Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania

The Palace of Parliament is that huge ‘house of the people’ built in Bucharest during the last years of dictator Ceausescu – and even a few years after. It is the heaviest building in the world, the second largest administrative building (after the Pentagon) and host to the Parliament and several museums. Wikipedia will tell…

Portrait mood

Long time no post! A portrait mood is probably a first for me. I recently bought a new 100mm lens and I’m not sure if portraits are the reason or the result of that 😄 But it doesn’t really matter. Here are some special BW favourites… Tips? I’m sure there are so many more… Do…

Kronborg , Danish castle joy

Here come travel tips rather than photo tips 😃 First time I visited the inside of the Kronborg! It only took me 12 years, living relatively close to Helsingor, Denmark. This castle is SO worth a visit! There are many things to see and you can easily spend half a day within its walls. If…

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 😉