Felix Sanchez

Photography: My first ever Sprocket Rocket photo

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:46:45 +0000

This spring I bought my first ever analogue film camera, the Sprocket Rocket.

My Sprocket Rocket, black and effortlessly classy

Using standard 35 mm film, it exposes 2 frames at once creating a super wide panorama picture, and it exposes the sprockets too, making them an interesting and very unpredictable part of the photo.
Having only had my Canon EOS 550D for a couple of years and having never tried doing proper analogue photography, this retro lomography camera has been a real challenge, but nevertheless, a good one.

Check out my first ever Sprocket Rocket photo, taken in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg
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Ferris wheel in Hamburg

This snapshot is developed, then scanned and finally not at all edited in Photoshop.

BON’A PARTE Press conference 2012

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:44:54 +0000

BON’A PARTE recently held an official press conference in Copenhagen, telling about the company, the visions, about scandinavian fashion and lifestyle and about the upcoming 2012 autumn collection.
We were there filming and interviewing, and we made this little report, hope you like it.

Comments from
- CEO Wolfgang Binder and Chief Designer Lone Løth from BON’A PARTE
- Journalist Anne Bente Volf from Ikast Avis/AOIB.dk
- Stylist Birgit Kaarvig from Hjemmet
- and Blogger Louise Guldager from guldlog.dk.

Footage by Poul Gerner.
Footage on a Panasonic af101 – 50 mm f/1.4
Sound through Sanken microport
Interviews and editing by Felix Sanchez.

Video edited in Premiere.
Sound edited in Soundbooth.
Graphics created in Photoshop.
Effects and subtitles created in After Effects.
(Hail Adobe )

Photography: Portraits of Morten Toustrup

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:30:32 +0000

Portrait of Morten Toustrup

Both Morten and I love the amazing video to the amazing track Liar by Rollins Band, and as we decided to do some portraits of Morten, we wanted to do something inspired by the video. So we headed out to a nearby forest where Morten could scream without disturbing the public peace.
Despite the fact that Morten had just showered we painted him woodish with dirt and mud to achieve a proper madman look.
Then we shot the pictures rather quickly as Morten froze very much. It was actually quite windy and freezing.

Check out the result here – Click for larger version @ Flickr:

Portraits of Morten Toustrup

Exif data:
f/4 – ISO 100 – 1/60 sec – 31mm
Shot with a Canon 550D and a Tamron f/2.8 17-50mm lens

All portraits are edited in Camera Raw and later in Photoshop.
The photos are set up as a LomoKino filmstrip in Photohop.

Hope you like it!

Remix: Den Gale Pose vs. Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:17:23 +0000

Created this remix using these 2 12-inch vinyls:
Den Gale Pose – Den dræbende joke (acapella)
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got your money (instrumental)

They are recorded while played simultaneously on 2 Technics 1210 decks, and later scratchin’ is recorded and added in Cool Edit Pro.
Scratches by DJ Swab – thanks champ!

Hope you like it!

Photography: BON’A PARTE Concept Store, Vejle 2012

Felix Sanchez — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:54:19 +0000

Was assigned to photograph the BON’A PARTE Concept Store in Vejle for promotional use.
It was quite a challenge as I only had an on-camera flash, the existing light in the store and 1 hour to shoot the entire store.
I was quite happy how the pictures turned out though.
Here is a sneak-peak on 4 selected pictures – hope you like them.

BON'A PARTE Concept Store Picture 1

BON'A PARTE Concept Store Picture 2

BON'A PARTE Concept Store Picture 3

BON'A PARTE Concept Store Picture 4

All the pictures will later be used i. e. on the BON’A PARTE websites and the BON’A PARTE facebook page.
Photographed with a Canon 550D, a Tamron f/2.8 17-50 mm lens and a Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash. All pictures slightly adjusted in Camera Raw.

Photography: Hyde park in low winter sun

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:19:59 +0000

Simply love parks in big cities. It’s so different from the metros, the skylines, the enormous amount of people. Sometimes it feels like walking from one century and into another..
Was in London this february and one cold, but sunny afternoon we went for a walk in the beautiful Hyde Park.
Got this lovely snapshot of low sun, long shadows, naked trees and people nicely tucked in, smiling.

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Hyde Park, London, february 2012 in low winter sun.

The picture is cropped, sprocket hole exposured and edited in Photoshop.
2 textures and are added to emphasize the feeling of yesterday.

Credits:
Inspired by Viveca Koh.
Textures by Jerry Jones.

BON’A PARTE presents: Styling tips from the designers

Felix Sanchez — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:49:23 +0000

Pilot project: Create some short films showing some clothes, some styling tips for the clothes and the designers behind the clothes.
Wrap it all nicely up in the graphical and musical BON’A PARTE style.
Use almost no money on the project.

Here’s how the films ended up.
Film 1 with Janne Bjorkstrand

Film 2 with Janne Bjorkstrand

Film 3 with Mette Schou Christensen

Film 4 with Mette Schou Christensen

All films are filmed on the same day. We hired experienced film maker Poul Gerner for equipment, footage and expertise.
All films are edited and color corrected in Premiere, subtitles created in After Effects, signs in Photoshop and music and speak mixed in Soundbooth.

The styles are presented by the lovely designers Janne Bjorkstrand and Mette Schou Christensen.
Hope you like them.

Equipment:
Overview footage on a Canon 5D – 24-105 mm
Zoom and detail footage on a Panasonic af101 – 50 mm f/1.4
Sound through Sanken microport

Andante I by Fernandino Carulli

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:29:12 +0000

Wanted to do an interesting angle on a very classical piece.
So I ended up with this:

Played on a Oscar Schmidt acoustic.
Recorded on a DSLR: Canon 550D – f/1.8 50mm.
Tripod used.
Sound through a Sennheiser MKE 400.
Sound noise reduced in Soundbooth but otherwise unedited.
Video edited in Premiere.

Location: Pitchblack living room. Guitar front-, side- and lit from below by 3 cheap spots (Jansjö, Ikea, §10 each)

Photography: Loving this £3 cap from H&M

Felix Sanchez — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:18:01 +0000

Bought a cap for my son last autumn. It cost me something like £3.
Ridiculous, especially when actually thinking of how many hours he’s spend playing with/wearing that cap. He really loves it.
Thought I’d pay a tribute to the cap. And create a picture for my son to remember the cap by.

(Click for much larger versions at Flickr)

Loving this £3 cap from H&M

Exif data

Aperture: 4.0
Shutter: 1/30 – 1/40 sec
ISO: 100 – 640
Focal length: 19 mm

Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8

Editing data

The pictures are all edited in Camera Raw.
The collage is set up in Photoshop, text added. Finally contrast increased.

Photography: Kid eating icecream

Felix Sanchez — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:01:52 +0000

One of my favorite pictures.. Nothing can make a high energy boy aged 3 relax like an icecream. Moments before this picture was taken we’d run, fought and pretended to be playing american football, tackling away on each other. And then suddenly – he just sits there, relaxing, but still dirty and a bit exhausted from all the commotion.
The photo is from Malaga, Spain, October 2010.

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Kid eating icecream, Malaga 2010

Exif data
Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal length: 55mm
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

The photo is cropped and converted into sepia-colors in Photoshop