We are moving ...

After almost 8 months of facing problems with our new ProPhoto blogsite (that neither our webhotel Loopia, the customer service of Prophoto or Google could understand and furthermore fix up), we have finally moved to a new webhosting provider and we have started a new blog.

You can read about our recent news at our blog " www.orasisfoto.se/blog ".

We would like to send our warmest thanks to our friend, photo-colleague and data-guru Kjell Post for all the help he has provided us with. Thank you from our heart, Kjell!

Photo booth!

This was the second time we photographed a "photo booth" during a wedding and it was again so much welcomed and enjoyed by the guests as well as the newlyweds. But this time it was a little more advanced; the guests could also send a message to the couple, thanks to a little board we found at Haga Slott.

The guests could be photographed as they want and they could send any kind of message to the couple. The couple had no idea about the messages...

Xiaolu and Michael, we hope you have a nice vacation/trip back to Genéve and we thank you once more for the trust and the wonderful time we had with you during these three days in Enköping!

Dear guests, who came to the little studio in the basement, you were really amazing! Thank you for the fun and the laughs-to-tears!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait

Michael and Xiaolu

Michael and Xiaolu live in Switzerland but they chose Haga Slott in Enköping, 80 km from Stockholm, to get married.

Today we met with them for the first time after many months, in the castle where the reception will take place, and we visited the church where the ceremony is going to take place tomorrow. The priest explained for the couple th,e ceremony before we got back to the castle for the crayfish party with the guests!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Enköping, Haga Slott, Michael and Xiaolu,

Emma and Simon.

When i first met Emma and Simon, in the begining of the year, it stroke me directly how familiar Emma looked to me, but i could not really remember from where. Then i thought that maybe she had been framed in some of our photos that we use to see very often on the screen of our computer (a photo from some of her friends' wedding or from the Unversity in Stockholm) and in the end started to look so familiar. It has happened several times before.

It was Emma that asked me after a few minutes if i had been one of her classmates at Lärarhögskolan in Stockholm some years ago, when we travelled to Tändalen for skiing. Well, i was so focused then on trying to learn skiing at the age of 40 that i could hardly remember any of my classmates there! :-))

We met again with Simon and Emman last week to plan a little about their wedding day and take some photos. Both of them were great and it was a lot of laughing during the session.

Now we are looking forward in meeting them again at the end of July when the wedding is going to take place!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Hedemora, Husby kyrka, Garpenbergs herrgård.

A cooling drop in the warmth of the day!

Sitting in the office working with photos, while the temperatures in Stockholm are around +30° C, i can't resist going back to the photos from a wedding we photographed this winter.

Carolina had just gotten married with her Fidde, and everybody run in the warmth of the house.

Her sister with her fiancé were the last ones to go in, after they had picked up some things used during the ceremony. On the way to the house they stopped for a kiss and a hug.

The temperature was -18° C and blowing!!!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Abisko, Kiruna

Anna and Paul.

With temperatures over 30 degrees Celcious, Anna and Paul got married at Skebo herrgård last week.

They had a beautiful ceremony at Söderbykarl church which was followed by champagne, photos with all the guests together and, a little later, the reception at the really cozy and full of atmosphere Skebo country estate.

Right now they are enjoying the start of their live together at some really exotic place, far away from Sweden, but a dvd with their photos is already on the way to their home by post.

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Skebo herrgård, Söderkarl kyrka.

The survival of the fittest...

Going through the photos of Elen and Peter from Holland, i can't stop smiling while looking at the photo above!

Is man the quickest, then it's just so ...

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Holland

Kristina and Lars in Gålö.

Kristina and Lars got married when the ice in Sweden had just started melting.

The couple had decided to have the wedding ceremony outdoors near the water, and everybody was wondering how it would look like there after all the ice had gone.

This was the reason that the bride's friends decided to make her a couple of boots that would pass with her bridal gown. They bought them and then decorated them themselves.

