Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Monday, December 30, 2019
Top image December 2019
Last top image of the year, in December a photo of Linnés Vikström of Therion live at a special solo appearance with Sam Söderlindh of Art Nation in Flen, Sweden, in May 2019 is the one that got the most likes, reactions and comments.
Full speed ahead now towards 2020 and loads of new images for you to enjoy, like and have thoughts about.
Full speed ahead now towards 2020 and loads of new images for you to enjoy, like and have thoughts about.
Top image November 2019
The top image of November 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image October 2019
The top image of October 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image September 2019
The top image of September 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image August 2019
The top image of August 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image July 2019
The top image of July 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Top image June 2019
The top image of June 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image May 2019
The top image of May 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image April 2019
The top image of April 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image March 2019
The top image of March 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Top image February 2019
The quest of summarizing the top images, that is the ones with the most likes, reactions and comments in all social medias combined, by month continues. Here's the image of February 2019.
Top image January 2019
Every year by the end of December I give you the top images for each month of the year, this year is no different and I begin today. Here's the image of January 2019 with the most likes, reactions and comments combined in all social medias I use.
Bakken
We all have our favorites, I do too. When it comes to amusement parks for me it's Bakken in Copenhagen, Denmark. It's actually the oldest amusement park in the World. Wherever I go the cameras are with me, back in 2006 I got this action shot of one of the roller coasters. Can you spot the oddity?
Please feel free to comment...
Please feel free to comment...
Ancient
When reality sets the scene you can get views like this. Those of you who understand Swedish will get the humor directly. The word on the road sign, "fornlämning", translates freely into ancient ruin.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Instrumental
On weekends, most of them anyway, I hit the thrift stores, second hand boutiques and flea markets looking for interesting items to use for photo projects, primarily old, broken toys and musical instruments. This weekend was no different and there will be more music at my residence.
In addition to a couple of nice vinyls, I've been collecting those for 40 years now, yesterday I came across a mandolin and two balalaikas for basically nothing. They're in need of a little TLC, but mostly it's a matter of cleaning them and freeing them of dust.
It's better that the instruments find a new home with me rather than ending up at the city dump.
In addition to a couple of nice vinyls, I've been collecting those for 40 years now, yesterday I came across a mandolin and two balalaikas for basically nothing. They're in need of a little TLC, but mostly it's a matter of cleaning them and freeing them of dust.
It's better that the instruments find a new home with me rather than ending up at the city dump.
Friday, December 27, 2019
More Golden Ratio
Returning for a moment to The Golden Ratio or rather to "the two thirds rule", you're not off the hook yet. The previous post on the topic of The Golden Ratio showed two examples where the two thirds were the ones with less motif, but off course the opposite will work just as fine or depending on the motif better.
A friendly reminder
There's still time to get on board on the MetalPhoto competition at Facebook...
Win a limited edition calender for 2020
This competition is open to only Scandinavia though, but even if you're not located in this part of the World you are most welcome to share the competition page anyway on your timeline.
Win a limited edition calender for 2020
This competition is open to only Scandinavia though, but even if you're not located in this part of the World you are most welcome to share the competition page anyway on your timeline.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
The Golden Ratio
In this day and age when just about everyone easily can publish images, social media platforms enables this, and everyone through their cellulars have a digital camera at hand we are flooded with pictures of various quality. Although anyone can take a photo not everyone should, there are many lacking knowledge on how to compose a good image. Someone said just the other day that there were huge differences between his photos and the ones taken by a photographer, but he had no idea why this was.
To create a harmonius picture you need to think about where things are placed within the frame. The first rule of engagement is to learn and use The Golden Ratio. This is something that was known already by the ancient Greeks, so it's not some modern idea but something that has been adhered to for millennia by painters, architects and mathematicians to name a few. Actually it's something you even can find everywhere in nature as well.
The Golden Ratio is not a difficult thing to learn either, you can see it as "the two thirds rule" if you want to. Put into words A+B is to A as A is to B. In practical terms, divide the image into three thirds and put the horizon, buildings, people or whatever the motif is in one third or on the dividing line (imaginary line that is). Below are two examples of this placement.
Please note that the two thirds rule isn't exactly the same as The Golden Ratio, but it's a working approximation that will help you generate better photos.
