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Talk at Fotomässan 2015 – ‘THE ROAD TO CREATIVE IMAGES THAT EVOKES EMOTIONS’

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Talk at Fotomässan 2015 – ‘THE ROAD TO CREATIVE IMAGES THAT EVOKES EMOTIONS’

 
 

~How to make your creative images more interesting~

The interest was greater than ever when I walked onto the big stage at Fotomässan Stockholm in November to talk about the road to creative images that evokes emotions, not only showing technique or surface. There were people as far as I could see (< 300) and the energy was amaaazing. Maybe I also got some extra umpf from the little baby inside my growing belly 🙂 Now you can watch the entire talk online (opens in a new window at Moderskeppet)!


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Do you feel sometimes that your photos are looking good and are technically great, but they miss that little something extra…?
Do they really tell anything to anyone??
What can you do to make them feel more interesting and evoke more emotions, both for yourself and for your viewers?
And is there a good way to keep that inspiration flowing and not rely on chance?

The best part of it all is not only being able to share my passion and love for creative storytelling with so many people, but also the chats I get to have afterwards individually with you guys. The photo fair is such a great place to meet up with people you’ve only had the opportunity to write to online before, and it was truly awesome that a bunch took my advice from my newsletter and reached out beforehand that they were going to be there. So we decided to meet up and talk about our shared interests and I got to hear a bit about YOUR images and why YOU create. Also, I’m stoked about all the spontaneous chats from all you guys that were inspired by the talk who came by afterwards with so many fantastic questions and thoughts. I hope to meet you all next year again!


I hope you did/will do the challenge I gave you at the end of the speech?! If you did (I already got some fabulous images sent to me from people who did!), I would love to hear about it in the comments below this post and I’d love to give you my feedback.

Watch the talk here (opens in a new window at Moderskeppet):
Please note that it’s in Swedish. Contact me for talks in English.


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INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS – Short Films

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INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS – Short Films

As a photographer, or any image maker, you can choose to sit around waiting for inspiration to pop up by itself. Personally, I’m a firm believer that feeling inspired is a state of mind you can teach yourself to find when you need it. So, what can we do to get started? I’m gathering and sharing my methods and favorite creators as a resource to help keeping our inspirational juices flowing. And I invite you along for this series of “INSPIRATION FOR IMAGE CREATORS”!

Inspiration for image creators can come from so many different areas. When I saw this series of Short Films, or fables, from Five Knights Productions I just couldn’t stop watching. It transported me to another time and place, but still holding me aware… Short films can just like photography tell a story but doesn’t have hours of the viewers attention to convey the feeling and message it is made to transfer. With these fables, to me it’s especially the sceneries, the tempo, and that magical emotion that draws me in, and spits me out feeling that I want… no, NEED… to go out and continue creating my images. Right away. And that is inspiration at its best.

So here it is, the first of the KIN fabels.
Watch the second film, Salvage, here.
And the third film, Requiem, here. It’s in this third film the story ties together.

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Feature and interview for Kamera & Bild – PORTRAIT SPECIAL

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Feature and interview for Kamera & Bild – PORTRAIT SPECIAL

 
 

“PORTRAITS IN ANOTHER WORLD
Jenny Jacobsson swapped a career as a DNA analyst to one as a portrait photographer. But she shoots no ordinary portraits. Instead her images holds stories and dreams that have been developed in close cooperation with the person being portrayed. The result is often not just an image but also a friendship.”

I’m so thrilled to see this wonderful and comprehensive article about me and my photographic work in KAMERA & BILD, one of, if not the, biggest photography magazines in Sweden. It is released today in every well-stocked store with magazine.

This issue’s theme is Portraits, and is focusing on what makes a portrait good, how to think as a photographer when creating it, and gives tips about how to develop yourself together with your portrait images. I’m honored to be one of the professionals they asked to give my point of view.

