This is the last of the portrait together once a month. You can find all of them here or under the instagram hashtag #eliottandlily2017. What a crazy year it has been! Another year of learning through taking their portraits. And I'm so happy to end it on a beautiful collaboration with light maker Ekaterina Galera. You can check her website for her beautiful creations and also the lookbook she did of my pictures. very beautiful!As I quoted before: "We must bring our own light to the darkness" Bukowski. And believe me, those little magic clouds will definitely do that:
light ballons kids portrait
kids light ballons portrait
When I received an email from Ekaterina Galera asking me if I would be ok to take some pictures of her lights, I couldn't be more thrilled. Plenty of ideas flourishing in my head about how I was going to use her creations. And of course the monthly portrait! A bit of light in the December darkness is always a good idea!The ballons are pretty cool, don't you think? But I love most of all the portable clouds:We also took them outside, as you can transport them everywhere. Bringing light with you wherever you go!Also, why not go totally full on with lights while we are at it :Aaand bonus, I took one of the paper light I received and took it to the magic swedish woods myself. Be indulgent as not very comfortable with self portraits. Ekaterina actually published one of me on her blog with a self I did recently too (trying to push the self loving button for 2018 :We even used the lights for our annual holiday wishes photos:More of that in my Facebook post!Quite an eclectic shoot with those amazing little lights. I hope you enjoyed those portraits session as much as we did. I am not sure what 2018 holds yet, we shall see! If you have any idea or would like to collaborate with me don't hesitate to contact me via the blog or instagram!Meanwhile, some outtakes of course:And on this note, I wish you all the best for the new year and see you on the other side!