

Sunsets

2009-04-24T04:18:00.000-07:00

Hey! I thought I should post some photos i've taken lately. So I decided to upload a few pictures of sunsets. Those aren't anything special. Sometimes, when I don't have anything interesting to do at home, I go take a walk alone to a"beach" that's about 500 meters away from my home. And I also take my camera with me. So here are some photos I've taken during nice evenings.

Tsau! Mõtlesin postitada paar pilti päikseloojangutest. Vahel, kui kodus igavaks läheb, käin üksinda jalutamas. Muidugi võtan ka alati kaamera kaasa. Pildid on tehtud paari nädala eest Tamula ääres. Neis pole küll midagi erilist, kuid ega tööde nn "sahtlipõhjas hoidmine" ka mõttekas ole. :D

Photoshoot with Aveli

2009-04-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

Hey! Last week I had a photoshoot with Aveli. She is competing at a beautycompetition tomorrow and she needed some photos for it. :) I think she has amazingly beautiful eyes and she looks very cute and innocent. She will be 15 soon. I didn't edit the photos very much because I didn't want them to look very artistic.
Argo, Aveli's brother also my classmate, drove us to places, where we wanted to take photos at. And Pille helped me with the lightning and Aveli's hair. So, many thanks to Argo and Pille. :)

Here are some behind the scenes:

Fixing Aveli's fringe :)

There's actually ice on the lake

And some photos of her:

Hei! Eelmine nädal käisin Avelit pildistamas. Ta võtab osa ühest missivõistlusest ja tal oli selleks vaja paari pilti. Võistlus toimub homme Kandles. Tulge kohale ja hääletage Aveli poolt. ;D Avelit on superhea pildistada. Juba esiteks selle pärast, et ta on väga fotogeeniline aga ka seepäarast, et ta on väga julge. Ei kartnud ennast külma käes paljaks koorida ega teiste nähes poseerida. :D Seekord ei hakanud ma pilte eriti palju töötlema, sest ma ei tahtnud, et pildid kuidagi liiga loomingulised oleks.
Mul olid kaasas veel kaks abilist: Argo ja Pille. Argo sõidutas meid ringi. Muide transport on pilditamisel väga oluline. Nii, et tänud Argole. Pille aitas valgustusega. Meisterdasin enne pildistamist reflektori ja Pille sai seda kohe käsitseda.:D

Good news :D

2009-04-03T11:11:00.000-07:00

I took part in a little photocompetition on March 20. It was the day when the spring "arrived". So all I had to do, I just had to get the atmosphere of spring into the photo. But the rules were that the photo had to be taken on 20th March. I happened to be at my boyfriend's place at that time and decided to take some shots near his house. Took this photo of dripping maple sap. And thank god, it was sunny that day. :) Heh, so for my surprise, I received an e-mail today saying I have won a token. :D I personally think it's not a special photo, but at least my boyfriend likes it. :D Usually he doesn't like my photos (yeah, that's sad, but I understand-he's not the artist-type person) :D

Here's the picture

Startrails

2009-03-16T02:41:00.000-07:00

I once read a book about stars and saw there an article about photographing startrails. Back to then I didn't have a camera, but i really wanted to try it out. Then some years later I got my first camera, and I still had the "startrail idea" in my mind but then i didn't have a tripod. haha. My boyfriend gave me a tripod as my birthday present. Ok, then i had a camera and a tripod, but there were no stars to be seen in the town. So i had to go to my boyfriend's place to take the picture, because he lives out of the town. And THEN, when i was at his place, the sky was always cloudy! :D But guess what, last saturday I had it all, that takes to photograph startrails. So I got my first startrails picture. :D It's not very good but not bad tough as it is my first one. :D
Here you are:

A simple photoshoot with Pille

2009-03-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I thought I hadn't taken photos of Pille for a while. So after we had finished doing our activity plan for school, we quickly went outside to take some photos. The trees looked so beautiful with all the thick layer of snow. Now I had some time to edit a few of them. I still think something is missing but i don't know what. Maybe you could tell me, my dear readers. (haha, the ending was quite weird, I'm not used to that kind of courtesy) (:

Back to summer 2008

2009-01-31T06:08:00.000-08:00

I'm quite bored right now. So, I decided to post something. Since I haven't taken photos after the last weekend, so I'll post something I've done in past. Summer is my favourite season, then I have much free time. I went to Helena's summercottage in summer and had alot of fun. It is very cozy there. I'll post some photos which we took there (also some behind the scenes).
Enjoy!

