Category: Behind the scenes
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2025 Photography Milestones: New Gear, Techniques and a few favorite images.
This year has been quite a productive one. I have managed to capture a few images that have been in my head for some time. A couple of visits to Denmark, and a long awaited photography trip to London have contributed to that. But I have also managed to pull out a few keepers from…
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Exploring London: A Photographer’s Journey at Dawn
I have had the pleasure of visiting London on many occasions throughout the years, but never before have I taken the time, or had the opportunity, to photograph this magnificent city. This summer changed that. As usual for summer-trips, this was part of the annual family-vacation. We had planned to stay in London for one…
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Photographing Denmark’s Jutland: A Scenic Adventure
I visited Jutland in Denmark for photography back in April 2015. Although this area lacks the spectacular mountain-ranges and waterfalls, it still has a lot to offer the landscape photographer. Just have a look at the YouTube videos from Mads Peter Iversen. I have planned to return ever since, and this summer the plans came…
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Ultrawide lenses for Hasselblad X?
For a long time, the widest native option in the Hasselblad X ecosystem was the excellent XCD 21mm f4. By now (dec 2024) the 20-35mm zoom has been released and is readily available. The 21mm now seems to be discontinued. 20mm on the 33x44mm medium format sensor gives an angle of view of about 108…
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Photographing Romsdalen in autumn. Misty Birches edition.
After four great days in Rondane, I decided to spend the last 2-3 available days further west. Romsdalen is mostly known for it’s mountains and waterfalls, but the forecast was grim with low clouds and rain. Not perfect conditions for mountainscapes. To my surprise, upon arrival in Åndalsnes in the afternoon, the weather was quite…
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Photographing Rondane, Norway. My annual photo-tour, 2024-edition.
Last year I made a post celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my annual mid-september visit to Rondane National Park. Fall-colors usually peak in mid-september, and it is always a pleasure to photograph colorful mountain-birches with snow-covered peaks as a backdrop. This year I might have been a week too late, as peak colors definitely was…
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Looking forward to autumn
Peak autumn is just around the corner. The high-season for every landscape-photographer! I kicked off this season with a few outings in my nearby woodlands, Bymarka in Trondheim. While nights are chilly, days are still sunny and warm. Perfect conditions for making some wonderful morning fog. This particular morning in the beginning of September I…
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Photographing the Algarve coastline
Algarve in Portugal arguably has one of the most beautiful and photogenic coastlines in the world. The dramatic warm-colored cliffs, in all different shapes and forms, give unlimited possibilities for seascape-photography. Algarve has been on my bucket-list for quite a few years, and was this years destination for our family’s summer-vacation. We chose to stay…
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Photographing spring in Tuscany
I have always loved to photographed pastoral, cultural landscapes. Old barns, winding roads and fields of flowers have a strong visual appeal to me, and bring feelings of times long gone. No wonder then, that Tuscany is one of my favorite areas to photograph. I have been fortunate to visit several times for photography and…
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A crisp December morning
Weather has been cold and clear here for the last 3-4 weeks. Fortunately, we got a modest dusting of snow early on, giving some light to the landscape. I have been out photographing a lot in this period. Sunrise is around 0930 am and sunset at 0230 pm. Between that, we have more or less…
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Frozen logs, sunrise
I visited this place three consecutive days earlier this november. The first morning, I fond the scene and started to plan the compositon. The second day, I was happy with the composition, but I was a tad too late and the light was too harsh. The third day I came there well ahead of sunrise…
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Netherlands, November 2023.
Netherlands has so much to offer the landscape-photographer. Although a small country, with no mountains and no waterfalls, both the coastline and the forests are world-class. Granted, I have a soft spot for beech-forests, but if that what you are after, Netherlands comes second to none. I recently returned from my 4th visit since 2018.…
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Finale!
Everyone that has followed my work for a while (hi mom!) probably know that I have a soft spot for photographing trees and woodlands. Of course, autumn is high-season. Every autumn I find myself browsing my favorite photography book, Intimations of Paradise by Christopher Burkett. His forest-work is wonderful and deeply inspiring. The quality of…
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Rondane, Norway. Annual September trip, 2023
Every year, for the last ten years, I have visited Rondane National Park for fall colors. Foliage usually peaks around september 15-20th, but there’s a slight variation from year to year, and if you’re unlucky and get an early autumn storm, everything might be gone before peak colors are reached. Mid-september may sound early for…
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Northern Norway – summer of 2023
Well, summer is definitely over here in central Norway. Mornings are chilly and damp and evenings come noticeably earlier for every day. I haven’t been very active on this blog for the last couple of months due to summer holidays and different projects. But I have had time for some landscape photography in between. A…
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Romsdalen – June trip 2023
Every year I try to pay a visit to Romsdalen in june. The higher altitude roads are open and the rivers and waterfalls are raging. And the main tourist season is yet to begin. Mid-june is a great time to visit. This year, we had scouted out a few new areas to visit in addition…
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Foggy summer mornings
Forecast for this morning suggested fog at a few nearby locations, and I headed out well before sunrise for this rare opportunity.
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Sunstar excellence: the AF-S Nikkor 20mm f1.8 G ED on Hasselblad X2D
You may like or dislike the rendering of the sunstar on the original Hasselblad lenses. That is of course a matter of taste. But if you want something different than the sharp 8-legged star courtesy of Hasselblad, you will need an adapted lens. The Nikkor 20mm f1.8 makes a different, but beautiful sunstar, and I…
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Spring, woodlands and very (very!) early mornings
It’s a pleasure being out in the woods this time of year. After the long, dark winter and (often) grey and dull early spring, the forests are now full of life. Birds tweeting, flowers blooming and the wonderful vibrant spring-foliage. My favorite time of day out there is around sunrise. The soft pre-sunrise light has…
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Mamiya 645 300mm f5.6 on Hasselblad X2D: ULD vs. Sekor C versions (and vs the Mamiya telezoom!)
The Mamiya 645 300mm f5.6 came in two versions: the old Sekor C and the newer ULD. I have previously tested the Sekor C. It was decent but didn’t blow me away. I have now got my hands on the newer ULD version. How will they compare?
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