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…

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…

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 🙂

Peace of mind

I’ve been indoors the whole week (quarantine) and it has seriously affected my inspiration. But today it all started to feel better. I am so thankful that all in this little family are feeling well and healthy! No tips today. Just an observation that struggle to perform is not worth it. Struggling against your feelings…

are photo contests worth it?

That is a good question, isn’t it? 🙂 As always, things are not completely black and white… It depends on what you’re after or in which development phase you find yourself. And it depends which kind of contests. I have just entered this image above to an Instagram challenge. Free and fun! But there is…

a story?

This image I added to Unsplash a few months ago has been dowloaded in the hundreds. It made me wonder why. There is no shortage of sunsets and historical monuments out there on the net so what makes this one stand out? Free download – link in caption! If you have a minute please hit…