Making my hair wet :)

Looks like the mallard was more interesting :D

Helena slicking me up

Wet, quite uncomfortable after the shoot :P
(with Henrika, Helena's sister)

Some final results:

And now some pictures of Helena

Helena's sister Henrika

Hey!

2009-01-24T23:39:00.000-08:00

I hadn't taken pictures for a while, mainly because of the lack of free time. And even if i had any free time then I was quite tired. Well at last, yesterday i had enough time to do what i really like. :) I don't know where the idea came from but I tried to do something romantic and tender. :) The results would have been better if I used daylight. Actually I always prefer outdoor and not indoor shooting. Indoor light makes the picture look a bit flat because i don't have any professional equipments. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention my assistant this time. :D My Mum helped me to take photos this time.

Me and my Mum

My hair after the shooting

Final results:

My arm looks like a bit weird on this one :D

Happy new year!

2009-01-04T09:40:00.000-08:00

OK, this might be quite unexpected, that from now on I will continue blogging in english. Thing is, that I posted my blog's link on dA, so anyone, who is interested, can read my blog. I hope you don't mind my grammar or phrasing mistakes. I'm not very good at speaking english. :D
Oh, and I wanted to say I turned 19 on january 3rd. :) My boyfriend made me a present in the morning. We went to buy me a tripod! It wasn't very expensive, but i think it's good enough for me (I'm a beginner). Next week I think I am going to buy a remote control transmitter for my camera.

Just posting a picture of starry sky, which was taken at 00:43 AM on january 2nd. It was quite cold that nigh.(About 12 celsius degrees below zero)You can see the Pleiades on right side of the picure and also the Milky Way.

Valgustus

2008-12-26T11:23:00.000-08:00

Jap, nagu teada, on pildistamisel kõige olulisem just valgus. Pole valgust, pole ka pilti. Fotokas võib olla ülikallis ja hea, aga ega kehva valguse käes sellegagi midagi head teha ei saa. Täna pildistasime Helenaga mind. Alguses plaanisime pilte teha rõdul, kus on minu pool kõige rohkem valgust. Kahjuks jäime pildistamisega hiljaks, sest hea päevavalgus kadus liiga vara ära (talv ju...). Nii siis panime oma esimese "stuudio" minu väiksesse tuppa püsti. :D Kahjuks mul neid kalleid halogeenlampe veel ei ole. Seega korjasin kappidest mingid lambid kokku ja nii ta meil valmis.

Tegime Helenaga s*tast saia :)

Paar lõplikku pilti:

Jipii...lumii

2008-12-07T04:29:00.000-08:00

Eile sai Andresega õhtul jalutatud. Sadas mõnusalt lund ja igal pool oli hästi lumine. Nii väga ilus oli. :) Jõulu tunne hakkas isegi tasapisi tulema. Ma olin siis tegelikult üsna kindel et hommikuks on taas porine ja märg. Aga näe imet, hommikul kui ärkasin, oli väljas isegi veel lumisem kui õhtul. Muidugi, ei saanud ma seda ilu siis pildistamata jätta. Käisin maja taga võsas tsiksutamas.

Paar pildikest siis teie ees:

Guess who is the Unitedcats Supermodel in 2009???

