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FEATURE<br />
FEATURE<br />
On <strong>the</strong> go with<br />
Karl Larsen<br />
Karl Larsen is a Los Angeles based<br />
photographer that travels <strong>the</strong> world<br />
shooting bands and celebrities.<br />
We featured his shot of Keith<br />
Richards on <strong>the</strong> cover of<br />
TONEAudio’s 8th issue,<br />
back in 2006. Larsen’s career has grown<br />
exponentially since <strong>the</strong>n, now actually<br />
encompassing more entertainment related<br />
PR photography. Currently on location in<br />
Cambodia, covering <strong>the</strong> shooting of Angelina<br />
Jolie’s latest film, he was kind enough to bring<br />
us up to speed on things and share some<br />
career highlights with us.<br />
TA: Your site mentions love for<br />
photograpy “at an early age.” When<br />
did you get your first camera and<br />
start shooting? Film or digital?<br />
Larsen: I got my first camera, a<br />
Kodak Rangefinder 110 film camera,<br />
in 1979 when my family and I were<br />
living abroad in Winchester, England. I<br />
don’t recall if it was a gift or a request,<br />
but I took off with it immediately. I<br />
remember getting artsy with it later<br />
that same year on a trip to Brugge,<br />
Belgium, taking extreme close ups of<br />
flowers while having <strong>the</strong> typical city<br />
architecture of <strong>the</strong> buildings in <strong>the</strong><br />
background.<br />
When did you go digital? Was it<br />
happily or reluctantly? Did it take<br />
long to get in <strong>the</strong> groove with<br />
Photoshop? Is Photoshop a major<br />
creative part of your photography<br />
or only to enhance, touch up or<br />
take out <strong>the</strong> occasional nasty bits?<br />
I started with Digital with <strong>the</strong> Canon<br />
D60 in <strong>the</strong> summer of 2002. (Not <strong>the</strong><br />
Canon 60D but ra<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Canon D60,<br />
boy was that camera slow.) I always<br />
did half <strong>the</strong> job with my Nikon N90s<br />
film camera and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r half with<br />
<strong>the</strong> canon 60D, but was too nervous<br />
to completely jump in without a film<br />
back up. I did that all <strong>the</strong> way until <strong>the</strong><br />
summer of 2007 when I bought <strong>the</strong><br />
Canon 10D and never picked up a film<br />
camera for a work job again. Then it<br />
was just my Leica for <strong>the</strong> artsy cool<br />
factor at someone’s art opening, but<br />
for no o<strong>the</strong>r reason than having fun.<br />
I use Photoshop from time to time but<br />
really ACDSee is my application of<br />
choice, ever since I went digital; I use<br />
it every single day. It’s been months<br />
since I used Photoshop and I can’t<br />
really remember what for. (continued)<br />
68 TONE AUDIO NO.75<br />
November 2015 69
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