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p.1 #1Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
HI.
A few days ago i spend a full day photographing the King and Queen of Sweden using my alt gear, i thought it would be interesting for some of you to see the results.
First some background
Recently i was offered to do a full day photo report of the King and Queen of Sweden visiting my hometown of Ekerö on their annual visit to a municipal in the Stockholm Area.
This is also the same area where Drottningholm Castle is, so the King and Queen actually lives in the Ekerö municipal. Make sure you visit if you are in Stockholm!
As you can imagine this was the biggest happening in years for many of the people living in Ekerö and especially for the politicians that would accompany them throughout their guided tour of the Ekerö Municipal.
I had never done anything remotely like this, a 10 hour photo shoot where i would travel together with the King and Queen and document everything they did. I was hired by the Ekerö Municipal to document this great day.
Even though i have my own photo company StudioBratt, it's just on a hobby level and i do have a "real" job..
So as you could imagine this was something that made me a bit nervous :-)
anyway i of course took the job
It started with a rehearsal day where the full program was executed (almost) with two people "playing" king and queen, making sure that nothing would go wrong during the official visit. It was a packed programs where we would visit many different places both historical and businesses that are successful in Ekerö.
I was born and raised in Ekerö so this was a very interesting experience being guided to places and informed about things that i never knew when i lived there for 23 years (you never tourist where you live)
---
3 years ago i would have grabbed my 5DMKII my 70-200 2.8 and 24-70 etc.. However now i've "scaled down" to
a more portable kit. Especially with two small kids, what i can carry with me today is a lot less now than earlier.
So when asked i had my precious RX1 and my A7 with the FE 55 a rokkor 58 and the Zuiko wides i was testing at the moment (at this point i only had the two 21mm left).
During the rehearsal, it was raining the whole day and i realized that if that would be the case on the actual day, it wouldn't be so professional to not be able to shoot because my cameras couldn't stand the rain.
So i weighed my options and found a E-M1 with a 12-40 2.8 lens for sale here at the buy and sell. I got the camera about 3 days before the shoot so i had some time to play around with it.
I also knew that i would need a longer lens for some of the photographs, i spend a week or so trying to decide with lens to get for my A7 but couldn't really decide on any. When i found the E-M1 it made the choice easy, i picked up the 75mm 1.8 lens. This was good also since it's small and doesn't make you stand out.
A message i got during the rehearsal was that the king didn't like to have a lens up in his face and that it would be good to go unnoticed but still get good pictures.. E.g. They should not be disturbed by me running around, but i still needed to get shots of the king and queen without the 10+ people that would be staying around them from the entourage.. A challenging task i realized and the main thing to try and overcome, actually taking the picture was less of a trouble i thought.
With all this in mind, my RX1 was an excellent choice for those moments i needed to be close, silent and quite unoticable compared to a 5D with a 24-70..
My A7 i would fit mainly with the FE55 or the Rokkor, depending on what i was comfortable with, i started out with the FE 55 but after half the day i switched to the Rokkor since i realized AF wasn't really a help anyway with so many people around and in the way..
I also brought the 21mm 3.5 Zuiko and promised myself to get a few pictures with it and possible also with the cool red ring flare.
The E-M1 i fitted with the 75mm lens to use for the shots where i couldn't get close, a small light package with very good picture quality i noticed when testing the kit a few days earlier.
I have to say that i liked the body better than the A7, especially the my set settings that i could reach quickly via some of the programmable custom buttons. Yes AF speed was better but nothing that would really make a difference here. One thing that also is clear is how spoiled i am with the amount of post processing you can do with the RX1 and A7 files, the E-M1 files i found couldn't take as much of a beating..
So, that was before, now after i can tell you that the experience was great even if it was an very exhausting day, that ended well after midnight when i exported the last pictures out of lightroom.
I learned a couple of things.
1 - AF is surely great but when doing this kind of photoshoot being able to manually choose where to focus is faster and more secure
2 - Keeping the shutter speed above 125 or even higher (to freeze moving people), means that especially indoors if you don't want to draw attention to you with a flash, you need a camera with great ISO capabilities
3 - If i would have brought a DSLR with a few lenses my back would have been killing me, the cameras i brought and the lenses wasn't a problem carrying all day.
