Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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Last spring I was asked if I could take some pictures for a local book project. I was a bit hesitant because the motif wasn’t my normal stuff and experience has taught me that I don’t do well ”on commission” – I’m only at ease when my inspiration to photograph comes from inside me. But,…
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Musings on photo editing, part 2 Part 1 My question is, is a photograph a representation of reality, or is it the photographer’s interpretation of what they think reality should be? When the picture is edited to no longer reflect the reality, I’m not sure if I want to call them photographs anymore… seems like…
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Musings on photo editing, part 1 Remember when they used to say that a photo never lies? Well, they may have been a bit too blue-eyed even in the old days of analogue. There was a lot more going in the darkroom than simple film development. But by and large, a photo didn’t lie. Those…
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The cold spell has finally broken. I always say that it isn’t a proper winter if the temperature doesn’t dip below -20 degrees centigrade but four weeks of it in a row… is a bit a much, only a handful of days when it wasn’t quite that cold. Somehow I prefer my photo excursions without…
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My favourite winter trek has got to be the trail to the Älgsjön lake. For starters, it’s just the perfect distance for a snowshoe hike, maybe a tad short but it’s also nice to come back home and have some energy in reserve. In the summertime there’s a road to Älgsjön, but it’s not really…
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If November was unusually warm then December was unusually cold, the last half of it anyway. Perfect winter month, actually. A nice mixture of winter weather with some days with constant sunshine (well, those 4 hours of it anyway) and some days with constant snowfall but most days just simply winter grey. * * *…
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If I felt that 2009 ended with a photographic low note, then 2010 started with a high note. No genuine high key (even if I tried), but I found a lot of other things that I didn’t expect at all. When I left in the morning, my only target was an old and broken tractor…
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So it’s the last day of the year, time to wrap up photography for 2009. The scenery is still nice and wintery, but when you look through the viewfinder it’s not so pretty anymore. Windblown debris and pockmarks from fallen snow, not ideal for landscapes. But I had to try anyway, so I opted for…
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I have a ”Photo Of The Month” collection in Lightroom. Every month I pick a favourite picture from that month’s crop, so each POTM is not necessarily among the best pictures of the year because not all months are created equal. Some months I have more – and better – keepers than others, but selecting…
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It seemed like there might actually be a sunrise today. I mean the kind of sunrise that you can see – with colour and all, you know. So I made my way to a new spot I had found, the viewpoint is a bit too low to actually see the sun come over the horizon…