Anyhow. To end with an actual spring photo, I therefore give you another snow drop version.
Friday, 2 March 2012
First world problem
Anyhow. To end with an actual spring photo, I therefore give you another snow drop version.
Fumes
The blog is not entirely dead. It has just been resting...!
So, before starting the spring-related posts I thought I'd just share this photo where I think I managed to catch the fumes of the newly put out candle.
Taken with my old 400d+Sigma 50mm.
So, before starting the spring-related posts I thought I'd just share this photo where I think I managed to catch the fumes of the newly put out candle.
Taken with my old 400d+Sigma 50mm.
Spring is on its way!
Taken at Mygård, a friends countryside house outside Uppsala
Practising close-ups with my 16-35 lens.
Practising close-ups with my 16-35 lens.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
The Streets Of Barcelona
As I recently visited Barcelona I had a little time to do what I normally do in cities - walk around. So I made some street photos. This is back to the basics - all photos are taken with my old 400d+50mm lens.
Barcelona, a lively city with contrasts. With no further ado, I will let the photos speak for themselves.
Elderly Man
Street Life
Man with flowers
Sleeping
Sleeping
Night Life
A couple in the streets
My only comment is about the balance between respecting privacy and getting good photos. Somehow it’s easier, at least for me, to have less doubts when being outside of my own city/country. In one way it’s understandable as it means taking pictures of people it’s very very unlikely I will ever meet again; also they will never see the photos. In another way it’s worse, as it can be seen as outsiders exploiting whatever there is to exploit. In that sense I see a value of not treating places differently. But the way forward for me is to photograph more people in the streets of Stockholm (as I already do) rather than abstaining everywhere.
Comments on whether you think I’m crossing any lines I shouldn’t be crossing are very welcome!
All photos taken from my “Best of Barcelona”-album which can be found here.
Barcelona, a lively city with contrasts. With no further ado, I will let the photos speak for themselves.
Elderly Man
Street Life
Man with flowers
Sleeping
Sleeping
Night Life
A couple in the streets
My only comment is about the balance between respecting privacy and getting good photos. Somehow it’s easier, at least for me, to have less doubts when being outside of my own city/country. In one way it’s understandable as it means taking pictures of people it’s very very unlikely I will ever meet again; also they will never see the photos. In another way it’s worse, as it can be seen as outsiders exploiting whatever there is to exploit. In that sense I see a value of not treating places differently. But the way forward for me is to photograph more people in the streets of Stockholm (as I already do) rather than abstaining everywhere.
Comments on whether you think I’m crossing any lines I shouldn’t be crossing are very welcome!
All photos taken from my “Best of Barcelona”-album which can be found here.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Nu blommar syrenen / The lilac is flowering!
In Sweden we say “mellan hägg och syren” - “between bird cherry and lilac” - to refer to this time, which by many is seen as the most beautiful time of the year. Not much more to say.
Taken just outside where I live - in late evening light, mixed with street lamp light.
First one is taken with my 16-35 lens, the other two are taken with 50 mm+a 12 mm extension tube I bought some month ago (a cheap 12+20+36 mm set), but haven’t found the time to use that much (yet).
Go out and enjoy them, and other spring flowers, everyone who can. Soon enough it will be June / the lilac blooming period will be over.
Taken just outside where I live - in late evening light, mixed with street lamp light.
First one is taken with my 16-35 lens, the other two are taken with 50 mm+a 12 mm extension tube I bought some month ago (a cheap 12+20+36 mm set), but haven’t found the time to use that much (yet).
Go out and enjoy them, and other spring flowers, everyone who can. Soon enough it will be June / the lilac blooming period will be over.
Friday, 13 May 2011
Liveness!
Obviously I don’t have the time nor discipline to post long posts telling a “full” story on a regular basis. Instead, not to let the blog become completely stale, I will try to give some samples from recently uploaded photos.
Pre-morning light over Norrviken
Above is part the reason why I really like Stockholm, including its surroundings. The shot is taken at 3:15 am, last Sunday morning (8th of May) while biking home from Upplands Väsby. Handheld, 1/13 sec, 24mm, so I’m happy it turned out as sharp as it did.
The view is towards north-east, where the sun would rise in another hour. This means that the gradient towards the corners is not only full-frame vignetting, but the sky actually was much darker in all other directions.
An obvious drawback with the 5d+the 24-70mm lens compared with my other favourite setup, my old 400d+the 50mm lens, is the size & weight. The result is that it most often stays properly sealed in the camera bag in the baskets on the back of my bike. This view though, partly seen between the trees from the bike path along the lake, caused me to stop and take some pictures. I’m glad I did.
Speaking of my other favourite setup; the below photos that I like are taken using it.
Midnight Blues Dancing
"Fallin in Blues", the weekend blues workshop in Grenoble in the beginning of April was very nice. It would deserve a post of its own, but, at least for now, head over to the album instead.
The two first portraits are from the last day of Herräng, week 2 last summer. It was evening, but still very bright. Even after adjusting the light levels I guess some would call them over-exposed, but I like the effect.
The last is from the SICS Open House, after the session of presentations and demos, when people were socializing, and I finally had the time to take pictures (as I had been demo-ing and talking all day before that).
That's it for now, hope to get back in less than two month :)
Pre-morning light over Norrviken
Above is part the reason why I really like Stockholm, including its surroundings. The shot is taken at 3:15 am, last Sunday morning (8th of May) while biking home from Upplands Väsby. Handheld, 1/13 sec, 24mm, so I’m happy it turned out as sharp as it did.
