windows and doors

how do you get a nice photo of a window or door? can you see what I did wrong in this one? here are a few short tips: keep straight, perpendicular lines. you do this by standing straight in front of the object and right in the middle of it. this can hardly be corrected…

spring in detail

close-up photos, also known as macro, suffer from shallow depth of field BUT you can turn this to your advantage. create a minimalistic or abstract image using few colours I find that the strong contrast and the simplicity helps these images pop looking for other tips? check out the blog archive! you can search for…

Copenhagen light festival 2022

it was last month. it will probably be there again next year, with new installations. it’s a lovely long walk in the dark Danish February. over 10 km, just so so you know 😉 for anyone lucky enough to live in Copenhagen this big, open-air free exhibition can be seen over three weeks here is…

ice

have you tried taking photos through ice? ideas: framing reflections ice as the subject frozen objects objects enclosed in ice black and white don’t forget these tips for shooting in the cold 😉

perspective

here are 2 (of several) ways of looking at perspective in photography composition if perspective=point of view, you can shoot from: eye level being the subject bird’s view worm’s view even the loveliest subject can sometimes lead to quite boring or cliché results. that’s a good opportunity for the photographer to test another point of…