4 - For these kind of photos, it's more important to get people in focus and have more in the frame than i usually shoot. I mean i love the rokkor for the F1.2 and the wide open performance.
I regret that i didn't use e.g. F5.6 or higher in some instances instead of F2 since it would have been more useful.
So, a few of the resulting pictures. all copyrighted by Ekerö Kommun. I don't claim to be extremely good at this and for sure some pictures could have been better, but i hope you can enjoy them still :-)
The day started with a visit to the Church in Adelsö.
Here i got an ok to run to the front and take a quick picture and then run back..
Here my RX1 was usefull
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ZmjT9k2/0/O/_DSC6629-35-mm-ISO-1250-.jpg
This one also with the RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-cD3kzXg/0/O/_DSC6637-35-mm-ISO-1000-.jpg
After the church an historical reenactment was done outside, this also with the RX1. (I actually also tried to use the Zuiko 21mm here and got a shot with the red ring flare, but it was more artsy and not so useful in the end..
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-7bJw4S6/0/O/_DSC6643-35-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
This was with the Zuiko 21mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-FH6TbQS/0/O/_DSC1451--ISO-100-.jpg
I was not the only one taking pictures
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-CrQXMjD/0/O/_9031524-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
---
Everyone on it's way from the church
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Gp3jns3/0/O/_9031542-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
A stop visiting an historical exhibition, where students informed about what they had learned etc
E-M1 iso 1600
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bnC7qwZ/0/O/_9031594-150-mm-ISO-1600-.jpg
During the day the Kung and queen the entourage and me traveled in a local imported electrical bus.
RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-PS2QNSD/0/O/_DSC6703-35-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
The next stop was at a local business, where i used the rokkor 58 quite a lot.
This is when arriving
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-qXbz23w/0/O/_DSC1479--ISO-100-.jpg
The other media had specific spots where they needed to stay, i could go anywhere
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-8vbsDXm/0/O/_DSC1531-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
---
The next activity was a ride with Sjöräddningen.
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-rjmP7hf/0/O/_DSC1588-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
I was offered to go with a separate boat so i could take pictures.
The king and queen was on this boat going from one island to the next.
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-R5Hn3nF/0/O/_DSC1604-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
---
At the dock where they would arrive, everyone was happy!
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Mb2B4gm/0/O/_DSC1606-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
Two shots from the arrival
E-M1 and 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-k2hZcPN/0/O/_9031813-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Jw3RnKJ/0/O/_9031817-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
The next stop was at Svartsjö Slott, where this little girl clearly was nervous enough so she wouldn't dare look up. FE55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bvnwW5r/0/O/_DSC1629-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
To the castle we traveled in this old bus
FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-NQXV8Jg/0/O/_DSC1633-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
A guided tour of this old Castle was made and this the only place where i used the 12-40 lens.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ScRKFDQ/0/O/_9031878-56-mm-ISO-1250-.jpg
During the lunch (to which i wasn't invited..) this girl played awesome on this harp, this is also two of the shots i'm most happy with. The lightning is this room was great.
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-gg8sfzJ/0/O/_DSC1650-55-mm-ISO-100--2.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Rszj2nh/0/O/_DSC1684-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
After lunch music was played during the walk out to the buss.
RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-35QTGxn/0/O/_DSC6840-35-mm-ISO-400-.jpg
A LOT of handshakes during the day
A7 Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-qHd6PCC/0/O/_DSC1709--ISO-100-.jpg
Next stop was the apple factory, where you take your apples and get Cider in return..
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-sPwGVWN/0/O/_DSC1746--ISO-50-.jpg
The visit continued with a visit to a local school, where there was music and the children had made a few different environmental projects.
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-VfsvjhM/0/O/_9031942-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-q6jx8xM/0/O/_9031955-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-SLqJg3h/0/O/_DSC1874--ISO-100-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bMqpdV9/0/O/_DSC2018--ISO-125-.jpg
The King! I love my rokkor 58!
