Late winter and early spring is a time of year that I’m not very inspired by the landscapes. Old snow and ice on the ground, no leaves on the trees and a general lack of colors. Weather is often miserable, and that could of course makes for some nice, moody shots, but mostly, I feel uninspired by nature. So, it is a time of year that I often find myself in towns and cities, capturing architecture and cityscapes.

This year was no exception. My hometown of Trondheim is a beautiful city with old cobblestone streets and buildings full of character. There’s even a lovely river flowing through, making it possible to work with reflections. I have had a few good outings downtown and got some nice images from both our cathedral and the wharves by the river. However, I wanted to try something slightly different this year. I have searched out a few of the more modern buildings here, and played around with angles, light and long exposures. Also, these kind of images mostly need quite heavy processing to get the mood I want, so that has been great fun to. If you would like to know more about how I make images like this, both on location and with respect to postprocessing, let me know in the comments or drop me a message and I’ll consider making a separate post about that.

I have a only a few finalized images to show so far, but I’m quite happy with the results. This is an ongoing project, and I’m looking forward to visit more buildings and even other cities in the months to come.

Most of these images are captured with my Hasselblad X2D and different XCD-lenses, but a few of them has been taken with my new-ish Nikon Z7II. For an upcoming trip I needed a new setup for handheld/improvised/walk-around photography, and I wanted something more lightweight and modern than my old Nikon d800e with the holy trinity of lenses. I’m really impressed with the Z7II and the Nikkor Z 24-200, but that is food for a different post. I’ll be back with more details.