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.
Midsummer 2018
Every year I celebrate midsummer at home on the small island Tranarö in the Swedish archipelago. This year I was the host and felt it was my responsibility to provide some pictures from this wonderful occasion. Please enjoy! [gallery link="file"...
Quick tips regarding editing sunglasses and other eyewear
There are as many techniques to retouching eyewear as it is variations of eyewear. The correct one doesn’t exist. But there are a few useful tricks along the way.
Stage it, light it, love it!
A broad experience from life, education and different stuff is good. It makes us evolve. It makes us better humans. It makes us better at what we do.
A glance through a commercial photographers glasses
Being a commercial photographer you get the experience from a wide variety of different assignments. All kinds of things including documenting an event, corporate portraits, store interior, landscape photography for decoration to precise product photography. And every...
A Summer Wedding Shoot
This summer I had the privilege to shoot a wedding. It’s not something I usually do, at all, but I was seriously persuaded by the bride to be to take the assignment. I remember saying to the bride when I got the question to do the shoot; – “Well, I...
HDR doesn’t have to be a special effect
Sometimes the HDR-technique can really pay off and save time, pulled out hair, and money for you and your client. Don’t be afraid of it as some technique only used by artists. Imagine you have just arrived at your shoot. The lighting on site is great to look at, but...