2008-12-04T06:25:00.000-08:00

Weee yes, this is my lovely supercute kitty Minnie! Minni pilt valiti 2009 aasta kiisukalendri kaanestaariks. :D Kuid see pole veel kõik! :P Lisaks esindavad juunikuud Andrese kaks armast kiisukest. Võimalus oli konkursile saata kolm pilti ja minu kolmest valiti lausa kaks välja! Konkursile ilmus ligi 3000 fotot 53-st erinevast riigist. Kalendrit saab endale soetada kusagil kiisu.ee poest ja Tallinnas asuvast ühest kauplusest.Siit saab ka vaadata teste kiisude pilte, kes pääasesid kalendrisse: http://en.unitedcats.com/photocampaign/results

Meie covergirl Minnie:

Supermodels of June:

Christmas is coming...

2008-12-01T05:45:00.000-08:00

Eile käisime Katiga pilte tegemas. Kati soovis, et ma aitaksin tal jõulukontserdi jaoks plakatit teha. Pilistasin see kord spordihallis. Tegelikult väga hea koht valguse suhtes. Mõistagi ei saa ma nüüd igaks pildistamiseks aeroobika saali luba küsida. Enneolematult palju publikut oli seekord. :D Hetkel on küll pildid olemas aga plakati kokkupanemist pole veel alustanud. Loodan et oskan ikka midagi kokku vusserdada. Küll aga jõudsin eile paar pilti ära töödelda, kuid mis plakatile tegelikult ei lähe. Mulle lihtsalt meeldisid nod pildid väga. :)
Ärge unustage siis kontserdile minna! Nagunii on muusikast arvustusi vaja kirjutada. Täpset infot kontserdite toimumise kohta ei oska hetkel anda. :)

Publikum meie fotosessioonile kaasa elamas(tegelikult oli neid rohkemgi ja lisaks igasugused tegelased kes edasi-tagasi voorisid)

Kati oma fännidele lehvitamas

Siin mõned pildid, mis olen jõudnud ära töödelda:

Tsau

2008-11-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

Käisime täna Pillega pilte tegemas. Üllatuseks siis ei pildistanud mina Pillet vaid hoopis Pille mind. ;D Kuna täna oli väga vähe tunde ja needki lühendatud, saime maru vara koju. Selle asemel, et minna koju diivanile lösutama kasutasin sellist valget aega veel ära ja lasin endast veidi pilte teha. Kahjuks olid mingid häirivad asjaolud(võib-olla liigselt valgust peegeldav lumi), mis tekitasid fotodele ülevalgustatuse. Säriaega ka ei tahtnud lühendada, sest S-reziimiga oleks liialt kontrastsed pildid saanud. Siiski mõni pilt tuli täitsa normaalne välja. Proovisin veidi testsugust meiki ka, nii et ma võin nendel piltidel üsna võõras tunduda. Lisasin textuure ja igasugu muid efekte, sest muidu näen ma liiga igav välja. :D

Peacock

2008-11-02T01:14:00.000-07:00

Mul on nii hea meel, et saan jälle postituse teha. :D (St. hea meel, et sain pildistada) Kahju ainult et plaanitust sai väga vähe pilte tehtud. Tegelikult mõtlesin vaheajal ju teha midagi halloweeni teemalist, siis tahtsime Pillega seda suurt kleiti valmis jõuda ja sellega pildistama minna, siis teha midagi Klimtilt järgi jne. Jah, selline ma olen. Mõttes teen suuri tegusid, tegelikkuses ei midagi :D. Aga see selleks. Vähemalt sain Jannet pildistada. Seekord alustasime suhteliselt varakult, et valgust oleks piisavalt. Tegelikult see paabulinnu sule teema oli Janne idee ning ta ise ostis need suled ja lauvärvi. Nii, et selles osas oli eeltöö minu eest ära tehtud. :) Meigi püüdsin võimalikult tugeva teha ja õnneks talle täitsa sobis see. :)

See kord tegin meigist ka pilti:

Tsau!

