Laserpower

Here's some more cyber stuff in association with Cybergearz who custom built hairpieces for our shoot. This is "Beloved" featuring Model Sina Collins with my little broken android girl and a few watts of real blue laserpower. Check out my facebook for more: http://www.facebook.com/marcoribbe.photography

i smell lawsuit

It's really annoying to waste time with things like this but it looks like another picture thief calls for the necessity to go to court. He seriously doubts I am the maker of the images his "chinese" supplier gave him royalty free with some of the clothes they copied from my french designer, for whom I shot them initially. How stupid are people? They could settle this for a minimal amount if only they'd behave less stubborn. As if I'd sue him if I wasn't the photographer for real, and as if none of my models nor my employees would testify for me... They will be very happy to appear in court. And I can bring the props aswell. Can he?

Cyberdog Clothing

London Love

Once again we have been in London, this time visiting London Edge Fashion Show for a myriad of new clothes for the shop, and of course for shooting our gorgeous new Latex Steampunk outfit. Also I used the time off with SDC not only to recreate, but to check various possible locations for my upcoming exhibition in London 2012. There were some very exciting spots and we are looking forward to setting up the venue next year! But that of course until now is all top secret :)

fotomodel.de betatest

Germanys new model community fotomodel.de is up for a betatest, if you are a model email your portfolio to info@fotomodel.de to apply as a beta user. see http://www.fotomodel.de for details!

how fabulous your life is

Funny how certain models want to make you believe in their blog how fabulous their live is, how they earn big $$$ and have one paid job after another, when in reality they can barely pay their rent and have debts with you beyond acceptable, which they refuse to pay. One thing is great though: Facing them in court, their "I'm broke and can't pay" argument won't count, if all their web says differently :-)) P.S. Those expensive boobies hang again. How sad is that?!

V-Couture Corset Fashion

I am very happy to be able to work for corset designer V-Couture with Model Sina. The last few days we created some awesome stylings and sets to show off her corsetry. See more works at facebook or deviantART. Enjoy.

the before and after drama

Honestly, y'all know, that with professional photography nowadays there's a whole lot of photoshop to every pic, and I long planned to make a section of my site where I show off the retouching, and how the pictures were originally shot. That said I have just received a priceless writing from an opposing lawyer of a former model, amongst other bullshit e.g. threatening me to not dare show before-and-after pictures of my work, because it would defame the model... yeah right ;-)))) Not to mention the girl does erotic dance performances in public, where she is shown wearing far less clothing than in any of my pictures - and logically without photoshop. as if that wouldn't defame anyone LOL Excuse me - when have I ever been impressed by lawyer talk?! I am quite sure, a photographer is allowed to advertise and show off his retouching skills. So have fun filing any lawsuit, cause even if you win eventually, I have legal insurance, and I don't give a damn. :)

How to become a famous goth model

Success recipe on becoming a famous goth model: Completely scarify your arms, be a coke addict, offer yourself to clothing designer for free to get good pics, and then show off on facebook how fabulous your life is! :)

in your face

As some of you might already know, I'm an occasional writer. My latest dystopic novel is called "Vinyl City" and here's the main character Cara Violet portraied by Model Sina Domino Collins. This was a fun shooting with a very difficult move to capture on a still image.

How to be an image thief

Simply take others copyrighted work and use it any way you see fit without their permission. If they politely ask you to remove it, tell them what jerks they are, and that it's not their photography after all. In pending lawsuits don't expect any expenses, since any judge will say "of course you were allowed to use their work!" And if presented with a note of fees, or even with a fine, simply claim bankruptcy! They won't send you to prison, will they?!

Nailed it

For quite a couple of months i had this idea in my mind, of shooting my own latex creations at Piccadilly Circus in London. My dream came true, when i went back to London again, this time with my gorgeous new muse model sina, who totally nailed an amazing shooting week with me. Not only did we rock Piccadilly Circus, but jumped Jack the Rippers dark alleys, and were allowed to shoot at the famous Cyberdog Camden store, with free choice of all therein. Not to mention the shopping trips and night outs with lovely new friends. We'll miss u & be back again soon!

Steaming hot

What are the odds of nailing the same thing twice?! My new muse Sina inspired me to rewrite the chapter of steampunk fashion, once so popularily shown with the Starshooter picture you all love and know - so we spent the day in the prop workshop creating some wonderful accessories and this new outfit. What else can I say? I did it again!

walking in the doctors footsteps

There I was, walking around the london streets early morning, when all of a sudden the Tardis appeared in front of me. It was a bit dirty, but i just hate to figure out a way to get in there, and as you can see, eventually i succeded. what can i say?! It's really bigger on the inside, and it looks bloody awesome. good thing the doctor didn't catch me...

Shooting in London

I was very happy to work with Innocence Lost and Andromeda X at a famous London studio today, an outstanding location with endles possibilities. Returned home with approximately 2000 new images, here are just a few for your viewing pleasure. More will be release over the next few weeks.

back in london again

Finally here we go again, I'm back in London, at my favorite hotel, the Millennium Baileys, and I just had a fantastic dinner at my favorite steak restaurant. Tomorrow I'll be visiting the Doctor Who Exhibition, which I have been looking forward to do for months. Also of course new shootings are on the way. I'm very happy to work with Andromeda X, and Innocence Lost at a magnificent Studio with victorian ambience, which formerly was an old pub. You can expect some awesome new pictures! Oh yeah, and I'm going to see the phantom of the opera sequel "love never dies"... I wonder how that turns out to be ;)

Bus Conductor

Since my old volkswagen bus went up in smoke a few weeks ago, i had to buy a brand new t5 multivan, which we have tweaked and tuned a little over the past days. not only did it get the famous performance horse logos i created for our show horse team, but also some new fancy expensive tires and a few extras on the inside. it now matches my touareg perfectly and even has a mobile office with wlan inside. I'm really looking forward to a couple of fancy outdoor shootings this year.

New star is born

Here's one of my latest latex creations, a sexy metallic purple outfit I made for Model Sina Collins, whom I've been friends with for quite a couple of years now, but unfortunately never had the chance for an extensive shoot. This has changed now and here's the first image of our collaboration. Really looking forward to more!

Meet Vanessa

Upon developing fotomodel.de we have created the virtual character Vanessa, who is the face to the artificial intelligence behind the entire system. Today was shooting time with Vanessa, who was actually my very first virtual model to participate in a professional photoshooting. She did really well, and I'm looking forward to a lot of future shoots with here. haha :)

fotomodel.de coming soon

I am happy to announce the development of an own modeling an photography web project, called fotomodel.de! The popular domain will be germany's next model community, and your new way of looking for beautiful models and excellent photographers. We're all working hard to make it happen, and I have assembled a quite impressive team of helping hands and creative minds. Fotomodel.de is designed from scratch to give you all the features you love from your favorite sites and unlike projects like mk/fc makes a bold approach to focus on quality, style and usability, rather than quantity. Join the Fotomodel.de facebook page to keep in track with the latest developments with feature video previews and a look backstage while it's all in the making!