Landskrona Stadshuset

The Landskrona Stadshuset, or in English simply the Landskrona City Hall, offices of the towns municipality, and very beautifully located overlooking part of the harbour.

Citadellkliniken in Landskrona

The Citadellkliniken in Landskrona is probably the most beautifully located clinic I have ever seen, nestled as it is on a piece of land jutting out into the Öresund, with a lovely beach on one side and gorgeous seafront parkland on the other. Taken at 22.37 with the sky still fairly bright from a sun that set at 21.27 it is resplendent in a golden glow that couldn't be more spectacular!

Tripod, Aperture Priority, f11.0, 10.0s exposure time chosen by the camera, ISO 200, quick run through DXO and then time spent in PSP X5 working on colour, contrast and sharpening.

Watery Simplicity.

Continuing with the Simplicity theme...

Just for the Colour Of It! (2)

Nikon D90, Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, ISO200, Aperture Priority mode, f8, 1/200s, hand held, VR on, edited in Corel Paintshop Pro X4.

Helsingborg at Night 6

Talking about light reflections and ghosting, here is an extra helping for you. Hey, I like it! 8^)

The entrance to Mölle Harbour, Skåne Län, Sweden.

Entering Mölle Harbour

A beautiful summers day in Mölle Sweden. The white blobs in the water are jelly fish.

Night Walk in Malmö 4

Looking down the canal towards the harbour, enduring a light sprinkling of rain at this point! ;-)

What does it take to shoot good photographs?

I get asked by quite a lot of my friends how I get my photos to look so different/better than the photos that they take with their own expensive dslr's when they have the same (and more often better) camera. Shouldn't the camera take just as great photos regardless of who uses it?

Well, the short answer is. No!

The slightly longer answer is, cameras don't take photographs, people do.

A little simplistic maybe, so let me try the long winded approach. Bear with me.



A lot of "pro" shooters are complaining lately that the proliferation of good, cheap cameras has spelt the death knell for their industry, and while there may be a little truth in that I would like to point out that despite oil paints being widely available to the general public, and millions of aspiring artists worldwide taking up brush, paint and canvas, there is still only one Picasso, or Van Gogh, or Renoir. These geniuses set themselves apart by becoming the best at what they did, which is be creative, pioneer new ways and practice, practice, practice... and then practice some more. Very often to the neglect of friends, family and the material pleasures of life. Are you willing to pay that price?

Similarly, there are a number of photographers worldwide that have sacrificed and practiced themselves ahead of the pack and left the rest of us in their dust! But we try anyway, and have fun while we are at it! I truly believe that if I make the same sacrifices as the artistic greats of old, I can rise above the rest as well. In the meantime, with fame and fortune beckoning, I practice, and study, and work hard at honing my skills, and I think I have improved dramatically since I started on this journey.

This reminds me of the old joke about the man in the suit trying to find Carnegie Hall and when he stopped and asked a neaby beatnik how to get to Carnegie Hall the beatnik said the immortal words: "practice man, practice!"

It has been said that photography is a very lonely sport. Get used to being alone. A lot. You can't be creative and look after the kids at the same time. Or the wife. Photographers are up early, out in the cold and rain and back late. Then they spend a lot of time in the darkroom, or (these days) in front of the computer in the study. Always be willing to learn a new technique, don't think you know it all.

Then maybe one day you will also be able to sell photographs for millions of dollars.

Disclaimer: I don't think I am there yet by a long shot, but I am improving every day. And other people are starting to take notice!

Ducks and Jetty - Lake Esrum, Fredensborg, Denmark

So I finally found out the actual name of Lake Esrum! I live and learn every day. :-)

Ferries arriving - Helsingør Harbour

These ferries shuttle people, cars, buses and trucks back and forth all day long from Helsingborg in Sweden to Helsingør in Denmark, linking the two "Helsings". Normally you can see Helsingborg quite clearly from Helsingør harbour, but the mist is shrouding it almost completely in this shot. Just to the left of this picture (out of picture) is the castle that Hamlet was based in from Shakespeare's play.

Abstract at the Docks - Fredensborg Harbour

Leaving Helsingør Harbour

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...at Fredensborg Lake Harbour.

Mooring Posts - Fredensborg Lake