2008-10-13T06:49:00.000-07:00

Pole tükk aega jälle midagi postitanud. :D Nädalavahetusel käisin Andrese pool. Teel sinna, lasin tal ühes kohas auto kinni peatada. Nimelt olin ma selle koha paari nädala eest meelde jätnud. Siis oli see koht muidugi veel kollasem ja ilusam, sest lehti oli puudel kümme korda rohkem küljes. Siiski ühe normaalse pildi sain ja veidi töötlesin ka(crop, contrast, colour balance, burn tool). Luban pilti desktopi taustana kasutada. :)

Lisaks veel paar pilti Andrese koduloomadest:

2008-09-24T13:17:00.000-07:00

Kiire pildistamine Jannega. Selleks ajaks kui me pildistama jõudsime oli päike kahjuks juba liiga madalal. Seetõttu on need pildid ka veidi kehvema kvaliteediga. Aga plaanis on temast paremad fotod teha(siis kui päike veel paistab :)).

Midagi uut :D

2008-09-21T11:05:00.000-07:00

Jap, täna siis proovisin midagi uut teha. Nimelt jändasin pool päeva photoshopiga. Võtsin ühe vana foto, mille olin kunagi Pillest teinud ja värvisin selle photoshopi brushidega üle. Lisasin veel paar detaili ning sain pildi, mis oleks nagu digitaalselt maalitud. (no tegelikult enamvähem ongi) :) Kes tahab, võib seda desktopi taustana kasutada...

Kliki pildil, et näha suuremas formaadis.

Sügis...

2008-09-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

...on masendav, sest siis on kool. Aga see selleks. Issand, oma viimasest postitusest on juba möödas 18 päeva. Seda ma arvasin, et ma ei suuda oma blogi piisavalt tihti uuendada. Tegelikult mul lihtsalt polnud millestki kirjutada, sest pilte pole ma ka juba ammu teinud. AGA...täna käisin jalutamas ja võtsin fotoka ka kaasa. Harjutasin veidi käsitsi teravustamist. Tuleb tunnistada, et pole sugugi endaga rahul. Ei tea kas asi on minu halvas silmanägemises või milleski muus, aga enamus pildid tulevad suhteliselt udused. :D Sorteerisin need enam-vähem teravad pildid välja ja mõned siis ka postitan. Kleepisin need omavahel kokku, sest nii tundusid nad efektiivsemad(samas tekkis suur kvaliteedikadu, kui ma seda väiksemaks muutsin).

Siin siis veidi ilusaid sügisvärve...

Kliki pildil, et näha seda veidi suuremas formaadis.

Kliki pildil, et näha seda suuremas formaadis.

Awww...

2008-08-31T10:57:00.000-07:00

Need kaks väikest kiisupoega otsivad endale kodu. Mõlemad on emased. Kui keegi sooviks endale armast kiisupoega oma lemmikuks helistage numbril: 53486989.

Fotosessioon Pillega meie õmmeldud kleidis :)

2008-08-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

14. augustil käisime Pille ja Helenaga Väimela mõisa juures pildistamas. Terve suvi olime plaaninud teha selle kleidiga pilte, aga polnud ideid pildistamise kohaks. Mõtlesime ei tea kuhu kaugele pildistama sõita. Õnneks käis mu sõbranna, Janne, hea idee välja, et Väimelasse pildistama minna. Väimela sobis meie jaoks ideaalselt.(tänud Jannele)
Siin siis paar behind the scene pilti:
Helena teeb Pillele soengut

Pille ühe ripsmega

Helena viimast lihvi andmas :D(selleks ajaks soeng juba veidi ära vajunud)

Mina see pisike könn seal kägaras maas :D

Publikut ka oli(ühed tegid isegi telefoniga pilti):D

Ja nüüd minu lemmikud, mida veidi ka töötlesin:

Kekukeku

2008-08-26T10:09:00.000-07:00

Jaa, kekutan veidike siis oma auhinnaga. Eelmine nädal sain kätte. Augusti alguses sain ühel liivaskulptuuride fotokonkursil esimese koha ja auhinnaks sain 3000 kr eest kaupu digikauplusest. Võit tuli suht ootamatult, sest foto polnud midagi erilist ning selle ka saatsin niisama nii igaks juhuks. :D Mulle pakuti välja erinevaid kingivõimalusi. Valisin siis mp3 mängija ja välise kõvaketta(või kuidas seda nimetataksegi?).
Kauksi rannas tehtud pilt :)