The view is towards north-east, where the sun would rise in another hour. This means that the gradient towards the corners is not only full-frame vignetting, but the sky actually was much darker in all other directions.
An obvious drawback with the 5d+the 24-70mm lens compared with my other favourite setup, my old 400d+the 50mm lens, is the size & weight. The result is that it most often stays properly sealed in the camera bag in the baskets on the back of my bike. This view though, partly seen between the trees from the bike path along the lake, caused me to stop and take some pictures. I’m glad I did.
Speaking of my other favourite setup; the below photos that I like are taken using it.
Midnight Blues Dancing
"Fallin in Blues", the weekend blues workshop in Grenoble in the beginning of April was very nice. It would deserve a post of its own, but, at least for now, head over to the album instead.
The two first portraits are from the last day of Herräng, week 2 last summer. It was evening, but still very bright. Even after adjusting the light levels I guess some would call them over-exposed, but I like the effect.
The last is from the SICS Open House, after the session of presentations and demos, when people were socializing, and I finally had the time to take pictures (as I had been demo-ing and talking all day before that).
That's it for now, hope to get back in less than two month :)
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Public Transport
I have found that public transport offers plenty of different photo opportunities, from entire train stations to people and small details. Everything from wide angle lenses to telephoto lenses can be useful. Even if I just happen to carry my camera from some event, no matter which lens that happens to be on the camera, it is likely that there is something to photograph.
(The timing of this post is not entirely arbitrary - until recently I had the one month regular public transport ticket - starting with the Snowball week - but now I’m again primarily bike-bound, so fewer public transport photo opportunities for me.)
The big picture / Wide angle
Using the subway, passing escalators is normally a part of the journey. Several photo opportunities. Many of mine turn out dull, but now and then the lines and/or the colours create a pleasant visual effect.
Colourful escalators
Since I don’t care about the documentary aspects as I’m photographing for fun, I have no objections to manipulating the colours the way I want them - which might mean anything from over-saturation, like the one above, to black and white.
As a winter bonus you get the moist-lens softening for free if you come in from the cold into a warm subway hall (the camera manuals advice against this usage, especially if you do not have weather sealed lenses).
Converging Lines
Movement
Large vehicles rapidly moving - opportunities to practice your long shutter speed skills:
... either from the outside ... (Photo is from Häggvik tramway station, shutter speed 1/30 sec.)
...or from the inside! The photo above is from inside a German bus going from Dagstuhl to St Wendel. The driver drove at least 10 minutes with the doors wide open before realizing something was odd (we didn't complain, as it was rather warm, and no children in danger on the bus - in fact, me and my cs summer school travel companion D were the only passengers). The shutter speed 1/50 sec was enough to create the blur.
People
If you have the guts and/or don’t mind risk being seen as obtrusive, public transport is also good for candid portraits. (Since I do mind being seen as obtrusive, there are many moments where I later regret not having the reflexes to snap a picture.)
Waiting for the subway
Security guards
The two pictures above are taken with my 135mm lens, which allows you to get close without physically being close.
In the line for the bus
On the other hand, travelling nighttime on weekends you might also encounter people that want to pose for you when you carry your camera visibly...
Random posing people
Details
Finally, there are plenty of details which can be worth paying attention to.
STOP
Refresh Yourself
All of the photos in this post are taken from my compiled set of public transport pictures
(The timing of this post is not entirely arbitrary - until recently I had the one month regular public transport ticket - starting with the Snowball week - but now I’m again primarily bike-bound, so fewer public transport photo opportunities for me.)
The big picture / Wide angle
Using the subway, passing escalators is normally a part of the journey. Several photo opportunities. Many of mine turn out dull, but now and then the lines and/or the colours create a pleasant visual effect.
Colourful escalators
Since I don’t care about the documentary aspects as I’m photographing for fun, I have no objections to manipulating the colours the way I want them - which might mean anything from over-saturation, like the one above, to black and white.
As a winter bonus you get the moist-lens softening for free if you come in from the cold into a warm subway hall (the camera manuals advice against this usage, especially if you do not have weather sealed lenses).
Converging Lines
Movement
Large vehicles rapidly moving - opportunities to practice your long shutter speed skills:
... either from the outside ... (Photo is from Häggvik tramway station, shutter speed 1/30 sec.)
...or from the inside! The photo above is from inside a German bus going from Dagstuhl to St Wendel. The driver drove at least 10 minutes with the doors wide open before realizing something was odd (we didn't complain, as it was rather warm, and no children in danger on the bus - in fact, me and my cs summer school travel companion D were the only passengers). The shutter speed 1/50 sec was enough to create the blur.
People
If you have the guts and/or don’t mind risk being seen as obtrusive, public transport is also good for candid portraits. (Since I do mind being seen as obtrusive, there are many moments where I later regret not having the reflexes to snap a picture.)
Waiting for the subway
Security guards
The two pictures above are taken with my 135mm lens, which allows you to get close without physically being close.
In the line for the bus
On the other hand, travelling nighttime on weekends you might also encounter people that want to pose for you when you carry your camera visibly...
Random posing people
Details
Finally, there are plenty of details which can be worth paying attention to.
STOP
Refresh Yourself
All of the photos in this post are taken from my compiled set of public transport pictures
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