Fredrik Arnell

Fredrik Arnell
Portrait & Travel Photographer

Born in 1980 in Sweden
Based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland & Stockholm, Sweden

 

Contact

If you want to contact me for licensing, assignments or any other reason, I am reachable in any of the following ways:

Switzerland:
Fredrik Arnell Photography
Rue du Quarre 23
CH-2108 Couvet
Switzerland

Sweden:
Fredrik Arnell Photography
Liljevägen 10
194 60 Upplands Väsby
Sweden

E-mail:
Phone (SE): +46 (0) 707 16 15 22
Phone (CH): +41 (0) 789 07 41 43
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Background

I see myself mainly as a travel and people photographer with forays into adjacent fields such as event photography. It might sound like an odd mix to specialize in such different fields as meticulous-controling-the-light studio and location photography and in-the-mud-and-dust-in-the-far-corners-of-the-world travel photography. Well, I guess the simple answer is - why not? The bit more elaborate answer would probably be that both types of photography are me, and the combination has the added bonus of allowing me to do photography whenever; when not out and about doing travel photography, the studio or location is there to alleviate some creative steam. Enough about the philosophy of it, photography has been with me since quite some time now and since 1997 taking over more and more as a creative outlet from writing and drawing, to become the dominating medium of expression for me when I went digital in 2003. From there on the progress has been steady, but not always fast, going through a few less and less compact compacts and arriving at DSLR's in beginning 2007 when living in Miami. The pace has increased exponentially since then, working my way through different visual variations of expression, and I am burning with excitement to experiment.


Equipment


Cameras:

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II
  • Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II

Prime Lenses:

  • Canon EF 24 mm f/1.4L II
  • Canon EF 35 mm f/1.4L
  • Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4
  • Canon EF 85 mm f/1.2L II
  • Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 Macro
  • Canon EF 135 mm f/2L
  • Canon EF 200 mm f/2L IS
  • Canon EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS
  • Canon EF Extender 1.4x II
  • Canon EF Extender 2x II

Zoom Lenses:

  • Canon EF 16-35 mm f/2.8L II
  • Canon EF 24-105 mm f/4L IS
  • Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8L
  • Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L IS

Lighting and filters:

  • Elinchrom Ranger RX Quadra AS
  • Elinchrom BX-Ri 500 W (x2)
  • Canon Speedlite 580EX II
  • Canon Speedlite 430EX
  • Sekonic Light Meter L-358
  • Lee filters ND grads, NDs
  • B+W polarizers