Barrique promo photo shoot
Thursday, 01/07/2021
Barrique is a really cool band performing kind of mix between Argentinian tango and Balkan rhythms, if I may describe them from what I remember :) I photographed them performing few years ago at Festival Lent in Maribor, Slovenia, but that was briefly, since I was working as an official festival photographer and Festival Lent has many stages to cover :)
Singer Ervina German giving interview before the concert @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2019
Fast forward few years, Boštjan, the main force behind Barrique and I became good friends. I offered my services to photograph the band for some promo shoots, but they had some changes in the band and the COVID-19 situation stopped a lot of things, obviously.
Boštjan Lavrič (Barrique) @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2019
Few days ago Boštjan contacted me to see if I had the time for an ultra quick photoshoot - emphasise on ultra quick. While I don’t usually like to have these small time frames, Boštjan explained me that they don’t really have a time for a proper band photo shoot, since some of the new members are not from Maribor but are coming from other parts of Slovenia to the rehearsal which is paramount for them since they got some gigs for this summer and they need that time together for their music. And it was not just the time frame I had limited, they had only one day at the certain time to offer me, plus location was at their rehearsal place - all that quite limiting for a photographer :) Plus, did I mention that there are eight (8) members in the band?
Barrique @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2019
Boštjan found a cool looking old castle few minutes from their rehearsal place and we decided that would be a much better background for the photoshoot than the modern hall. But as the Murphy law states, on the day of the photoshoot and after many dry and 30+ Celsius days, on that afternoon the rain started :)
Luckily, it stoped an hour or two before the decided shooting time, so my assistant Matic and I headed there an hour before to scout the location and prepare the lights. The idea was that when the band would come, we do few frames and they can be off for their rehearsal. They literally needed one photo that they can send tomorrow as the promo for an upcoming gig.
When we got there, we realised that the castle does look cool at first glance, but has quite a few off limits ares due to safety (oh, that bridge!) and the inside is completely blocked out from entering. Plus, many of the broken windows had plastic on them to stop the rain to deteriorate the inside even more, so that was an extra bummer - the whole castle as a background was a no-no. Matic, being a graphic designer with a good eye, then spotted a great place without many distractions and we quickly set up two big strobes to light them up.
The band came, they were all dressed up and super professional, we did few test shoots to check the lights, did few frames and it was a wrap, the band already was on their way to the rehearsal! Matic and I packed the gear, drove to the studio, got the gear from the car and I copied the photos to my computer. Did some post production on them and send them to the client - all in just few hours :)
Barrique promo photo shoot
Which is definitely the quickest group portrait band promo shoot I did so far :)
Barrique promo photo shoot
Pandora - Art of Pole studio photoshoot #2
Saturday, 02/11/2024
After an intense yet energising first day of our pole dance studio photoshoot, the second day took on a different approach. While the first day was focused on capturing a large number of dancers with a tight schedule, the second day was reserved for the teachers of Pandora - Art of Pole, a renowned pole dance school in Maribor.
Pandora - Art of Pole studio photoshoot #1
Saturday, 26/10/2024
A few months ago, I had the privilege of photographing the talented pole dancers (and some of their teachers) from Pandora - Art of Pole, a well-known Maribor-based pole dance school, in a studio setting. This wasn’t my first time capturing their artistry — it’s become a wonderful tradition to provide the students with lasting memories of their hard work throughout the school year and the incredible progress they’ve made.
Pandorina skrinjica 2023 promo
Monday, 17/04/2023
The main idea for this year production is different music and dance style throughout the last century, so my idea for the visual representation was to show outfits typical for different time periods (which usually you wouldn’t wear at the same time) in one photo :)
Êdna studio promo photoshoot
Friday, 14/04/2023
Last month I had a privilege to photograph a very cool Slovenian band Êdna - they were just finishing their second album and were needing some promotional photographs for media and social networks.
Pandora - Art of Pole promotional photo shoot
Tuesday, 26/04/2022
Few moths ago I had a privilege to work with amazing pole dancers and teachers of Pandora - Art of Pole dance school in Maribor, Slovenia.
Domen Don Holc promo photo shoot
Friday, 22/04/2022
Some promotional photographs done with Domen Don Holc last summer :)
Trio à chanter promo photo shoot in studio
Friday, 15/04/2022
Recently I had a privilege to work with three great young classical musicians from Slovenia, currently studying in Austria, who perform under the name Trio à chanter.
Špela Huzjak - Premik, theatre performance promotional photoshoot
Monday, 15/11/2021
Now, this was an extremely creative and fun promotional photoshoot to do! :)
Koala Voice promo photo shoot (2019)
Tuesday, 17/12/2019
Eleven moths after they were in my, then newly opened, photo studio for some promo photos, Koala Voice - one of my favourite bands - is back! Yep, we have a hell of a coffee here at SHtudio and people tend to come for more :)
Heroj 3.0 (Hero 3.0), theatre performance promotional photoshoot
Monday, 28/10/2019
Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis are two brilliant Slovenian actors whose performance Heroj 2.0 (Hero 2.0) made quite a big impression on me and my wife Špela. I’m sad I haven’t seen the first performance (Heroj 1.0), but was very excited when I was commissioned to shoot the promotional photographs for the third performance for which we did a photoshoot in Ljubljana few weeks ago.
Pole dancer Maja Logar photo studio session
Friday, 30/08/2019
I was very honoured to work with Maja Logar few weeks ago! She is a pole dancer, teacher, choreographer and a founder of the pole dance school Pandora - Art of Pole...
Sašo Vollmaier photo studio session
Wednesday, 28/08/2019
Few months ago I had a privilege to have Sašo Vollmaier in my SHtudio for a photo session - very creative session, plus lots of laughs :)
Franja Kočnik promo photo studio shoot
Thursday, 06/06/2019
Few days ago I was very honoured to have Franja Kočnik, great Slovenian zither player, in my studio for some promotional images.
Okttober promo photo shoot
Wednesday, 17/04/2019
Last week I was working with Okttober, a great Maribor based rock band who needed some new promo images.
Photo shoot in studio with Edita Čerče
Wednesday, 20/03/2019
Recently I had a pleasure of working with the talented Edita Čerče of Silk Dance Company in my photo studio.
Koala Voice promo photo shoot
Tuesday, 18/12/2018
I was very privileged and excited recently to work with one of my favourite bands from Slovenia - young and brilliant Koala Voice!
Photo shoot in studio with Maja Bevc
Monday, 04/06/2018
First photo shoot in my very own photo studio! :)
Few weeks ago I was privileged to photograph Maja Bevc, a great Slovenian jazz singer & vocal coach, violi(ni)st, amazing person a dear friend… and my FIRST client in my NEW photo studio! :)
Helika, promo shooting
Last weekend I did a quick promo photoshoot for a Croatian/Slovenian band Helika, which, I’m sure, is already a pretty known name to the regular readers of my blog since I’ve been photographing them on multiple occasions. And that’s not just because my wife is in the band, but also ‘cause I really like their "trip pop" music!
Djembabe, promo shooting
Djembabe are Maribor based female percussion group who successfully mix traditional West African rhythms with a pinch of Slav temperament...