The interview was done last month by reporter Ola Jacobsen and I want to give a shout out to Ola for such a nice collab! Above is the headline and introductory of the article.

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Talk at Fotomässan – METHODS FOR CREATIVE IMAGE STORYTELLING

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Talk at Fotomässan – METHODS FOR CREATIVE IMAGE STORYTELLING

Create images with strong storytelling

I entered the big stage at Fotomässan Stockholm in November and you can now watch the entire talk online (opens in a new window at Moderskeppet)!

“How do you tell a story in a creative image? Why is it important with a location scouting library, what symbolizes different colours in different cultures, and how can a single piece from nature build an entire story?“

A big audience of about 300 joined me when I shared why and how image storytelling is so important and has gotten such a big place in my heart (and yes… you are correct… I was on the verge of tears there for a while…). I talked about 5 tools you can use to help you create and adapt your story. Lastly I gave you an exercise you can use if you find it difficult to get going with your own storytelling. And of course I couldn’t help to spice it up with some anecdotes from my photographic adventures as well!

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Watch the talk here (opens in a new window at Moderskeppet):
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Artist talk by photographer Jenny Jacobsson about creative storytelling

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Interview and feature for Moderskeppet – Behind the creative work

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Interview and feature for Moderskeppet – Behind the creative work

“In photographer Jenny Jacobson’s head fits lots of amazing stories, both her own but also others. Stories that come to life in photos after careful planning, photo shooting, and creative image processing. Jenny is an image narrator who fascinates and arouses emotions…

What are her thoughts about her creativity?”

That’s the description for the interview made by Moderskeppet last week. Through the interview I got to think about questions that I believe would be useful for every photographer to contemplate every now and then. Join me and get Behind the Scenes of my parallell worlds! READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE (it’s in Swedish)!

Feature and interview about creativity and photography storytelling with Jenny Jacobsson

Feature and interview about creativity and photography storytelling with Jenny Jacobsson

Feature and interview about creativity and photography storytelling with Jenny Jacobsson

Feature and interview about creativity and photography storytelling with Jenny Jacobsson

Questions asked:
WHY DO YOU CREATE?
DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CLEAR PLAN FOR YOUR PHOTOS?
WHERE DO YOU IDEAS LIVE?
DO YOU COMPLETE ALL PROJECTS?
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSPIRATION, OR DO YOU JUST GO FOR IT ANYWAY?
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU CREATE?
TELL US ABOUT AN IMAGE THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU. AND CAN WE SEE SOME BEHIND THE SCENES FROM CREATING IT?
DO YOU WORK A LOT ON BEING VISIBLE AS A CREATOR?
CAN YOU GIVE US A BOOK RECOMMENDATION?

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Do you want to find out more, maybe in English?

You can find features, interviews, publications, and editorials about JENNY JACOBSSON under the category Features & Publications!

 
 
 
 
 

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To tell a photographic story – Musings from this spring’s intern

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To tell a photographic story – Musings from this spring’s intern

“If you’ve, just like me, been in love with Jenny Jacobsson and her creative and well thought out pictures and stories, for a while, you’ve probably seen the one with a girl in a white dress, covered in pink paint, sitting on a ladder surrounded by cherry blossoms. The image, called “The Burden”, is about unrealistic ideals, it’s about all women who are suffering under warped expectations – it’s about me.

I met Jenny for the first time one cold morning in May 2014. I then only knew we were about to create an image and that I would be covered in paint – and that it probably would be cold. All those expectations came true and so much more. I strongly believe that some people are just meant to meet and become friends and that’s just what happened this cold spring morning.

Amanda Falkman, färg, colour, hands, händer, ångest, anxiety, paintCan you name the colour of your soul, Photography by Amanda Falkman 2014

So who am I, sitting in Jenny’s sofa, singing along with Mumford and sons? More than a girl tired of unrealistic beauty ideals who sometimes get tired from painting cherry blossoms?

