Al Borrelli Photography

Sofi Mayen – I Hate You

Al — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:57:16 +0000

Ok, no, not really. I don’t hate her. I quite like her in fact. It’s the English translation of her first single from her newly released self-titled debut album. (Get the album HERE!) And I was lucky enough to be given the chance (Thanks Javo @ EMI!) to spend some time walking around, chatting and taking [...]

Queen’s Night

Al — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:52:20 +0000

Every 30st of April, it’s Queen’s Day here in The Netherlands. Every night before that it’s what I like to call “Get obliterated drunk on the streets of Den Haag and get crazy while various stages crank out concerts while wearing outrageous amounts of orange clothing” night. Sadly, I found last night to not nearly [...]

Baby photos made easy

Al — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:22:49 +0000

This awesome post (more like gathering of suggestions!) is going to help all you parents (often stay at home ones) be better photographers with the limited kit and time at your disposal. This is NOT about achieving professional results, but of making the most out of simple techniques and basic kit. This is all about [...]

Regrets

Al — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:01:56 +0000

My mother passed away on July 3, 2011. Suddenly. No warning. No words can really express everything I and my family have gone through because of this shock. Thankfully there are photos. Tons and tons of really good photos taken of my mother over the years. As horrible as it was to not be able [...]

Portrait theory (pt.III – Personality)

Al — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:55:31 +0000

I’d almost given up on this part of this series.. so much so I’ve not written anything in a while because felt like I would have been avoiding the thing I’ve been promising to do for so long. I’ve been trying to find a way to explain how it is that I feel I am [...]

New goal in life

Al — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:51:16 +0000

My goal in life is now to get invited to PhootCamp. It’s an invitation only gathering of incredibly talented young hip photographers who spend a week feeding off each others creativity and eating lots of sugar I believe. All I need now is to become creative, get young, develop some hip-ness, and learn to [...]

Mexico City Madness

Al — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:48:41 +0000

I love Mexico City. Don’t necessarily want to live there, but I looove visiting. So when the chance came up to photograph a wedding IN the city, you just know I jumped at the chance. Meet Karina and Javo. You may remember them from a previous photo I showed you in my post on Portrait [...]

Fiona and Kevin, The Big Day

Al — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:56:31 +0000

Yeah yeah, I’ve been waaay out of touch as life and too many weddings have gotten in the way of.. well… pretty much everything! I’m still working on finishing up Pt.3 of my “Portrait Theory”.. so hopefully that’ll be up soon. The two wedding shoots I did in September (yeah, I’m very behind my updates) [...]

Portrait theory (pt.II – Simplicity)

Al — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:30:46 +0000

Part II of my musings on what my theory and approach to portraits is. This segment is about “Simplicity” Simplicity Keep It Simple Stupid – KISS.. something I try to live by in general…and also something I try to apply to my portrait work. I love simple, yet powerful photographs, and I think that translates [...]

My Portrait Theory (pt.I – Confidence)

Al — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:11 +0000

I’ve recently been asked “how do you come up with these ideas” in reference to my Portrait Montage series (you can buy the book by the way). That led to a bigger discussion on how I personally view, prepare for, think about, and shoot portraits in general and I thought I’d share my views with [...]