Spikes

So.. Just got back from two weeks of holiday in Hawaii.. Oh yes! In a weird way I always find myself drawn to these spikey flower things you see in tropical places. So artistic and symmetric in an asymmetric way. 

Men in women's wear

Pride..

For the first time I went to the Pride Parade in Copenhagen.. Not the last. 

Are you a prince?

Footie..

In door football field in the center of Copenhagen.

Red, black and white..

I never ever would have thought that I would be photographing motor sport.. Dark location, impossible speed and well.. everyone is wearing a helmet. Not exactly the most interesting sport to shoot. However.. A great way to get to know my camera even better. 

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.. 

Skt. Hans

Yesterday I went to Blågårds Plads in Nørrebro here in Copenhagen for Skt. Hans with my friends.. First time I didn't go to the ocean to see the bon fire. It worked quite well - except from a couple of times where the wind caught the flames and threw them into the audience who ran screaming for their lives. Fun times. 

Today is a sad day - days are getting shorter and night time is increasing. Boo. I love these light summer nights. 

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. 

Summer bath

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.