Challenge

So.. No photos come without light - and Denmark is dark these weeks. 

This August I'm shooting some photos for an event bureau. They're doing some sports events for a big company here in Denmark. It's a nice challenge.. Dark gyms, fluorescent lamps, speed.. I love it. 

This is from the first event: Badminton. 

It was a major challenge for me to take these pictures. I had to keep a fair distance at all times to avoid standing in the way. The gym was dark, and I needed to use an ISO 800, which I never ever do. I hate the grainy outcome, but it was necessary in order to keep a fairly short shutter time. I mean - badminton is a quick sport! Shutter speed between 1/500 and 1/250 and f/ 3.5. 

Strawberry Fields Forever

It doesn't get more summerish than this.. Strawberry picking in South of Denmark. Needless to say I didn't fill a single container and got a heavy stomach ache in return. Karma I guess.. 

Now I know why they tell you to whistle why you pick 'em strawberries.. 

On the spot

Shine up

I happen to live in the only street in Denmark where the street names are painted directly on the houses. It has been that way since 1631 and the tradition lives on. 

TIme flies

Who says you have to leave the house to get inspiration? Hah - this fella died a terrible death trapped between my windows.. Just a perfect model to try out my new macro lens.. When I have the time I'm gonna experiment with the reversed lens technique. Stay put. 

I admit that these pics weren't shot with my 50mm but my new 100mm 2.8 macro.. That i L-O-V-E. 

Color my world

Party animals on trains station in Sydney. 

Have you ever looked at an old photo of yourself and thought: "What the f... was I thinking" when you saw what you were wearing? Well.. To me photo editing is just like that. That's why I always save the original so that I can re-edit it whenever I want. This photo was taken half a year ago. 

Rebel

Today at work I looked out the window and two running guys caught my attention. They were running very fast in the middle of the road between the cars straight towards a hot dog stand on wheels with a lady pulling it. They jumped from the street up on the roof of the rolling hot dog stand. The lady didn't notice them - but so did many others. They both did a small dance of victory while greeting the crowd watching them. Then 1-2-3 they jumped from the hot dog stand to a downspout, disappeared behind a building and left their audience smiling and clapping.. Parkours. I love people that dare do things like that. 

These pictures are from an abandoned power plant in Fremantle, Western Australia. 

My biggest fear?

Escalators.. Devilish things - especially the ones that go down down. I'd rather take a leap from a cliff than stepping out on these rolling bastards. 

Btw - this photo is obviously not taken by me but my lovely friend, Ditte. I'm the fear fighter.. 

Trust me

Piles of roses

Cupcakes

They can't possibly taste as good as they look.. 

From above

Flowers on a rainy day in Vestre Graveyard - the biggest cemetery in Denmark. Next week I'm getting a macro lens - imagine how good it will make these photos look. I can't wait. 

Aquarium

I have 250 litres of photo opportunity in my living room. South American Discus fish.

My muse

Without further ado.. Carla Marie. My princess!

Inspirationessless

I know.. I'm slowly killing my blog by not posting anything new these days. And I do apologize. It has been quite an awakening to move back to Denmark from Australia. I started photographing at the Maldives in July last year. In Australia I practiced for six months and in Thailand I went nuts with my camera. I made a promise to myself as I returned to the tiny northern Kingdom, Denmark, that I would keep shooting photos and improve my skills. I've been breaking that promise and I miss it terribly. The thing is - Denmark has, since I got back, been all grey and dark and foggy. And not in the cool mysterious way.. More like a boring, colorless way. I get no inspiration here. None whatsoever. That is why I've convinced my dear boyfriend to go with me to Madagascar this summer. I can't wait. Chameleons, lemurs, native people. Just my kind of photography.

This is him by the way.. In cold and grey Denmark. 

Kinda abstract

I don't like editing my photos too much - they always turn out too far from reality. However with this one I went all the way. High saturation, softness and cloned.. The original is from the orchid house in the botanical garden in Copenhagen. A plain red flower bud turning techno. 

Which version do you prefer?

Spike it up

Evil plants of the botanical garden in Copenhagen. 

As always Canon 1000D with 50mm f/ 1.4 USM. 
Picture 1: 1/1000 f/2.5 
Picture 2: 1/640 f/ 2.0
Picture 3: 1/200 f/ 1.8
I was lucky with the sunlight that gave me perfect light in the large green houses. The pictures are cropped, resized, cross processed and toned down in saturation. My next purchase is going to be a macro lens..

I miss summer

First - sorry for not posting new photos in almost a week. I'm spending the winter holiday in my boyfriend's summer residence far far away from civilization. That includes internet and cell phone reception. I haven't been photographing much the whole week since the winter in Denmark is freeeeezin'. And I'm not talking about the beautiful snowy kind of freezing - just grey wet freezing. It's awful.

 Anyway - this photo is from our last trip to the summer house. Carla kept an eye on the sausages while the barbecue heated. She's the best sausage guard I've ever had. I miss summer!

Blue and green

The Indian Ocean hides a world of beautiful colors and weightless creatures. The water was 30 degrees and crystal clear. The corals was healthy and the fish not afraid of divers. I'm going back to the Maldives.