Well, my name is Amanda and I’m just like Jenny a freelancing photographer with a request to create captivating images. I have a predilection for blurry foreground photography, liver spots and sparkler. I see all the days of the week in different colours, I ugly cry to Toy Story and I’m hopeless in love with a two hundred years old fortress called “Carlstens fästning” (Carlsten’s fortress).

Amanda Falkman, Carlstens fästning, Marstrand, Glöm inte bort mig, Ocean, Sky, Island, Västkusten,Don’t forget me – she dances in the shape of shadow and wind, Photography by Amanda Falkman 2014

And the reason why I’m writing this blog post is because I have the honour to be Jenny’s intern and assistance this semester. The main reason why I chose her as my mentor (besides her bubbly and likeable personality) is her impressive capacity to tell stories through images. This is one of the many things I hope to become better at, when this semester has come to its end. Because in a society where we constantly see and come across pictures of all kinds I’ve started to wonder:

Can we, as photographers, use images to tell stories with important messages and in the extension make the world a better place?

Amanda Falkman, apokalyps, skog, motljus, forestApocalypse, Photography by Amanda Falkman 2014

Take “The Burden” as an example – it’s an extremely beautiful image (highly objective opinion) but it tells you a story and highlights a major problem of our time.

So, as an exhortation from me to you is to start thinking about your part in making difference and what kind of problem you could highlight by creating an image and telling a story.”

Amanda

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NEW! Commissioned Portrait Photography by JENNY JACOBSSON

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NEW! Commissioned Portrait Photography by JENNY JACOBSSON

Your story is worth to be a piece of art.
Portray the unique beauty of what you are all about;
RELIVE YOUR PAST, CAPTURE YOUR PRESENT,
OR EXPERIENCE YOUR DREAMS!

It’s with the GREATEST of joy I hereby present, my special version of a portrait photography service, now available for you! I’m so happy I could cry. I’ve worked so hard and truly put all my love into forming something really unique for you out there and I deeply hope this will be of pleasure for so many people in the upcoming future.

“A single photograph can truly tell a full story. It holds the power to enchant us; to make us pause and reflect. It invites us to a world of emotion and intrigue and it lets us relive a story of the past or dream of what is to come. It gives us the opportunity to experience the beautiful tale of the one portrayed.”

Wouldn’t you say a portrait should be just like that? I surely do. Therefore I offer a portraiture service far beyond the usual headshot. My mission is to turn you and your story into a unique piece of storytelling art. Why hang someone else’s story on your wall as an art piece when you can hang your own!

For you who want that special something:

THE IMAGE
A portrait from me is conceptual, strong in its idea, based on and telling your unique story. I will put it in an environment where it belongs and thrives. Behind every art piece lies careful planning and an advanced digital craftsmanship to create imaginative and extra striking pieces.

A PIECE OF ART | THE PRODUCT
Truly I believe that you value quality before quantity, that you want a piece of art.  Therefor together we will create one unique portrait, and this portrait will be presented as timeless prints for your wall, that will remind you about the beauty of your story every day.

HOW IT WORKS
To create a unique art work telling your specific story, each collaboration needs to be a one of a kind experience. Together we will dive into your story and through 5 clear steps we will move forward. I will use my expertise to make sure you will get a fun, smooth, and exciting experience.

I reside in Göteborg / Gothenburg, Sweden, but I surely work on location without boundaries. Feel free to contact me (in either Swedish or English) if you want detailed information about my packages, to book your meeting, or if you have any questions. And if you think someone you know would love a unique portrait of themselves and their story, please feel free to share these news!

I so look forward to creating your storytelling portrait together with you!

Love, Jenny

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Post-processing a fairy tale

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Post-processing a fairy tale

“The girl and the secret within” – This video is a Before & After as well as an accelerated showcase of my post-processing of several files to a finished conceptual image in Photoshop.

The world can be so much more than what first meets the eye…

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