Hannes Walendy

Keep moving !

This is maybe the most oftenly used and important guidance I give a model during the shooting. Quite often a model tries to pose perfectly, stand still for a moment to give the photographer the chance to take the shot and then moves on to the next pose.

This is not, how I like the model to perform as this means she offers a more or less big portfolio of trained poses but will never show her personality or act authentically.

Therefore, I try to have a photo set like a stage in a ...

Home Office (II)

And here's part II of our Home Office series ...

Breakfast with Rebecca (II)

And here's part II of my breakfast series with Rebecca.

Home Office - the location

For my "Get it all" tier members - here's the location for the "Home Office" series. Actually it's a hotel suite with a marvelous view on the river Rhein. The big window goes to the west, so especially in the afternoon you have plenty of light - if the sun comes out, with nice lights and shadows by the blinds.

Home Office

Back in January I met with Irina Lozovaya (@airineel) in Mannheim for a hotel shooting

Breakfast with Rebecca

Rebecca is one of my favorite models - She only needs few input to understand the shooting idea and - what's even more important - feels comfortable in sensual situations as well as in "fashion nude" shootings...

How I develop a shooting idea

When I meet with other photographers I quite often get asked how I select models for my shooting ideas. Actually the process to prepare my shootings is quite the opposite direction. As I don't shoot commercial projects for e.g. the fashion industry, I'm not looking for the right model to implement a specific project. The process begins with an agreed shooting with a model I'm interested in.

So typically the first things I know are the model and the date.

From there, I start thin...

Fluff Stuff

Part of the series with Palesa has been published by Marley Magazine

Palesa

I don't shoot often with black models - simply because there are only few coming to Germany for shootings. But when I got this South African lady asking for a shooting, I could not resist ...

Questions ? - feel free to ask ...

If you have any questions about my photography, please don't be shy! Just ask ...

An other world (Part III)

And here's the last part of this series - enjoy !

An other world (Part III)

In the last part of the series we used a shower - of course it was a shower which matches the purpose of the location ...

An other world (Part II)

Part II of my shooting with @Christall4 and @Mrs.Manouk at @spnkd, Antwerp

An other world - Part I

Here's the first part of the series I did in @spnkd, Antwerp. 

An other world - location

In March I was in Antwerp for a shooting trip. One of the locations I used for shooting is a BDSM club. Actually my biggest fear about shooting in such a location was that the pictures must not look vulgar and cheap. Therefore I appreciated the luxurious design and high quality equipment.

I planned a girl/girl shooting there - and found with @Christall4 a model which is used to do shootings in that atmosphere. The second part in this duo was @Mrs.Manouk. She is a dominatrix and modeling...

Berlin - Sophie La Sage for Marley Magazine (IV)

... and here's the end of my series with Sophie in Berlin! 

Berlin - the location

Just for my "Get it all" - members, here's the location we used for the "Berlin"-series. It was definitely low light and therefore I tried to use all the electric light you can see on the pictures. Even though it was a cold December morning, I think there is not much better light on a sunny summer day. But if you like the mood of this mixed light situation, it's definitely a recommended location. And - what's most important from the model's point of view - there is enough heating power to eve...

An other world ...

Just finished working on the first series we did in Antwerp - Coming soon ...

Berlin - Sophie La Sage for Marley Magazine (III)

If there is such a nice shower available in the location, I cannot resist shooting there ...

Berlin (II)

And here is Part 2 of my series für Marley Magazine ...

Berlin

From my shooting in Berlin with @SophieLaSage for Marley Magazine.

Berlin

Sophie La Sage for Marley Magazine. 

The members of the "Get it all" tier may remember that I did a shooting trip to Berlin in December last year. The model was @SophieLaSage_official and we were in a location that was built in the 1920s. Here are first results - enjoy !

Dasha (II)

It seems you liked the series with Dasha - here are few more pics of this shooting. 

Throwback to summer (III)

Temperature during the shooting was rising ...

Dasha

She's one of the models on my shortlist - Darina Litvinovaa. Actually I had my first shooting with her in Cologne, back in 2019. Since then, I had various shootings with Dasha and the pictures get better and better ...

Throwback to summer (II)

Part II of my shooting with Nausicaa ...

Throwback to summer

Here in Munich you can smell spring already - the shooting with @Nausicaa was in July last year ... a hot summer day ...

Throwback to Summer

The shooting with @Nausicaa was a challenge - the first approach had to be cancelled by me due to other business obligations. The second approach did not materialize either due to a strike in Paris which made it impossible for Nausicaa to leave for Stuttgart. Finally, the third trial was successful. It was worth to wait and keep trying ...

Anna (Part III)

The final part of the huge series with Anna in Munich

Pool Shooting (II)

... as promised, there was also an outdoor shower ...