favourite #1. no one loves – but me

Apple Blossoms

Today is a very special day – I am going to write about the making of one of my special favourites, which no one loves – but me.

As I mentioned in one of my latest articles it is most important to develop and keep your own style in photography (and everywhere else as well – by the way!) – so (for me as a keen photo enthusiast) it is not important if everyone likes my images – but it is most important, if I like them, and what I am feeling looking at them. I would like to show you the “making of” of one of those “rather difficult” images – it is one of my favourites.

Continue reading

Black shadows or shadow details?

Pure black shadow

Some photographic thoughts about contrasts, highlights and shadows.

Many modern contemporary fine art street photographs and cityscape photographs are characterized by strong contrasts between the deepest shadows and the brightest highlights – which makes them very attractive in common. Pure black shadows and pure white highlights predominate – in between there is only a small range of greytones; contrasts are high.

Continue reading

fine graded m[…]

m[…] stands for “monochrome” or “monster”

fine graded m[]
Lake Másvatn, view to the North

October-8 2017, on our way from Akureyri to the East of Iceland we passed the calm lake of Másvatn, a few miles before the geothermals of Mývatn. Attracted by the silence of the area and the untouched surface of the water I decided to take some photographs of the calm water.

Continue reading