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-mtqzvW4/0/O/_DSC1904--ISO-100-.jpg
Next stop was the final at Ekebyhovs Slott, where they would arrive with horse and carriage
Waiting for the arrival
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-CLK5dPF/0/O/_DSC2056--ISO-100-.jpg
Arrival! Rokkor 58 - the queen is cool :-)
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-RsKP86p/0/O/_DSC2058--ISO-100-.jpg
Of course they got flowers at this location also
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-G85cLgP/0/O/_9031985-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Of course the King made a speech
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-HQ88DJP/0/O/_9032083-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Various music numbers where performed
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-jgMj24b/0/O/_9032030-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-2sRZLdQ/0/O/_9032146-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Most of them local artists or local children that learn to play instruments in music school
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-4qBf8fp/0/O/_9032040-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
At the end of the day the queen was happy.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-RMfPcqW/0/O/_9032176-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
So there you have it a bit of royal flavour here in the alt forum.
A fun day and something i would love to do again.
Although i'm not ready to quit my day job yet..
EDIT:
One thing i forgot to mention is that i realize that experience is something that would have been very useful here. If i had done similar things before i would have known what settings to use where and would have been able to anticipate better. Since you don't have more than a few seconds or so to take a picture, getting all things right the first time is ... usefull :-)
The only shots where i did have some time where the harp shots which i'm most satisfied with, and of course also the King portrait with the rokkor 58
Edited on Sep 06, 2014 at 03:31 PM · View previous versions
A few days ago i spend a full day photographing the King and Queen of Sweden using my alt gear, i thought it would be interesting for some of you to see the results.
First some background
Recently i was offered to do a full day photo report of the King and Queen of Sweden visiting my hometown of Ekerö on their annual visit to a municipal in the Stockholm Area.
This is also the same area where Drottningholm Castle is, so the King and Queen actually lives in the Ekerö municipal. Make sure you visit if you are in Stockholm!
As you can imagine this was the biggest happening in years for many of the people living in Ekerö and especially for the politicians that would accompany them throughout their guided tour of the Ekerö Municipal.
I had never done anything remotely like this, a 10 hour photo shoot where i would travel together with the King and Queen and document everything they did. I was hired by the Ekerö Municipal to document this great day.
Even though i have my own photo company StudioBratt, it's just on a hobby level and i do have a "real" job..
So as you could imagine this was something that made me a bit nervous :-)
anyway i of course took the job
It started with a rehearsal day where the full program was executed (almost) with two people "playing" king and queen, making sure that nothing would go wrong during the official visit. It was a packed programs where we would visit many different places both historical and businesses that are successful in Ekerö.
I was born and raised in Ekerö so this was a very interesting experience being guided to places and informed about things that i never knew when i lived there for 23 years (you never tourist where you live)
---
3 years ago i would have grabbed my 5DMKII my 70-200 2.8 and 24-70 etc.. However now i've "scaled down" to
a more portable kit. Especially with two small kids, what i can carry with me today is a lot less now than earlier.
So when asked i had my precious RX1 and my A7 with the FE 55 a rokkor 58 and the Zuiko wides i was testing at the moment (at this point i only had the two 21mm left).
During the rehearsal, it was raining the whole day and i realized that if that would be the case on the actual day, it wouldn't be so professional to not be able to shoot because my cameras couldn't stand the rain.
So i weighed my options and found a E-M1 with a 12-40 2.8 lens for sale here at the buy and sell. I got the camera about 3 days before the shoot so i had some time to play around with it.
I also knew that i would need a longer lens for some of the photographs, i spend a week or so trying to decide with lens to get for my A7 but couldn't really decide on any. When i found the E-M1 it made the choice easy, i picked up the 75mm 1.8 lens. This was good also since it's small and doesn't make you stand out.
A message i got during the rehearsal was that the king didn't like to have a lens up in his face and that it would be good to go unnoticed but still get good pictures.. E.g. They should not be disturbed by me running around, but i still needed to get shots of the king and queen without the 10+ people that would be staying around them from the entourage.. A challenging task i realized and the main thing to try and overcome, actually taking the picture was less of a trouble i thought.
With all this in mind, my RX1 was an excellent choice for those moments i needed to be close, silent and quite unoticable compared to a 5D with a 24-70..
My A7 i would fit mainly with the FE55 or the Rokkor, depending on what i was comfortable with, i started out with the FE 55 but after half the day i switched to the Rokkor since i realized AF wasn't really a help anyway with so many people around and in the way..
