Ski action
Jeg har aldrig gjort det vilde ud af action fotografi, men jeg er altid frisk på at prøve noget nyt. Jeg har fornylig været på en kort ski tur til Sverige. Desværre havde vi kun to dage på pisterne. Det gav alt for lidt tid til både at nyde turen ned af pisten på snowboardet [...]
Og så skal der lige tages et billede…
Ja sådan lyder overskriften til en artikel som stammer fra Journalisten. Fotografer for ofte til opgave at lave et super godt portræt som skiller sig ud fra mængden, ikke er set før, fortæller en historie og virkelig har noget dybde.
Det er selvfølgelig en spændende opgave, men forestil dig at du er on location med en [...]
Puha et vejr
Ja som de fleste nok har opdaget er vejret i Danmark ikke lige det bedste pt. Vi skal dog huske på at lidt snevejr også giver mulighed for nogle gode billeder. Jeg har desværre ikke selv haft meget tid til at komme ud i det. Jeg nåede dog at knipse et par billeder på vej [...]
Photo of the Month in “digital foto”
A while a go I send in a picture to the Danish magazine “digital foto” and I was lucky enough to have it chosen as picture of the month. Nothing crazy but still one can be a little happy With this honor also comes a little price in form of a Pentax [...]
From 10-50 years
I just happened to stumble over these images the other day. I my opinion this is a great idea and very well executed.
The series is done for Vogue Paris in November 2008. The model i Eniko Mihalik and its done by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin styled by Varine Roitfeld with make-up by Lisa [...]
National Geographic Neanderthal Shoot
Joe McNally is still out there working and more and more often he shares with us some of his work. This time he put up a video about a more recent shot of his for the National Geographic. The story is about the Neanderthals and since there really isn’t any of them left he had [...]
Medina in Concert
A couple of weeks back I went to a carneval here in Denmark in the city called Aalborg. With carneval and party comes music, and I got a few shots of Medina preforming on stage. Thought I would share them with you.
If you want to listen to some of Medinas music visit her myspace.
Tim Christensen in Concert
Time to share some concert photos again. This time the shots are from a Tim Christensen concert and yet again the host was Fermaten in Herning. It was a really great concert with a completely sold out house. As so often I was only allowed to shot during the first 3 numbers in front of [...]
Light Tutorial: One light setups
I here a lot of people saying that if I only had this and that then I could take some great pictures. When I take out the big lights people often come up with comments like that. I don’t know how many times I have heard the phrase “If I had a light like that [...]
Celina Ree in Concert
A few weeks back I went to a local concert hall called Fermaten. A young Danish talent was playing and I wanted to get a few shots of her in action on the stage. If you want to here some of her music then stop by her web page celinaree.dk or her myspace page.
Here are [...]
7 day lightning workshop with Joe McNally
Damn I wish he was doing this thing in Denmark I would be there for sure. But travelling from Denmark to New York for a lightning workshop is a bit much even though it’s Joe teaching.
However Joe McNally has put up day by day post about his workshop. 7 days all in all and a [...]
1.474mp of Barack Obama
Photographer David Bergman was at the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC where Barack Obama became the 44th president of the USA. Over time he has covered everything from presidents, Olympics, super bowls and live 8, but he felt that this was such a big event it needed a very big photograph.
I [...]
How to Photograph Fireworks
I hope you have all had a very nice Christmas and that all your wishes were granted. Past days has been a bit quiet on the blog of course do to the holiday and me spending some time with the family.
The next big thing is already here tomorrow where we celebrate the new years. This [...]
2008 in Photographs
I have earlier posted links to The Big Picture. This site specialises in showing the news in pictures. This means the pictures are the main focus and there for nice and big.
They have put together a very nice collection of pictures showing the year 2008. It’s split into 3 parts so make sure you check [...]
5D Mark II – Video DOF Trick
Some of you out there have already received their new 5D Mark II others are still Waiting. I have been playing a bit with the video mode. The quality is VERY nice but the level of control is not as good as I had hoped. We can only hope that Canon in the future will [...]
Greece Violence in Pictures
I don’t know how wide the knowledge of this goes outside Europe but in last couple of weeks there has been riots in Greece. Loads of young people have been making the streets into something like a war zone. Fires in the street and violent fights with the police.
The reason for all this is that [...]
Christmas for the Photographer
Christmas is closing in and the problem we all have when we get to this time of year is what to put on the wish list. I have found something that I like and some things that I would not mind finding under the tree.
Joe McNally – Moment it Clicks
This book is just brilliant. It’s [...]
Nikon back in the game – D3x
The rumours have been out there for a long time and now it is finally here. Nikon has announced the new D3x. It’s a 24.5mp full frame camera based. The chip is running 14bit and puts out a 50mb raw file. This should keep most people happy even the people shooting for stock. The other [...]
5D Mark II – Sampels – video & pictures
Loads of people out there including me is waiting with great anticipation for the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II. This camera with its high 21mp resolution, full HD video recording and a relative low price could prove to be a very big seller for Canon. This camera will appeal to both the people in [...]
Joe McNally in Copenhagen
Friday the 31th of October Joe McNally was in Copenhagen with the Speed of Light tour. Last time Joe was in Copenhagen I had a blast of a day and my brain was just packed when I went home.
This year was no different and Joe was as always brilliant and speed talking his way trough [...]
5D markII video sample
Finally there is some news on the video capabilities on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. I wrote the other day about Vincent Laforet who was allowed to borrow one from Canon.
The other day the video was not up yet due to the huge bandwidth it would take to host it. But now it is [...]
Leica S2 – 37mp
Leica has now dropped a bomb in the dlsr market. I don’t think anybody was expecting this. But Leica has now released info about the S – system. They are starting the system off with a medium format camera called Leica S2 and 9 new lenses.
The S2 has a 30×45mm CCD sensor boosting 37 megapixels. [...]
New: AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
Photokina is about to start and we will have loads of news in the coming days. Nikon could not wait a few days so today we see a new pieces of glass from them. Its a normal lens called AF-S Nikkor 50mm F1.4G.
Nikon ofcourse does already have a normal lens but this will in many [...]
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
The wait is now over. Loads of people have been waiting for this camera for far to long but now Canon reveals the beast. And I must say it is kind of a beast with some very nice specifications especially considering the price.
Specifications:
New 21.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System (E.I.C.S.)
New [...]