Scattered notes and structured chaos
Field Notes is where the camera is put down – and the thinking begins.
Here, I write about photography not only as a craft, but as a way of seeing, feeling and communicating. Some entries are reflections – quiet observations from a place, a moment, or a subject that stayed with me. Others are more hands-on: tips, tricks, tools and thoughts on what makes an image work.
I don’t claim to have all the answers. But after thirty years of working with visual storytelling, I’ve learned a few things worth sharing.
This is a notebook, not a manual. A place for ideas, not instructions.
Welcome in.
The Story Has Not Changed. Only the Tools Have
A follow-up to "Getting it right from the beginning" (2013) Thirteen Years On, the Argument Remains Thirteen years ago, I wrote about retouching. About how it was never a modern invention, never a digital sin, never something that began with Photoshop or ended with...
Missing the Train to Bollnäs – and Arriving Exactly Where I Needed to Be
One might imagine the worst thing that could happen before a national archery championship is forgetting your bow, or perhaps turning up in the wrong-coloured club shirt. But no — it's standing on Stockholm Central Station, realising that your train to Bollnäs departs...
PAL vs NTSC: It’s Not About the Look – It’s About the Light
Why your gorgeous footage flickers like a haunted house — and the embarrassingly simple way to fix it. Scene One: The Café Myth Picture this.A small café, soft indie music in the background, two filmmakers deep in conversation. One stirs their oat milk latte and...
Goodbye Full Frame, Hello Freedom – A Photographer’s Shift from Nikon to Sony
"There comes a time in every photographer’s journey when a tool becomes a weight. Not just in grams, but in spirit. That time, for me, was now." I have been photographing professionally since 1989 – which means I’ve seen more camera systems come and go than most...
Debunking the Sensor Size Myth – Why Full Frame Isn’t the Holy Grail
For as long as digital photography has existed, the topic of sensor sizes has been a battlefield. Full-frame versus APS-C. APS-C versus Micro Four Thirds. And somewhere in the distance, medium format looms, ready to take its own swipe at the so-called "king." The...
Beyond the Numbers – A Photographer’s True Journey
I have always believed that photography is more than just pressing a button. It is more than a camera, more than a sensor, more than a never-ending debate about megapixels, crop factors, and frame rates. Photography is a story—one that begins long before you pick up...