Knef aka MasterKnef is really an interesting guy. I’ve known Knef for about 6-7 months now through Ludwig. While I’ve drank many beers with Knef, DJed his 30th birthday party, and had some good conversations with him, I still feel as though there is much more about Knef to be learned. He’s still a bit of an enigma to me.
I know for example that he has (had?) a band. Apparently the band was pretty darn good, as he vividly described a festival that the band played at in Slovenia (i think?) a few years ago. From the sound and imagagry of his description, it didn’t sound like some 10 person festival in a field somewhere, but rather, a 10-15k person festival organized in a field just outside Ljubljana or Maribor. I also know that Knef is the kind of guy that will (and is planning on) starting out in Upper Austria, and walking/hiking cross country and arriving somewhere in Salzburg. All the while, never desending below 1000 meters. In other words, 2 weeks alone up in the mountains, never coming down into the valley. Likewise, I know that Knef is an avid mountain and rock climber.
I’m not exactly certain what Knef does to pay the bills. I know he’s a radio DJ, but I’m not certain if that’s an everyday gig, weekends only, or what? Somewhere in a former lifetime, I’ve heard stories that he was also a cameraman for ORF, the major television network in Austria. And so…it didn’t surprise me when he sent an email my way the other day and asked for my help both as a friend and as a photographer.
It appears that RedBull is now starting up an ‘arte’ format television program. Knef is applying to be one of the hosts of this network. These photos should serve as his ‘headshots’ and overall appearance. Of course I wanted to make him look his very best, but I also wanted to try to get a bit of that enigma that I see in him in these photos as well. I think I did a pretty ok job….what do you think? Leave me some comment love below.
To view the entire series, visit the Photo page.
Oh, and if some super stunning pictures weren’t enough for you, Knef’s music video:
b says:
Dude, some of these are quite good. A little tip, the shadows on the face are a bit deep with some of the outdoor shots. You can easily correct for this by carrying a collapsible reflector and using it to take the edge off the shadows. The human eye can see about 5 times as many stops/zones as film/chip so anything beyond that loses detail as an extreme highlight or shadow. A simple reflector will go a long way to compress the range. http://www.adorama.com/FPPR5122.html
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