The bride was offered the present by her friends during her bachelorette party, just a few days before the wedding day. And they really saved the day! :-)

(ps: the second photo from above is decorating the couple's walls as a framed enlargement)

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Gålö havsbad.

Portraits for the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

Recently we photographed some portraits for Kriminalvården (the Swedish Prison and Probation Service). One of the persons to be photographed was Ulrica Palm Jaconelli, who is project-leader working in the Service. The photos are going to be publiced at the service's magasine.

Ulrica, thank you SO much for posing for us twice! :-)

(photos by both Georgios and Mia)

tags: Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Kriminalvården,

Luxurious Jorgensen albums.

We are so pleased to announce that in cooparation with "Lundeby & Co as" as well as the "Jorgensen albums" we have the pleasure to treat your wedding photos in luxurious albums imported from Australia. There is a whole line of sizes, designs and materials to make your album as unique as the moments you have experienced during your wedding day!

Anya and Erik, your album is ready and on time for your next visit to Stockholm and, of course, your first anniversary!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Jorgensen album, Lundeby, wedding album, bröllops album.

16 new priests and deacons in Stockholms Stift.

In two days time the princess Victoria of Sweden and Mr Daniel Westling will get married in Storkyrkan, in Stockholm. It is because of this wedding that the church has received a real facelift during the last months.

This Sunday it was the last time that the church was used for a ceremony before it was closed for the public untill the royal wedding. During this last ceremony 16 new priests and deacons were blessed by the bishop Ewa Brunne and were "married" the Swedish church.

Lots of their relatives and friends attended the ceremony and took the chance to photograph them together with the bishop.

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Storkyrkan, prästvigning, Stockholms Stift,

Korean-Swedish wedding.

I was going through the photos of Li-Yeung's wedding when i saw the photo above and i could not resist to show it here. It is actually some detail shot of the bride's mother who came to the wedding in a wonderfull traditional dress of Korea.

Pink IS the colour!

(the photo is a little cropped due to the wish of the wedding couple for anonymity)

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait

Military wedding soon!

Here comes a photo of a bride-to-be who has been photographed to give a present to the groom their first day of life as married together. A military wedding is coming soon!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, military wedding, στρατιωτικος γαμος, morgongåva, boudoir.

Love and gratitude to the Mother!

Today is the Mother's day in Sweden. Children of all ages show their gratitude to all these very special persons!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, morsdag, mother's day, barn fotografering, baby photo.

Preshoot at Bogesunds slott.

On Saturday i shall have the pleasure to attend and photograph the wedding day of Anna and Anders!

This is actually the first time as far as i can remember that i am not stressed about the weather at all!!! Of course i want it to be beautiful because i know that this would make the wedding couple happy, but as far as photography is concerned, i think we are going to spend most of our time in the very old and beautiful Bogesunds slott.

It was there that we met a week ago, to plan about the session on the wedding day and photograph a little. Well, we could not stop! Four floors just for us, with very old, colourfoul tapestries, large windows and spacious rooms! It can't be better!

Looking so much forward your wedding day , Anna and Anders! :-)

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait; Anna och Anders, Bogesunds slott, Vaxholm

Istanbul revisited!

There are some places that you visit once and become enchanted. It feels like you must visit them again and again, that it is never enough. Istanbul is absolutely such a city; mystery, tradition, history, legend, colours and sounds... It's a magic place!
We were there some 3 years ago for the first time, for a small weekend trip and were just looking forward to visiting the city again!
Imagine our happiness when we got a inquiry from Greece, if we interested in traveling to Istanbul to photograph a baptism. A greek family would travel to istanbul from Greece with relatives and friends and they would so much like to have nice photos from their stay and the ceremony there!
Well, their stay there and the ceremony were s-p-e-c-t-a-c-u-l-a-r !!!! More than a hundred guests traveled there. Plus aproximately 30 persons/professionals who would take care of the sound, the lighting, the photo and video covering, the orchestra, the dancers... The day prior the guests were offered a cruise in Bosporus while the day after, when the ceremony was over, the family guested all the guests with a coctail party at the gardens of the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, which was followed by a dinner in the hotel and dance untill early in the morning.
Due to the request of the family for anonimity not the names nor their photos will be shown at the blog, but a post is coming soon with photos from city, the cruise and the party!

