Photography

Here are a few of my personal favorites among the photographs I've made. Please visit my Flickr gallery for lots more, or check out the Best of 2010's 365 project.

Red and Green Leaves

This has the distinction of being the first (and so far only) picture that I have sold! The manual focus was no big deal; I would have liked the picture no matter where the focal plane was located.

Stairway

Detail studies of structures and buildings are in my opinion often more interesting than trying to fit everything into the frame.

Reflections IV

What happened to Reflections I through III? They were good, but not this good. This picture is a lot less busy, and so I picked it over the others. A straight picture of the crane would not have been as effective, therefore the reflection in the still afternoon water.

Rust and Water

The piers on the northern bank of the Göta river have lots of interesting details and colors, mostly involving rusted steel structures. My first real walkabout with the 35 mm happened to coincide with the best light in weeks, which was very inspirational.

Balloon over Lindholmen

A fine summer's day in Gothenburg often means that you only have to wait for the whoosh whoosh of the hot-air balloons. I was pleased that this one hadn't gotten very far until I could rush out onto the balcony with my telephoto lens.

Against the Grain

Perhaps an expression of my contrarian streak? Shot on the way from the military museum in Stockholm.

Beaucoups de rivets

In addition to all the pictures of the Eiffel Tower that others already have shot over and over again, I was pleased that I was able to capture a new perspective. As a former purchaser of rivets among other things, it is also amusing in another sense.

Freedom

I do not ordinarily like evocative titles for my photographs, because I believe a good photo should be able to stand by itself. You decide in this case. Actually, the setting is not particularly sinister—it's an outdoor storage site just across the street from my old workplace in Kungälv.

Stureplan by Night

Who needs VR? Or tripods? Shot hand-held at night and I was rather pleased I was able to do so without excessive camera shake.

Stone Sculpture

I like clouds, I like polarizers, I like black and white pictures with red filters, and I especially like combining them all. I am not sure I would have liked this photo as much if the clouds hadn't been there.

Ramberget

This was a nice picture taken in August, 2007, during one of those rare days of blue sky and white clouds and not just a grey overcast soup. The absence of colors emphasizes the lines and textures of the road.

Erin in Black and White

It is annoying that on the best pictures of my wife, a bottle of Ramlösa mineral water inevitably has a prominent role in the composition. Hence, a heavily cropped picture rather than a feeble retouching attempt.

The Dance Teacher

Erin's dance teacher conducting a group of oriental dance rookies. Dance photography is quite tricky because you need to anticipate the action, something that I'm terrible at. If you cannot do it properly, you need to find a different angle on it.

Snowscape

Sometimes you need to brave the elements to get your shot. It was ages until all this snow and ice melted, and I seem to remember people ice fishing in the harbor well into March of 2010.

Grumpy Kittie

While trying out my new macro lens, I decided to use Krycek as a test portrait subject. From the look on his face, he's had quite enough of Daddy's flash gun and looks quite ready to show this photographer the true meaning of "sharp".

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