Photo Life - Wolf Kettler Photographer

The man in the grey suit

Wolf — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:54:41 +0000

I have chosen this photograph to represent my June 2013 portfolio updates to show that the traditional business portrait of a man in a grey suit does not have to be boring. There are always ways to do things differently.

The following sections in my photography portfolio have been updated:

Portrait photography portfolio

Wedding photography portfolio

To book your own photo session, please visit my website to contact me or get in touch via facebook.

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Doing just fine

Wolf — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:09:21 +0000

Last Thursday I wrote about the death of Poppy in “The darkness of my soul“. Today I am pleased to report that Poppy is doing just fine.

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Photograph featured on Arcangel Images

Wolf — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:37:56 +0000

I am thrilled to see one of my images (the one on the right; of the couple) featured on the home page of my stock photography library, Arcangel Images.

Arcangel represent some of the most imaginative and talented international photographers and artists working in the industry today. The photo library specialises in supplying inspirational, creative and unique stock imagery to discerning picture buyers. Their clients include international book publishers, record labels, advertising and design agencies and magazine publishers.

See my entire collection of stock photos

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The darkness of my soul

Wolf — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:42:53 +0000

I did a terrible thing today: I killed Poppy. Cold-heartedly and calculated, I confess. No, not Poppy, the model, or Poppy, the WI fund raiser, but Poppy, the virgin flower. I went into the garden and slew the not yet fully developed plant. I ignored her trembling and her pleading when the cold steel of my scissors cut through her tender stem and I remained silent when she wanted to know, full of fear, where she was minutes later.

“In a vase in my studio”, I gave in after a few moments and turned my back on her. I pulled down the blackout blinds, turned on the photographic lights, mounted a macro lens on my camera and stuck an exposure meter in her face. And then, callously, I photographed the dying plant, who had been denied the chance to develop into a mature, heavy poppy.

Don’t feel sad. Poppy is fine! She is in a comfortable vase on my kitchen window sill and out of the punishing weather that they call a summer in Britain. Poppy wants you to know that she is feeling much better now and will continue to grow. I promised to let a bee visit her.

Click on the photograph to see it bigger.

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The photo session as a detective story

Wolf — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:31:35 +0000

Last month I wrote about my new local radio ad, which was written in the style of a 1940s detective story. It begins with a mysterious brunette floating in through the door as I am about to shut shop for the evening.

The ad consists of eight episodes, each running for three weeks, and spoken by yours truly. We have now moved onto episode two of the thriller. If you have missed the first episode, you can catch up with the story right here on this page of my blog. (Go to the bottom of the page.)

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Mr. and Mrs. Duck’s ordeal

Wolf — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:09:51 +0000

“I nearly died of a heart attack today”, my wife – the best of all wives – said on the telephone the other week whilst I was abroad. She had been by our garden pond looking for signs of newts when suddenly something noisy emerged from the water less than an arm’s length away and ascended into the sky.

For some years we have had ducks in our garden. The current regulars are no longer the original pair but to us they are still Mr. and Mrs. Duck – and Mrs. Duck was sitting on a nest of eggs very well camouflaged by the edge of our garden pond and flew off when my wife got too close unwittingly. Our joy (and, dare I say, pride) was not to last. A couple of days later my wife found the ducks gone and the nest empty, presumably plundered by a raider during the night.

Mr. and Mrs. Duck came back to our garden a few days later but with burdensome baggage – two excess male ducks, who had their eyes on Mrs. Duck. Ducks mate for life and our pair fought off the new boys together.

The weekend afforded me the opportunity to photograph a standoff. How the story ends we will have to see.

Click on a photograph to see it bigger. Hover over the images to read the captions for more information.

See more wildlife photography.

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Superman and Rubber Doll

Wolf — Sun, 26 May 2013 16:53:01 +0000

It is my great pleasure to announce that Superman is now among my esteemed private clients. When he came to my studio, he brought with him Rubber Doll.

It never seizes to strike me how lucky I am as a photographer because I must have just about the most delightful clients in the world, who help to make every photo session different, unique and special.

The photograph is vibrant proof that in my photo sessions, my clients can be anything and anybody they want to be and in doing so perhaps be truly themselves – or just have a bit of fun.

See more photo session previews here.

To book your own photo session, please contact me.

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Stock photo uploads (21/5/13)

Wolf — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:03:24 +0000

The photograph of this delightful, derelict window is one in a series, which have been added to my stock photography portfolio at Arcangel Images.

See the entire collection here

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Zum Abschied: Sunday (A very short story)

Wolf — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:26:27 +0000

Another beautiful morning. The sun was as flirty as the spring maiden that she is. The man could feel the laziness of a summer Sunday in the houses that surrounded the garden, where he was eating a sparse breakfast consisting of buttered, dark rye bread and tea in a mug. Even the distant hum of the traffic moved at a more sedate pace than during the week.

The man closed his eyes and moved his face towards the sun, which felt surprisingly strong for this time of the year. The sound of church bells from the direction of the town was familiar since his birth fifty years earlier and comforting yet not consoling. He noticed the lazy thunder of a large motorbike that carried its rider into a road movie adventure or perhaps only to the tree around the next bend for a quick death.

A cactus of forty or more years of age, nearly as old as the man himself, leant against the white wall of the house. It was the first time in decades that he had exchanged the comfort and boredom of his window sill for the outdoors.

“Farewell, dear, old, always observing and never judging friend”, thought the man. “I hope they look after you well and treat you kindly.”

The man was all too aware that the manifestation of his early life would soon be confined to memory. The answer to all his hopes and aspirations had always been a stern ‘no’ and it had taken him nearly half a century to break free not in his physical movements but in his mind. He was sick with worry about the next defeat in the face of redemption waving at him from the far horizon.

The end, the end, the end. He was surprised about the normality of it all.

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Happy endings at Wolf Kettler Photographer

Wolf — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:14:03 +0000

Picture the scene: It is a cold, rainy day, the kind that would make a wet tea towel flung into your face seem appealing. The day is drawing to an end. A photographer is about to shut shop for the night when a brunette floats in and announces that she wants to give her husband something to look at.

This is the start to photographer Wolf Kettler’s new radio ad, which tells the story of a photo session in the style of a classic 1940s detective novel. All the essential elements are there: A sexy brunette, her suspicious husband, suspense and a disgruntled client. Alas, no murder but a happy ending.

The idea was born when Wolf felt that the conventional radio advertising approach of “this is what I do – buy now” did not live up to the creativity of his photography. The result may well be an entirely new concept in radio advertising.

The radio ad consists of eight episodes. Each will be running for three weeks. The campaign was conceived and written by Wolf Kettler and produced by Phil Dawson for Fantasy Radio. It was Phil, who put the icing on the cake by suggesting that the ad should be spoken by Wolf himself rather than a hired voice.

Catch the first episode now on Fantasy Radio on 97fm in the Devizes area or listen online at fantasyradio.co.uk.

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If you have missed an episode, you can catch up with the story here. Click on a link below to listen:

Episode 1: Play now
Episode 2: Now playing on Fantasy Radio on 97fm in the Devizes area or online at fantasyradio.co.uk
Episode 3: Coming soon
Episode 4: Coming soon
Episode 5: Coming soon
Episode 6: Coming soon
Episode 7: Coming soon
Episode 8: Coming soon

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