Photo marathon – my winner images

Have you ever participated in a photo marathon? I haven’t – until this year. And it’s SO MUCH FUN!! Indeed it’s nothing one can do alone. You need a group of equally photo-crazy people ready to run around town taking pictures… The one I participated in was organised by my photo club, Helsingborgsfotoklubb. I was…

Garden finds

This week was hard, intensive and marked by continuous lower back pain for me. Even though the acute lumbago pain was over within a day, the difuse pain is still here combined with a disturbing inflexibility of the body. The whole experience with the medical system while not being able to walk left me seriously…

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…

shoot your cake and eat it too!

every time I try to read about photographing food I find those articles going on and on about complicated techniques which ultimately lead to great photos of… inedible things. have you seen such articles? they sound like: use frozen food. use foam instead of whipped cream. use motor oil instead of syrup. fake ice. grrrr!!…

happy holidays!

Have a wonderful time with your loved ones, keep safe and take lots of pictures!! Just in case I don’t post anything else before Christmas 🙂

brighten the short grey days

November. There’s so little natural light here in Sweden and it can happen that one doesn’t see the sun for weeks. It’s grey, sad and often wet. One starts to watch tv and the camera is forgotten until spring… Nope. I don’t like that and I’m going to fight it! I’ve been googling and thinking…

there IS a fast track to excellent photos

Yes, yes, you should read about the rules of composition and buy a good camera and take lots of pictures. I’m not saying you shouldn’t. But I believe there is something else you need to do if you wish to improve your photography and take a really big step forward. Something that will motivate you…