ps: the photo of the Sultan Ahmet cami under the full moon is taken from the window of our hotel! Not a bad view! :-))


tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, christening, baptism, dop, βαφτιση, Κωνσταντινουπολη, Istanbul, Blue Mosque, Sultan Ahmet Cami)

Carolina in Abisko.

Working with the photos from Carolina and Fidde's wedding in Abisko, at the very north of Sweden, a couple of months ago. The couple has a huge amount of photos that we have to go through and choose from, and many of them are really unusual.

The wedding ceremony took place at the top of the Nuolja fjäll, with a breathtaking view all the way to the Lapporten!

All the guests, including us as well as the couple themselves, came to the place where the ceremony would take place with a 20 minutes tour with the ski lifts. Farthermore, at least half of them, including the parents in law, came down, back to the hotel, skiing and skiboarding.

Finally, while photographing the party after the reception, we used a room of the hotel as a studio for a photo-booth. It was really fun to photograph the guests really relaxed, in a great fun mood and probably after one or ... three drinks! :-))

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Kiruna, Abisko, Carolina, Fidde, Ishotell, Icehotel

Photo exhibition for the Holy Mount Athos.

It was 1995 when a friend, monk at the monastic republic of the Holy Mount Athos in Greece, invited me to Athos, to help him to photograph the relegious activities there during Easter. That was it; i was hooked. The following years i visited the place several times, photographing a lot, although at times it had been really dificult since the monks were very intolerant against kameras.
By the time my relations with many of them became really friendly which helped as far as photography was concerned. Some of these friendships actually have become so strong that we still meet very often although i have moved to Sweden and the distance has become thousands of kilometers.
Because of this long distance, my trips to Athos became a little more random but they continued, partly thanks to the financial help from the Association of the Swedish Photographers and the proffesional photo-lab Crimson, in the form of stipendiums.
But the photos remained in the archives and, at best, some of them where shown on internet...

Until some weeks ago, when i found an email in my mailbox from Dimitrios Salpistis, special advisor for the Mount Athos Center, and former vice-president of "Thessaloniki, the cultural capital of Europe". In the email he was explaining that the Mount Athos Center is celebrating this year a decade from its foundation, that a photo-exhibition is going to take place as part of the celebrations and was wondering if i might be interested to exhibit my work there, that they had seen in the net!!!

Well, needless to say that during my visit to Greece hundreds of negatives travelled also with me! :-) The printing will be made with the help of the incredible CCG (Colour Consulting Group) and the exhibition will be open from the 25th of June 2010 untill the 17th of September this year.

tags: Georgios Athanasiadis, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, CCG, Mount Athos Center, Αγιορειτικη Εστια, Αγιον Ορος, εκθεση φωτογραφιας, Δημητριος Σαλπιστης, Dimitrios Salpistis, Thessaloniki, Greece. SFF, Crimson.

The Epitaph on Good Friday in Greece.

It has been a whole month without blogging which is ... almost kriminal but, God it has happened a lot during this month!

Because of the inorm amount of pictures during the different sessions it is no idea for huge posts with dosens of photos. But we love to give a taste of our work!

It was just a little than a month ago that we travelled to Greece to celebrate the Easter time with relatives there. During the Holy Week there is an escalation of religious activities with a holy procession of the Epitaph the Good Friday starting from every church all over the country and finishing back again at the same church some hours later.

tags: Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Greece, Easter, Good Friday, Thessaloniki, Påsk, long fredag, Θεσσαλονικη, Ελλαδα, Πασχα, Μεγαλη Εβδομαδα, Μεγαλη Παρασκευη.