I also brought the 21mm 3.5 Zuiko and promised myself to get a few pictures with it and possible also with the cool red ring flare.
The E-M1 i fitted with the 75mm lens to use for the shots where i couldn't get close, a small light package with very good picture quality i noticed when testing the kit a few days earlier.
I have to say that i liked the body better than the A7, especially the my set settings that i could reach quickly via some of the programmable custom buttons. Yes AF speed was better but nothing that would really make a difference here. One thing that also is clear is how spoiled i am with the amount of post processing you can do with the RX1 and A7 files, the E-M1 files i found couldn't take as much of a beating..
So, that was before, now after i can tell you that the experience was great even if it was an very exhausting day, that ended well after midnight when i exported the last pictures out of lightroom.
I learned a couple of things.
1 - AF is surely great but when doing this kind of photoshoot being able to manually choose where to focus is faster and more secure
2 - Keeping the shutter speed above 125 or even higher (to freeze moving people), means that especially indoors if you don't want to draw attention to you with a flash, you need a camera with great ISO capabilities
3 - If i would have brought a DSLR with a few lenses my back would have been killing me, the cameras i brought and the lenses wasn't a problem carrying all day.
4 - For these kind of photos, it's more important to get people in focus and have more in the frame than i usually shoot. I mean i love the rokkor for the F1.2 and the wide open performance.
I regret that i didn't use e.g. F5.6 or higher in some instances instead of F2 since it would have been more useful.
So, a few of the resulting pictures. all copyrighted by Ekerö Kommun. I don't claim to be extremely good at this and for sure some pictures could have been better, but i hope you can enjoy them still :-)
The day started with a visit to the Church in Adelsö.
Here i got an ok to run to the front and take a quick picture and then run back..
Here my RX1 was usefull
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ZmjT9k2/0/O/_DSC6629-35-mm-ISO-1250-.jpg
This one also with the RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-cD3kzXg/0/O/_DSC6637-35-mm-ISO-1000-.jpg
After the church an historical reenactment was done outside, this also with the RX1. (I actually also tried to use the Zuiko 21mm here and got a shot with the red ring flare, but it was more artsy and not so useful in the end..
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-7bJw4S6/0/O/_DSC6643-35-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
This was with the Zuiko 21mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-FH6TbQS/0/O/_DSC1451--ISO-100-.jpg
I was not the only one taking pictures
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-CrQXMjD/0/O/_9031524-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
---
Everyone on it's way from the church
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Gp3jns3/0/O/_9031542-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
A stop visiting an historical exhibition, where students informed about what they had learned etc
E-M1 iso 1600
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bnC7qwZ/0/O/_9031594-150-mm-ISO-1600-.jpg
During the day the Kung and queen the entourage and me traveled in a local imported electrical bus.
RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-PS2QNSD/0/O/_DSC6703-35-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
The next stop was at a local business, where i used the rokkor 58 quite a lot.
This is when arriving
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-qXbz23w/0/O/_DSC1479--ISO-100-.jpg
The other media had specific spots where they needed to stay, i could go anywhere
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-8vbsDXm/0/O/_DSC1531-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
---
The next activity was a ride with Sjöräddningen.
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-rjmP7hf/0/O/_DSC1588-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
I was offered to go with a separate boat so i could take pictures.
The king and queen was on this boat going from one island to the next.
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-R5Hn3nF/0/O/_DSC1604-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
---
At the dock where they would arrive, everyone was happy!
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Mb2B4gm/0/O/_DSC1606-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
Two shots from the arrival
E-M1 and 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-k2hZcPN/0/O/_9031813-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Jw3RnKJ/0/O/_9031817-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
The next stop was at Svartsjö Slott, where this little girl clearly was nervous enough so she wouldn't dare look up. FE55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bvnwW5r/0/O/_DSC1629-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
To the castle we traveled in this old bus
FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-NQXV8Jg/0/O/_DSC1633-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
A guided tour of this old Castle was made and this the only place where i used the 12-40 lens.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ScRKFDQ/0/O/_9031878-56-mm-ISO-1250-.jpg
During the lunch (to which i wasn't invited..) this girl played awesome on this harp, this is also two of the shots i'm most happy with. The lightning is this room was great.
