One Friday afternoon in June, it was raining so badly we were talking about cancelling.
Just five minutes before I arrived at Rabo stable outside of Västerås, I had been moving at a snail’s pace on the highway because the rain was pouring down and I couldn’t see the road because the wipers couldn’t keep up. But just when I arrived, it stopped raining and this amazing sunset appeared.
Madeleine & Mattias were inside the stable, preparing to head out with the horses, for what I call an About You-session. After the horse ride, we went to the small cottage that they had just moved in to, across the fields from the stable.
I have done many portrait sessions this year, but an About You-session is a bit more than that. It is a photography session all about you, in a more documentary style. It makes you more relaxed in front of the camera, because your attention is on what you are doing and with whom, instead of the camera.
The idea is to do whatever it is you do together that you enjoy. A walk along your favourite trail, an adventure you have been talking about, but for some reason been putting off. Or as in this case, going out on a horse ride together. It doesn’t have to be fancy or demand weeks of planning, what matters is that it means something to you. After all, these sessions are not called about them.
When I told Madeleine about the idea, she knew straight away what they wanted to do. As life in the stables and sharing that small cottage is central to what they enjoy together. We had amazing luck with the weather and you can tell they really had a good time.
So, thank you Madeleine & Mattias for a great session, this was all About You.
Love the images of them riding – very cinematic! So good!
Between the gorgeous couple, the horses, the dog, and the beautiful landscape, this post is all win.
absolutely love how intimate and personal this session is. really great shots!
I love the adventure in these and how much they seem to show the personality of the couple. Fab job!
wow. wow. wow. these are so good! well done.
So pretty. The setting is so serene and it really just feels like you’re hanging out with this couple as they’re doing their thing in this pretty place.
I adore this- such a gorgeous, journalistic approach to a session. Awesome!
Absolutely lovely. I adore how you’ve done more than just take beautiful portraits, you’ve told their story. And that dog is totally stealing the show in some of these shots. I just want to cuddle him!
Wow, such a cool set of images. Beautiful light and composition.
This is beautiful documentary, Mathias. I mean, wow! I am stunned.
I adore the equestrian theme! lovely session.
This sessions rocks… and the horses and the dog just made it even better!
Love this kind of portraits. Well done.
What a great idea an ”about you” session is! Beautiful job.
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