Walpurgis, or the preparation for trick and treat in six months time from now on All Hallows’ Eve kicks off the Spring Season in this segment of the world. It is most interesting to see that the pagan celebration of nature elements is popping up in our pictures once in a while. Must be the …
K. I. S. S. stands for “Keep It Simple, Stupid”. I was reminded of that simple phrase when +Christoffer Östberg posted this photo of Embo to G+ today. When you are editing photos on an iPad or iPhone it is so convenient to whip out an effects app to create a little mystery or a little sparkle. …
Today I had the great pleasure to be invited to a small reception where I had the opportunity to meet the King and the Queen of the country I call mine (I am living in my second home country). While most of the time I am surrounded with NDA and other corporate agreements and these …
Yesterday I posted a quick #selfie from the 2012 archive showing me with some classic Gevaert paper from my grandfathers collection which triggered Shelly to ask for your influences in a very strong post (do read the full story on the buffalo posting as it gives a great insight in the political inspired photo work …
We are all influenced in our work, whether we are aware of it or not. Last fall I had to write an artists statement about my work that included its origins and influences. I named the usually suspects like Sally Man and Jock Sturges because I am first and foremost a figure photographer. These two …
It has been hectic this week. All three winners of the Easter Egg Hunt have been announced on IG (no more pink posts today) and the proof printing has been succesfully completed amongst others. No big, long or deep posts from me today (I think I may have a few interesting topics lined up for …
When Shelly mentioned a while ago you should shoot in RAW on the largest format of your DSLR she was of course completely right, but she left a critical piece of information hidden from all of us. You should not only shoot big, you should also print big on a regular basis. Printing your pictures …
TGIF … I always thought animated GIFs was a cool thing of the future and PNG sounded pretty much like an X-rated movie to me, but I never understood TGIF. Until recently … Another fantastic roller coaster week has flew by, and some may have wondered what happened to the Easter Give Away we started …
Yesterday I shared with you my near win of Captain James T. Kirk and explained why I had recovered it from my mental trash bin after seeing the TED of Sarah Lewis. As part of my little workflow I had uploaded it to Flickr so I could share it here with you, but could not …
I hope you had a chance to read +Me2‘s latest blog post “Day IV”. Even though he is already suffering from blogging fatigue, it was a good one. If you didn’t get a chance to watch the excellent TED talk on the near win by Sarah Lewis, I urge you to give it a view. If …
