Took some pictures of Deanne in our design hotel (Clarion Sign) in Stockholm right before we went out to go to the Absolut Ice Bar

The last night in Sweden on our summer trip this summer we decided it would be fun to stay at the design hotel close to the station in Stockholm. We needed to get up to fly home the next day anyway so staying close to the train station made sense. There is a really fun hotel called Clarion Sign. They have designer furniture all through the hotel from Scandinavian designers. The whole hotel is filled with photos from Scandinavian designers too. In the lobby they have about 10 of one of my favorite chairs, the Egg Chair. It is a really nice hotel and we liked it a lot.

We decided to be really touristy and went to the Absolut Ice Bar located in a hotel nearby. You basically put on a coat and walk straight into a freezer where they have a bar made of ice and serve different Absolut Vodka drinks in glasses made out of ice. Cheesy but fun!

Anyway, after Deanne had put makeup on and was ready to head out we decided to take some portraits (since, you know, I am a total camera nerd..). I set up two flashes and bounced one into the bed sheet and a pillow to soften the light, and the other one as a catch/fill light to get some eye sparkle and some fill. I balanced the shutter speed so that the curtains got the right value. I have always wanted to do a portrait in front of this type of curtains, I really like the backlighting they give you. We took pictures for probably half an hour before we headed out for a quick snack and then the Ice bar :)

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