A7 FE 55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-gg8sfzJ/0/O/_DSC1650-55-mm-ISO-100--2.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Rszj2nh/0/O/_DSC1684-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
After lunch music was played during the walk out to the buss.
RX1
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-35QTGxn/0/O/_DSC6840-35-mm-ISO-400-.jpg
A LOT of handshakes during the day
A7 Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-qHd6PCC/0/O/_DSC1709--ISO-100-.jpg
Next stop was the apple factory, where you take your apples and get Cider in return..
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-sPwGVWN/0/O/_DSC1746--ISO-50-.jpg
The visit continued with a visit to a local school, where there was music and the children had made a few different environmental projects.
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-VfsvjhM/0/O/_9031942-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-q6jx8xM/0/O/_9031955-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-SLqJg3h/0/O/_DSC1874--ISO-100-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bMqpdV9/0/O/_DSC2018--ISO-125-.jpg
The King! I love my rokkor 58!
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-mtqzvW4/0/O/_DSC1904--ISO-100-.jpg
Next stop was the final at Ekebyhovs Slott, where they would arrive with horse and carriage
Waiting for the arrival
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-CLK5dPF/0/O/_DSC2056--ISO-100-.jpg
Arrival! Rokkor 58 - the queen is cool :-)
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-RsKP86p/0/O/_DSC2058--ISO-100-.jpg
Of course they got flowers at this location also
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-G85cLgP/0/O/_9031985-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Of course the King made a speech
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-HQ88DJP/0/O/_9032083-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Various music numbers where performed
E-M1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-jgMj24b/0/O/_9032030-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-2sRZLdQ/0/O/_9032146-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Most of them local artists or local children that learn to play instruments in music school
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-4qBf8fp/0/O/_9032040-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
At the end of the day the queen was happy.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-RMfPcqW/0/O/_9032176-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
So there you have it a bit of royal flavour here in the alt forum.
A fun day and something i would love to do again.
Although i'm not ready to quit my day job yet..
EDIT:
One thing i forgot to mention is that i realize that experience is something that would have been very useful here. If i had done similar things before i would have known what settings to use where and would have been able to anticipate better. Since you don't have more than a few seconds or so to take a picture, getting all things right the first time is ... usefull :-)
The only shots where i did have some time where the harp shots which i'm most satisfied with, and of course also the King portrait with the rokkor 58
Edited on Sep 06, 2014 at 03:31 PM · View previous versions
Sep 06, 2014 at 02:54 PM
p.1 #2Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Really interesting, thanks for posting this! My favourite shots by far are the second harp shot, and the Rokkor portrait of the king.
Sep 06, 2014 at 03:13 PM
p.1 #3Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
What a fun series...nice to see the King and Queen pressing the flesh. I'm just blown away how good the rx1 is, easy to spot without looking at the captions.
Sep 06, 2014 at 03:21 PM
p.1 #4Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Thank you, very enjoyable post. The drummer boy having ear plugs made me smile.
Sep 06, 2014 at 08:20 PM
p.1 #5Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Great pictures! It was nice to go through them.
How much post processing do you have to do for each of the pictures you posted? What kind of things did you do during post processing?
Thanks!
How much post processing do you have to do for each of the pictures you posted? What kind of things did you do during post processing?
Thanks!
Sep 06, 2014 at 10:11 PM
p.1 #6Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Great images and thanks for sharing them!
RX1 and Rokkor 58 did very well!
RX1 and Rokkor 58 did very well!
Sep 06, 2014 at 10:28 PM
p.1 #7Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
This set of pictures depicts the current position of most European (constitutional) monarchies quite well: (just) folklore 
Well done!
Well done!
Sep 06, 2014 at 10:58 PM
p.1 #8Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
cool!
i have to ask, is an american flag dress something one typically wears to see the king and queen?
i have to ask, is an american flag dress something one typically wears to see the king and queen?
Sep 06, 2014 at 11:43 PM
p.1 #9Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Very nice story telling and thank you for posting this breath of fresh air.
My prefered shots are the the King Rokkor portrait and even more so the Violins/Cello young players with the expression of the middle little girl looking at you.
