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Welcome to my Blog!

Quote from the Masterfile newsletter “Open” (July 2008):

Based in Germany, photographer Elisabeth Cölfen has a passion for digital
imaging, creating contemporary images in a wide range of subjects. Her
focus is in still life, food and people. Elisabeth has an M.A. in
linguistics (German and English) and in computerlinguistics. She loves
the process of turning ordinary things into art.

I am a professional stock photographer in Duisburg, Germany. This is my blog where I post pictures from shootings, industry news and personal things. Stay tuned and leave your comments.

Category Archives: Photography

E-Shooting with Stefanie & Lars

It feels so good to do what you like. Last sunday Stefanie & Lars came to shoot their e-session. Their wedding will be in September. I have never worked with a more relaxed and happy couple. They brought the nicest weather with them and were so sweet together.

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Octopus

It was glibbery and disgusting. I love it

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First Flickr Getty sale found

Today I have found the first use of a sale from one of my images in the Flickr Collection on Getty.

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Wedding in Bielefeld

On Saturday April 4th I was in Bielefeld shooting a wedding. Working as a wedding photographer is so very different from stock photography. I documented the wedding from the getting ready at 11 until 12.30 in the night. It was a wonderful experience and I loved it. I hope you like the results:

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Lifestyle/Portrait session with Susanne

We had a little portrait session with Susanne today. See the results:

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Our dinner

We had this for lunch today. You will see more food shots now as I am cooking nearly every day  and it is such a waste just to eat it.
These are skewers with chicken breast filet,  pepper and red onions with wild rice on the side.
And it tasted soooo good

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A lucky mishap

I am editing older shots and found those mishaps. They are not sharp, but they have their own beauty, don’t they?

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On a walk with Ralf, the dogs and the 5D Mark II

Today we went for a walk in Duisburg Orsoy. It was a mixture of relaxing,  location scouting, dog walking and gear testing.

We discovered a hidden restaurant that will open soon. Looks very romantic…

And finally this guy drove by. I think he came from Russia. Directly
This camera is simply amazing. It changes the way I...

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New wedding photography blog

I have set up a new blog for my wedding photography:

http://www.deine-hochzeitsreportage.de (all in German)

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Retouching

I love doing digital retouching.

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