Lanscape

Posted on May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 Posted in black and white, Hobbies, Landscape, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged blackandwhite., Monochrome, Nikon Z8, Norway, travelLeave a comment

I have a love hate relationship with taking landscape pictures. I live in a country that has some of the most fantastic landscapes you could imagine. I just never seem to capture it.

However once in a while I do (Well in my eyes anyway).

My wife and I had just finished a hill walking day trip and were on our way back to the car. A thunderstorm was brewing and the clouds were ominous and looking very dark and threatening. The sunlight broke through the could cover and lift up this tree just as we were walking past.

Nikon Z8
Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8S

…now hold still

Posted on April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Posted in black and white, Norway, People, Photography, Street, TravelTagged blackandwhite., candid, leicaq2monochrom, Norway, people, street, travelLeave a comment

A candid snapshot of a mother drawing a Shamrock on her daughters face in preparation for the St.Patrick’s day parade.
Leica Q2 Monochrom
pp. CaptureOne 23

Early mornings

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Posted in History, Landscape, Nature, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged black and white, Drammen, early, fog, landscape, leica, monochrom, mornings, outdoors, q2m, weather3 Comments

I get up early most days, it’s one of the few advantages of being a boarder line insomniac. It meansI have plenty of time to cycle the 18 km’s to work before the local town is awake or have even thought about waking up.

I’m lucky in that at least nearly a half of my route takes me along the river path where there are lots of things I can record and the weather is never the same.

This Picture was taken at around 04.30 in the morning everything was totally quiet even the ducks were sleeping when I rolled to a stop by this old stone quay.

It was a foggy start that day so there was plenty of atmosphere I took this low shot which a mate said looked like the cover of some new Scandinavian Crime novel. Anyway just to show the difference I took a similar shot next day without fog and a different aperture setting.

Leave a comment and let me know which you like best.

Borgund Stavkyrkje

Posted on May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Posted in Architecture, History, Norway, Photography, TravelTagged blackandwhite, church, Monochrome, nikonz6, Norway, travel2 Comments

As I promised last week I’m going to try and post one shot a week to re-start my blog.

I took this shot during our brief summer holiday last year The wood to build this church was first felled in the winter of 1180 the building began in 1183. Of the approx 1000 churches built there are 28 left Borgund is the one that is least altered.

Nikon Z6
Nikkor-Z 24-70 f/4.0

Waiting

Posted on March 17, 2015 Posted in Photography, TravelTagged 120, 6x6, black and white, blackandwhite., carl Zeiss 80mm FE, Denmark, epson V700, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, kodak, Medium format, Monochrome, T-MaxLeave a comment

A fishing boat waits patiently for a day out besides a deserted café

Fishing Boat.

Posted on March 11, 2015 Posted in Photography, TravelTagged 6x6, black and white, Denmark, fishing boat, Hals, Hasselblad, Hasselblad 203FE, Medium format, square, T-Max2 Comments

The harbour in winter is spookily devoid of people . You see the evidence of them just not the people themselves. I wanted to bring that emptiness into the photos I took.