It must have been one of my lucky days when I met Isabell on that train last year and didn’t hesitate to approach her (okay, that’s not true – I did hesitate, but in the end I made it). More than a year later we met again after some vain attempts (busy student’s life).
A huge thank you to my love who – not for the first time – removed a few ticks and searched my whole head for more (which is some work due to my rather long hair).
Now I’ve some behind the scenes pictures for you, the final images will follow soon. First of all it’s Isabell’s lovely smile…

… and her not so lovely gesture when she killed an insect trying to bite her. Yes, that’s what outdoor photography is like – no fun at all. Really. ;)

And finally there’s my really great invention to make the reflector do what I want and not what gravity wants.

What I didn’t photograph:

• The millions of insects we seemed to disturb in their lazy afternoon nap and which in return tried to disturb our project.
• Nice people walking by and reminding us of all these nasty ticks. (Yes, we know that but we decided to forget about it for some hours.)
• A before and after of the location: removed branches and thorn bushes, all the grass we stamped down, stuff scattered around like reflectors, a ladder, a punnet of strawberries, a huge amount of tulle and I don’t know what else – I hope, we didn’t forget anything.

Being surrounded by creative, lovely and funny people makes a day pass by so quickly that you almost don’t realize it. We started at eleven o’clock screening Angélique’s bags and boxes full of clothes which she designed and made herself. The final pictures were taken at about quarter to eight when the last light illuminated the scenery. We did three sets and for each Carola Hickl did some great hair and make-up stuff.
I will hurry up to show you some results very soon but until then just some shots from behind the scenes. (And no, we didn’t consider visiting a Halloween party. ;) )

It took us another hour to clean up the mess in my living room but it was totally worth it. Thank you so much for this fantastic day and see you very soon. <3

Winter has arrived, at least on the Kandel about 1,241 meters above mean sea level.

With this awesome view in the back (you can see the Kaiserstuhl and farther back the Vosges in France), some sun and finally even a small rainbow it’s quite easy to spend a beautiful day. And luckily we were prepared to resist the coldness with snacks, hot tea and Toffifee.

Thanks to the lovely couple who took this picture of us and to The Doors for their great song “Wintertime Love” after which this entry is named. And of course a huge thank you to Gloria who gave everything, without a doubt.