7:00AM in Berlin sounded like a great idea... until I walked outside...
 

I arrived for 5 days of dog photoshoots, and for my first session I scheduled a client for 7:00 in the morning. The funny part? In Israel this actually made perfect sense. December, 7:00 AM, beautiful soft morning light, empty locations... perfect for photos.

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Small problem, Berlin is not Israel, and apparently the German sun likes to sleep a little longer.

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I woke up, grabbed my camera, walked outside the hotel, and immediately realized something was wrong. It was completely dark. Not “beautiful sunrise light” dark... more like “why am I outside in the middle of the night?” dark. And just as a reminder, I don’t use flashes. Ever. Just my camera and lenses.

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So I met my client and tried to look like a professional photographer who totally knows what he’s doing, while inside my head I was basically screaming: “I have no light. What now?”

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So obviously I did what every experienced photographer does... I started walking confidently while secretly hoping for a miracle.

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And then I saw a Christmas market. Closed, empty, but with all the beautiful lights still on. So of course I immediately said something like: “Perfect! The market is still closed now, so we can use all these amazing lights without people around. That’s exactly why I wanted to start here.”

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Complete lie!












 

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Luckily for me, the dog was amazing, stayed perfectly still, and somehow with a very slow shutter speed, high ISO, and a lot more luck than brains, we created a gallery I’m still really proud of today.

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Even when you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing, just walk confidently enough and make everyone believe this was the plan all along.