I tried to find used meat cleaver online for photography prop but could not find that look good to me. I decided to make a fake one from leftover plexiglass and old oak door sill. You can find the process below in slideshow and video form.
DIY GOBO HOLDER I wanted a device that can throw light patterns onto a wall or a model. There are some commercially available but they are quite expensive and I this was only for occasional use. I thought that this is something that can be 3D printed. I bought Bowens mounting ring and cheap macro...
I have done some renovation to my “office”. It took some time but it is now somehow ready. I wanted to test how before/after images with slider would work so I could also see myself how big the change was. Cable management with rubber bands nailed to bottom of the table. Headphone stand (Ikea Grundtal...
We have had this ugly air vent in our WC for years. I knew that when I get the 3D printer I have to do something to it. Since this is only a decorative piece and it does not have to protect anything and you can print pretty much any shape I was able to...
The Plan I have used an electric cigarette as a small smoke machine. My first version was bit and pieces glued together but that wasn’t very robust and broke. Now that I have a 3D printer I wanted to revisit this project and make it properly. Smokers can suck smoke to their lungs and blow...
For the next series I need a prop coffin. Since a real size coffin would be expensive to make and hard to store, I made it from xps foam in 1:6 scale (action figures). Although a real size coffin in the backyard might have been a great conversation starter… Time will tell if this works...
I’m renovating my workroom and wanted to design some artwork for the new walls. I stumbled upon this nice city roads project that enables you to see and download all roads (and nothing else) in vector form. It uses open street map data to do this so the map is very detailed. If you are...
This is a photo series about the life of an artist and struggles that might come along with it. I got a project grant from NFFF (Nordic Society of Photography) for this project in early 2019. I have gathered ideas during the year 2019 and now I have been working with this set for a...
I have always found that the old model of what man should be is too restricted and often harmful. It inspired me to start this series and share my thoughts as images. “Toxic masculinity” term is used a lot nowadays and it was one of the things that made me think these issues more....
We were playing with the metal detector at the summer cottage and found this really rusty axe head. I thought that this could make a nice battle axe prop. So here’s a little restoration project to make a battle axe. Other items used: cheap mattock (new), old leather jacket and metal button. It’s suprisingly heavy...
I have several cameras that I have used for props etc. so I thought that I put them on a wall. I used tripod screw (except for Polaroid which didn’t have one) to fix camera to a shelf holder to easily hang them on the wall.
During the vampire shoot I got this doctor bag from Laura Puntila Artist. Many thanks for that. It’s just perfect for the death character. It was a bit dusty so I did some lite restoration, cleaning it with mild soap and oiling it with leather oil. Metal parts had nice patina so I didn’t have to do...
After selling some stuff and buying some that fit better to the selves I thought that I’ll add some holders for light stands. Now they stand in a nice row when not used. Those holders are from the garden section of the local hardware store. They are normally used for rakes. My home studio has...
A small summer project. Picture centric and very minimal style for wordpress. Some website design and some coding so not all coding skills are forgotten…
After a longer photo project wanted to do something different. I have wanted some kind of charging station to clear up the wire mess but my wall space is kind of limited. I have used tool cart for photo use and I thought I could hang it there. With this project I thought I also...
Although I only photograph in digital I have some old cameras as decorative pieces. I have been looking for this Kalloflex camera for some time. Kallo is skull in Finnish so it goes nicely with my logo. Sides and front of the camera were in bad shape so I ordered A4 sheet of vinyl to...
I got this rose with the AFCC silver badge of merit and when it was alredy quite dry I put it in milk carton with water and froze it. I put it in Ikea glass table in my home studio and tested couple of light setups to get this frozen rose image.
I wanted to try these cheap battery operated Ikea lights with motion sensor for automatic staircase lighting. They seemed nice but the light was way too harsh. The lens in original light is designed to give you a spot light but I that was not what I wanted. I removed the lens but the shadows...
I wanted to hang photos in a bit more personal way. I thought that chains would fit my style and bought black chain, curtain slide, magnets and binder clips. Small magnets hold the binder clips in chain and chains are easily movable in curtain rail. It’s really easy to add and change photos and I like...
I needed to photograph a medal and I found this tip from a photography related discussion forum. I made a cone using parchment paper used that between camera and object. Even light and no reflections from surrounding objects. Paper is not pure white so I used grey card first to get white balance reference for...