Jeanie Kayla - Wels, Austria
Julia Petrova - Haiming, Austria
Marina Yusova - Moscow, Russian Federation
Veronika Davydova - Moscow, Russian Federation
Emily Rose Mawson - Innsbruck, Austria
Evgenia Kaveeva - Moscow, Russian Federation
"We began our odyssey in Munich, Germany with a tour of Neuschwanstein Castle and captured some very beautiful landscapes.
From Germany we moved on into Austria starting near Switzerland at Bregenz and then moving eastward to Haiming, Innsbruck and on to Vienna.
I had the very delightful experience of working with Emily Rose Mawson from England, who is presently living in Innsbruck, Austria
Emily Rose Mawson
Julia Petrova
In Haiming, Austria, which is a small village in Tirol, I photographed Julia Petrova, who comes from the Ukraine and now resides with her husband in Austria. Julia Petrova has opened a new art gallery in Haiming and, I am happy to say, three of my photographs are on exhibit there now."
Jeannie Kayla - Wels, Austria
"Our final stop in Austria, before moving on to Russia, was in Wels where I photographed the very petite and lovely Jeannie Kayla. Jeannie is from Indonesia and now resides in Austria with her husband. The shoot with Jeannie was quite special not only because of her outstanding modeling abilities and trim artistically pleasing figure, but the shoot was done, at her suggestion, at the ruins of the Schaunburg Castle outside of Salzburg, Austria. Hannes, Jeanie's husband served as my assistant casting light on Jeannie using a large reflector. We enjoyed our time with Jeannie and Hannes and later, at a beautiful restaurant with a terrace overlooking the Danube River, they taught us the joys of a local drink known as Most. The nectar, which is a light and very pleasing cider drink, was most welcome. Being quite thirsty after a photo shoot in the hot sun at the Schuanburg Castle, it was far too easy to over-indulge and the mild alcohol content brought about a mellow glow and many laughs with our new friends."
"In Moscow, we were met at Domodedevo International Airport by our dear friend and lovely model, Veronika Davydova. My wife and I developed a strong and very pleasing friendship with both Veronika and Elena Scherbakova, at an earlier time when they resided near us in the United States. When they returned to Russia, we promised to visit them there and this trip was the result.
At a photo studio in Moscow, I worked with Russian models Marina Yusova and Evgenia Kaveeva and, of course, our lovely friend, Veronika. No trip to Moscow is complete without visiting Red Square and we made that sojourn on a beautiful day with Veronika.
Marina Yusova
Evgenia Kaveeva
Veronika Davydova
Kathleen Harke and
Veronika Davydova at
Red Square
"From Moscow, we flew to Saint Petersburg to visit with Elena and Veronika joined us. There we toured the Hermitage Museum and also took a hydrofoil trip to see Peterhof, Peter the Great's summer home. Both visits resulted in many memorable photos."
Elena Scherbakova
Veronika Davydova,
Elena Schersbakova and
Kathleen Harke at Peterhof,
Russian Federation
What's next for Harke? "The trip to Germany, Austria and Russia completed my photo shoots for the book titled Beauty Revealed, which will be published before the end of 2010. Beauty Revealed follows on the heels of Nu Art en Noir et Blanc, which was a compendium of black and white nude figure art shot in both studio and outdoor locations. I wanted to swing the pendulum in the opposite direction for Beauty Revealed and captured photos of models, again in studio and outdoor locations, but this time in lush surroundings and beautiful colors. I am anxious to see the results of my work for Beauty Revealed."
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