To create a harmonius picture you need to think about where things are placed within the frame. The first rule of engagement is to learn and use The Golden Ratio. This is something that was known already by the ancient Greeks, so it's not some modern idea but something that has been adhered to for millennia by painters, architects and mathematicians to name a few. Actually it's something you even can find everywhere in nature as well.
The Golden Ratio is not a difficult thing to learn either, you can see it as "the two thirds rule" if you want to. Put into words A+B is to A as A is to B. In practical terms, divide the image into three thirds and put the horizon, buildings, people or whatever the motif is in one third or on the dividing line (imaginary line that is). Below are two examples of this placement.
Please note that the two thirds rule isn't exactly the same as The Golden Ratio, but it's a working approximation that will help you generate better photos.
Beached
The days of summer are long gone this year and there's half a year still until kids can go wading by the beach again without freezing their toes off. The cold period will come to an end though as it does every year and warmth will embrace us yet again.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Oh Deer!
On my way back home from attending Christmas breakfast at a relatives house I passed this young deer grazing beside the road and did get a couple of shots before it took off like a bat out of hell.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Tears
Sweden's first ever glam rock band Tears (formed 1969) live in Katrineholm, Sweden, in August 2017 at the city's centennial celebration concert.
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Studio kit
Merry Christmas to me too. Every year I give myself a gift at Christmas, this year it's a nice portable studio kit enabling me to do portrait shoots in just about any environment.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Therion
Linnéa Vikström of Therion live at a special solo appearance with Sam Söderlindh of Art Nation in Flen, Sweden, in May 2019.
Droplet
When it's all grey and foggy it doesn't really inspire to go out with the camera, but I did go for a short walk this morning and found some nice water droplets.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Childhood's End - Sweet Tooth
Pinkie's having a sweet tooth at Christmas. Childhood's End - Sweet Tooth.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Early Christmas
Christmas came early, a friend went to the Christmas market in Lübeck, Germany, and brought me box of marzipan candies. Yep, I do have a sweet tooth and really like quality candy.
Walking Lily
Weather today is really crappy, luckily I don't have to go outside to enjoy natures wonders at the moment. A Walking Lily finally burst into bloom and I'm enjoying it's beauty as much as I can. They're extraordinary, but sadly they bloom just one day and then the blossom is gone.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
How far?
A question I often get is how far different lenses can see. To answer that once and for all I give you a uncomplicated explanation here and now. The problem with a qustion like this is that you can't compare like that. All lenses can see just as far, the difference is the grade of magnification. A lens on a camera can't see any further than the lens of a human eye.
Let's say you stand on a beach and your eyes are 2 meters above sea level, then you can see approximately 5 kilometers and anything beyond that is under the horizon and gets obscured. The surface curvature of the Earth sets the limit. If you're higher up so your eyes are 10 meters above sea level you can see a little over 11 kilometers and at an altitude of 100 meters you can see almost 36 kilometers.
As the camera lens usually is at the same height as your eyes all lenses can see 5 kilometers when they are 2 meters above sea level and so on. This of course presumes that you have free sight, if there is a hill 3 kilometers away neither your eye nor the lens can see further than 3 kilometers.
How detailed the image will be however is deterrmined by the quality and resolution of the sensor in your camera, all lenses though can see just as far.
To illustrate the difference between lenses here are a couple of images, they're all shot at the same distance from the house, 45 meters, but with different focal lenghts (18, 50, 100, 300 och 500 millimeters)
Let's say you stand on a beach and your eyes are 2 meters above sea level, then you can see approximately 5 kilometers and anything beyond that is under the horizon and gets obscured. The surface curvature of the Earth sets the limit. If you're higher up so your eyes are 10 meters above sea level you can see a little over 11 kilometers and at an altitude of 100 meters you can see almost 36 kilometers.
As the camera lens usually is at the same height as your eyes all lenses can see 5 kilometers when they are 2 meters above sea level and so on. This of course presumes that you have free sight, if there is a hill 3 kilometers away neither your eye nor the lens can see further than 3 kilometers.
How detailed the image will be however is deterrmined by the quality and resolution of the sensor in your camera, all lenses though can see just as far.
To illustrate the difference between lenses here are a couple of images, they're all shot at the same distance from the house, 45 meters, but with different focal lenghts (18, 50, 100, 300 och 500 millimeters)
Monday, December 16, 2019
Sunday, December 15, 2019
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