It would be great if you had a wider shot or crop it to avoid the green dress girl on the right. Alternatively, frame the middle Cello player with both Violins in the back.
My prefered shots are the the King Rokkor portrait and even more so the Violins/Cello young players with the expression of the middle little girl looking at you.
It would be great if you had a wider shot or crop it to avoid the green dress girl on the right. Alternatively, frame the middle Cello player with both Violins in the back.
Sep 07, 2014 at 01:00 AM
p.1 #10Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Thanks for all the positive feedback!
Carsten: Agree with you those two pictures are the ones i'm most happy with
thait84:
With regards to post processing, this is approx what i did to all pictures ( a little less for the E-M1 ones, i would also add some contrast to a few shots with the 75mm and the rokkor.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bfcCHGj/0/O/screen-capture-65.png
sebboh: I think you would get a lot of strange looks if you was wearing that.
I had to wear a suit with tie for the day (which i normally don't use more then possibly once per year).. So i had to literally dust it of..
Almass: good suggestion, i do have a wider shot also to show the whole ensemble.
In the end i delivered 159 pictures...
Edited on Sep 07, 2014 at 02:03 AM · View previous versions
Carsten: Agree with you those two pictures are the ones i'm most happy with
thait84:
With regards to post processing, this is approx what i did to all pictures ( a little less for the E-M1 ones, i would also add some contrast to a few shots with the 75mm and the rokkor.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-bfcCHGj/0/O/screen-capture-65.png
sebboh: I think you would get a lot of strange looks if you was wearing that.
I had to wear a suit with tie for the day (which i normally don't use more then possibly once per year).. So i had to literally dust it of..
Almass: good suggestion, i do have a wider shot also to show the whole ensemble.
In the end i delivered 159 pictures...
Edited on Sep 07, 2014 at 02:03 AM · View previous versions
Sep 07, 2014 at 01:37 AM
p.1 #11Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Those settings would account for the HDR look.
Sep 07, 2014 at 01:56 AM
p.1 #12Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Great set! And what a great opportunity you got there. The 2nd harpshot is fantastic, but most of the shots are great. I think you did a great job to show how a day like this looks like.
Sep 07, 2014 at 03:12 AM
p.1 #13Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Well done.
I get the feel of what the day was all about.
Telling the story...the people.
Good job.
Love going lighter gear!!
I'd be happy to have these in my portfolio.
Congrats on getting the opportunity, and getting the job done, nicely.
Ken
I get the feel of what the day was all about.
Telling the story...the people.
Good job.
Love going lighter gear!!
I'd be happy to have these in my portfolio.
Congrats on getting the opportunity, and getting the job done, nicely.
Ken
Sep 07, 2014 at 05:53 AM
p.1 #14Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Wow. What a great opportunity.
Really enjoyed the story as well as the photos.
Nice idea to do a run through the previous day.
Really enjoyed the story as well as the photos.
Nice idea to do a run through the previous day.
Sep 07, 2014 at 06:08 AM
p.1 #15Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
thebratts wrote:
sebboh: I think you would get a lot of strange looks if you was wearing that.
I had to wear a suit with tie for the day (which i normally don't use more then possibly once per year).. So i had to literally dust it of..
yeah, it would clash with my hair if i wore one too.
i asked because i thought it strange that one of the girls in the first dock arrival picture was wearing one.
sebboh: I think you would get a lot of strange looks if you was wearing that.
I had to wear a suit with tie for the day (which i normally don't use more then possibly once per year).. So i had to literally dust it of..
yeah, it would clash with my hair if i wore one too.
i asked because i thought it strange that one of the girls in the first dock arrival picture was wearing one.
Sep 07, 2014 at 08:52 AM
p.1 #16Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Congratulations on getting the opportunity to do the shoot. Do you happen to have a photo of you doing the photography or with your gear? Just wondering how you handled the shoot. BTW, being from the US, it's very interesting to see other countries.
Sep 07, 2014 at 09:35 AM
p.1 #17Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Sebboh: I didn't see that at first, and now when i see it i agree that it's a bit strange.
However the state of things in Sweden is that it would be less "strange" to wear a dress of the american flag than the swedish flag. We are not big on showing of our own flag here, because of various reasons i guess.
garyroach: I'll see if i can find a shot somewhere.