...ja auhind

Helena ja Sailega pargis

2008-08-23T00:07:00.001-07:00

Alustan aegade algusest. :D Hakkan oma fotopäevikut järgi täitma. 29ndal juulil käisime Helena ja Sailega Kreutzwaldi pargis pildistamas. Alguses ma kartsin küll, et Helena ja Saile ei julge selliste kübaratega kusagile minna. Tegelikult olin ise palju rohkem pabinas. ;D

Paar telgitagust pilti:
Helenat mukkimas

Kes siis ei tahaks supermodelliga koos pilti teha :P

Pärast pildistamist üks pilt koos :D

Ja mõningad lemmikud sellel päeval(töödeldud):

Vusserdis

2008-08-22T23:59:00.000-07:00

:D tahtsin oma eelmisest blogist kõike ümber tõsta siia, et kõik minu asjad oleksid sama google kasjutajaga. Sisse-välja logimine ei meeldi mulle. Kustutasin tolle blogi ära ja siis selgus, et ma ei saagi vana URL aadressit selle uue jaoks kasutada. :\

Minust ja hobist

2008-08-22T23:58:00.001-07:00

Otsustasin veidi endast ja oma hobist kirjutada. Minu nimi on Liisu ja olen 18 aastane. Sünnipäev on 3ndal jaanuaril. Kunstiga üldiselt olen tegelenud juba 7 aastasest peale. Siis läksin ma kunstiringi. Joonistada meeldis mulle muidugi juba enne seda. 5 aastat sai niisama kunstiringis käidud ja seejärel läksin kunstikooli, mis kestis 4 aastat. Pärast kunstikooli sai mul joonistamisest ja maalimisest suhteliselt kõrini. Paar aastat hiljem olen kodus teinud ainult kaks maali, millest ainult üks on valmis. :D Mulle hakkas rohkem meeldima pildistamine. Alguses tegime sõbranna tavalise digikaga üksteisest pilte ja töötlesime neid. Siis hakkasin ema käest nuruma juba peegelkaamerat. Üle aasta aja olin talle selle mõttega pinda käinud, kuni ta lõpuks selle mulle möödunud kevad ostis. Odavamast klassist digipeegelkaamera Nikon D40. Üldiselt meeldib mulle pildistada kõike. Nii loodust kui inimesi. Kahjuks puudub mul sobiv objektiiv ja kannatus põõsas kükitamiseks, et mõnd looma kohata. Seega loomi ma eriti ei pildista. :D Lemmikud on muidugi photoshootingud sõbrantsidega.
Oma lemmikumad tööd uploadin ma oma DeviantArti lehele http://www.fragoline.deviantart.com/

Heihei!

2008-08-22T23:57:00.001-07:00

Ok, ei oskagi kohe millegist alustada. :D Kirjutan hetkel peaaegu oma elu esimest blogi. Tegelikult paari aasta eest pidime arvutitunnis ka katsetama blogi kirjutamist, kuid too eriti ei loe. See saab siis olema minu fotoblogi(või kuidas seda nimetada võiks). Üritan siia hakata üles laadima pilte, mida teen ja ka veidike nn. behind the scene pilte. Kuna ma eriti hea kirjameister pole, postitan ma pilte ehk rohkem kui sõnu. Eks näis, kauaks mul üldse viitsimist on siia postitada. Mõtlesin tegelikult kaua, et kas pidada inglisekeelset või eestikeelset blogi. Nagu näha, otsustasin eestikeelse kasuks...alustamiseks parem. Algus sai vähemalt tehtud. :D

PS: Blogi pidamise mõtte sain Helenalt, kes oma pärliblogi peab http://helenawanje.blogspot.com/.