Later summer/early autumn is mushroom season here. Natives take to the forest to harvest Karl Johan and chanterelle for the dinner table. I am satisfied with capturing the colours and shapes with my camera while enjoying the scents of the autumn forest. We have gotten into a habit of doing short family hikes in the … Continue reading Mushroom season
Tag: Photography
Photography: Best of Summer 2023
August is coming to an end and so is summer. I found many opportunities to compose and create pictures. In this post I present my personal favourites and put a few words into the process behind. Puzzles On a rainy day in our summer house in Denmark, we pulled out a couple of puzzles. I … Continue reading Photography: Best of Summer 2023
Botkyrka
One of the many projects I took pleasure in this spring was to photograph locations in my local area and upload on Google Maps. Spring is a great season for taking marketing pictures and I had time at hand to seek out the locations at the optimal time of day. I wanted to show that … Continue reading Botkyrka
Visby
I treated the family with a four day trip to Visby on Gotland to celebrate signing for a new job. Gotland is the large island in the middle of the Baltic Sea. A popular tourist destination reachable in a three hour ferry ride from Nynäshamn south of Stockholm. View from Galgberget (Gallows Hill) north of … Continue reading Visby
Forest and lakes
I didn't know a lot about Stockholm when we moved up here. We ended in Botkyrka, most famous for the 1960ies high rise buildings. However, it is also a place with great many scenic trails which are perfect for a morning walk.
Meteora
Meteora means between Heaven and Earth. Millions of years ago, the area that is now Meteora in Greece was covered by ocean. Layers of sediment created the sandstone that later eroded away, creating the weathered forms that make up Meteora today. The geography is not unlike Grand Canyon and Brice Canyon in the US South … Continue reading Meteora
Acropolis
So it happened that I found myself in Athens, Greece in March. First place to explore being Acropolis, the 'high city' with a history of more than 2500 years. Finally getting some use of learning the difference between doric and ionic columns in third year gymnasium, I made it to the top on a beautiful … Continue reading Acropolis
Sweden 2022
I have printed and framed a selection of photos from my corona walks. Most motives are local, taken within 10 minutes of where I live. Last year I did framed prints for our own walls, this year I was thinking it could be fun to see if I could sell some. I like the process … Continue reading Sweden 2022
My visits in Ukraine: Pripyat
I visited the city Pripyat in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in June 2009 and my Scandinavian brain got a lecture on cultural understanding.