Basically i had a small bag with a few lenses and the RX1, then my A7 and EM1 over each shoulder
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Again thanks for the feedback, really appreciated!
Since so many of you seemed to enjoy this, here is a few more shots.
This one was a funny moment when the boy first gave Carl Gustaf (the king) a coin (1 SEK - krona)
He then asked who that man pictured on the coin was and the boy didn't know what to say since it was the king himself of course..
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Z89jcPX/0/O/_DSC1922--ISO-100--2.jpg
A bigger photo taken with my RX1 of the kids from Ekerö at playing and singing at the final stop.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-8m8QGnP/0/O/_DSC6908-35-mm-ISO-1000-.jpg
Another shot from a local business that was visited
FE55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-9JVxt78/0/O/_DSC1538-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
From a rescue operation demonstration.
EM1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-hkSdv8f/0/O/_9031764-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
A kid ran to the queen when they where about to leave and delivered the last flower bouquet of the day.
bouquet
EM1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ZSV8BFq/0/O/_9032172-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
However the state of things in Sweden is that it would be less "strange" to wear a dress of the american flag than the swedish flag. We are not big on showing of our own flag here, because of various reasons i guess.
garyroach: I'll see if i can find a shot somewhere.
Basically i had a small bag with a few lenses and the RX1, then my A7 and EM1 over each shoulder
--
Again thanks for the feedback, really appreciated!
Since so many of you seemed to enjoy this, here is a few more shots.
This one was a funny moment when the boy first gave Carl Gustaf (the king) a coin (1 SEK - krona)
He then asked who that man pictured on the coin was and the boy didn't know what to say since it was the king himself of course..
Rokkor 58
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-Z89jcPX/0/O/_DSC1922--ISO-100--2.jpg
A bigger photo taken with my RX1 of the kids from Ekerö at playing and singing at the final stop.
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-8m8QGnP/0/O/_DSC6908-35-mm-ISO-1000-.jpg
Another shot from a local business that was visited
FE55
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-9JVxt78/0/O/_DSC1538-55-mm-ISO-100-.jpg
From a rescue operation demonstration.
EM1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-hkSdv8f/0/O/_9031764-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
A kid ran to the queen when they where about to leave and delivered the last flower bouquet of the day.
bouquet
EM1 75mm
http://www.blisspixels.com/Bliss/Foton-sort/i-ZSV8BFq/0/O/_9032172-150-mm-ISO-200-.jpg
Sep 07, 2014 at 11:19 AM
p.1 #18Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
thebratts wrote:
Sebboh: I didn't see that at first, and now when i see it i agree that it's a bit strange.
However the state of things in Sweden is that it would be less "strange" to wear a dress of the american flag than the swedish flag. We are not big on showing of our own flag here, because of various reasons i guess.
i was assuming the girl was young enough not be conscious of the oddity, but was curious since i don't know much about the general sentiment in sweden towards royalty or the united states if the parents could have suggested it on purpose for their own amusement or to make a statement.
in any event it's a pretty amusing site with the girl wearing an american flag while waving a swedish flag. nice catch even if it was accidental.
Sebboh: I didn't see that at first, and now when i see it i agree that it's a bit strange.
However the state of things in Sweden is that it would be less "strange" to wear a dress of the american flag than the swedish flag. We are not big on showing of our own flag here, because of various reasons i guess.
i was assuming the girl was young enough not be conscious of the oddity, but was curious since i don't know much about the general sentiment in sweden towards royalty or the united states if the parents could have suggested it on purpose for their own amusement or to make a statement.
in any event it's a pretty amusing site with the girl wearing an american flag while waving a swedish flag. nice catch even if it was accidental.
Sep 07, 2014 at 11:32 AM
p.1 #19Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
The ones that really jumped out at me were the 55mm ones, something about the rendering of those shots I just love.
Sep 07, 2014 at 03:54 PM
p.1 #20Photographing the King and Queen of Sweden..
Here is a film from one of the stops where I walk by so you can see the me with the gear for a few seconds... http://www.stockholmsvarjehanda.se/20140903KungaparetAppelfabriken67sek.mp4
Sep 08, 2014 at 08:45 AM