"Underkastelsen".

Åke Bergman, professor i Miljökemi vid Stockholms universitet, medverkade med Stefan Jarl i hans nya dokumentär "Underkastelsen" om kemikalierna i vår kropp och i våra barn.

Här kan ni läsa Åkes intervju till NyTeknik angående filmen och kemikalierna i våra liv.

tags: Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, Stockholms Universitet, Åke Bergman

Christening in Turkey!

Wow! How exciting!
Just booked the ticket to Istanbul (via Thessaloniki) to photograph a christening there! :-)
We were there a couple of years ago for some holidays and the photos resulted to an article at the leading swedish travel magasine Vagabond (nr 04/2007).
Now we shall be a part of an approximately 35 persons group who all will work to make the christening day unforgetable for the parents of the baby and their guests, together with musicians, video filming crew, film-director and everybody else!
The celebrations will last 2 days with a daily cruise in Bosporus the first day and the ceremony plus the reception the day after.
Just praying for the icelandic volcano to take it a little easier now and for a nice weather in Istanbul!!!

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait, fotografisi baptisis, dop, φωτογραφιση βαφτισης

Therese.

I had just come back from C's photo session and wrote a line about it on our wall at facebook when i got the response from Therese, who wished to have a similar session for her beloved.

During the messages we changed to find a theme and an available day for both of us, Therese named two things that stuck in my mind.

The first was "... jag litar på dig ...", ("i trust you"), which made me feel extremely flattered but at the same time raised the bar of the quality of the photos even more...

When i came to her home for the session i got a little surprise; her boyfriend was also there but he was not "allowed" to come close while photographing. When i asked her "...wasn't it suposed to be a surprise present to him?" she answered "i know, but i can not keep secrets from him!". So sweet!

Well, here shows one photo only because the rest will be shown in a couple of months.

Therese looks gorgeous, which reminds me of the second thing she mentioned during the facebook-messages: "jag är dock inte så fotogenique..." (" i am not so photogenic").

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, portrait, morgongåva, boudoir, for your eyes only, Therese

C's morgongåva.

I met with C for the first time in Grand Hotel in Stockholm, in January 2009. She was one of the hundreds of visitors of the Bröllops Mässa (the Wedding Fair) and we did not talk for more than a couple of minutes.
It was some months ago when she contacted us again and asked if we could photograph her wedding day and a few days later asked also about a photo session as a present to her husband.
C took care of everything. She had a clear idea of how she wanted her pictures to look like, in what enviroment she would be photographed and she was amazing at posing! Actually the session went so smooth and the photos resulted at a beautiful 12-pages designed album.
The picture above is one from the album and is shown here with C's kind permition.

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, portrait, morgongåva, boudoir, "for your eyes only"

Kristina and Lars

After two wonderful weeks in Greece to celebrate the Easter, we are again back home trying to put some order at the chaos that we everytime find when we come back home after being away for some days.
Tomorrow i am going to meet Kristina and Lars to photograph our second wedding this year. The weather is a little strange these days, changing from sunshine and 9 degrees Celcius to rain and almost snowing today. But the changes at the light where amazing and hopefully it will be beautiful light even tomorrow.
But it will certainly be different than the day we met for some test-shooting almost a month ago; it was also then sunshine but the temperature was minus and the whole lake was frozen with some half a meter ice on its surface...

tags: bröllopsfotograf, bröllop, wedding photographer, wedding, gamos, fotografisi gamou, γάμος, φωτογραφία γάμου, destination wedding, wedding photography, bröllopsbilder, Georgios Athanasiadis, Mia Åkermark, fotograf, Stockholm, Sweden, event photography, Γεωργιος Αθανασιαδης, φωτογράφος, reportage, portrait