Sunday 19 January 2014

Best Top Photographer

I'm very excited, I got an assignment from Best Top Photographer group www.besttopphotographer.com/ I am to pick the most beautiful photos every sunday. And there is a lot of beautiful photos being shared on BTP's google plus page. But it's a pleasant assignment, because who doesn't love watching beauty.

While looking for the cream of the crop I'm sure I get some tips and ideas for my own photographing. There are so much beauty out there that catches one's eyes, the problem isn't finding it, the problem is to narrow it down to fit my viewfinder.

Another thing I look forward to is my first winter wedding shoot. Some challenges lurking around something like that, as white on white (hoping for snow). But I think it's going to be a great session.

Today I will grab my "Big Stopper" and shoot some moving water, having ice and snow as backdrop. Stay tuned for the results.

Wishing you all a great sunday

www.besttopphotographer.com

Sunday 12 January 2014

Wide angle view

Something that has changed since I got in to photographing is my own view. What I mean is, now I have a much wider view when I'm out driving, walking etc. I first heard about this phenomenon from +Trey Ratcliff on youtube. He had also experienced this, my guess is that most photographers get this "new" view of the world. Please give me some input, is this true or?

For instance before while driving my main focus was on taking me from A to B and not causing any accidents. Nowadays I have a wider view, of course at same time driving safe, it's not like I'm turning my head to and fro. No, it's like the sight at the corner of my eye's have improved. I can see a field far out to the corners that catches my eye's and then I turn my head and give it a glance estimating it's potential.

So what is it that catches my eye's? I guess it's what you're looking for as a photographer as leading lines, patterns or something that stands out. This simplify the scouting for great photo opportunities.

On the subject "scouting", yesterday I was on a scouting tour and went to my home where I was born and raised. This is on the countryside, knowing that our neighbors was some what eccentric I went there. Two brothers that had a little farm and they drove it like they did in the old days. Nowadays the brothers is in a retirement home and the farm hasn't been in use for many years creating a photographic wonderland. The pic's below are from yesterday. As usual you can visit my page www.larssonsphoto.com for full rez pic's

I wish you all a great weekend




Saturday 4 January 2014

2014 ... Watch out here I come :-)

It's about that time of the year when you shall reveal all goals and projects the coming year. Sense this is a blog about my photography, I will spare you goals about health and training. What 2014 have installed for me I don't know but I have some goals regarding my photographing.
Let's go ahead and list them.

My photographing
A year now I have been looking at different photo workshops, Iceland, Africa, south of France just to mention a few. This year I promise my self to take one of these trips. Perhaps some of you guys have a suggestions. This summer me and my fiancee is taking a trip that I really look forward to. We are taking the coast road north in Sweden ending up at Tromsö, Norway. Then we take the Norwegian coastline home. A 3 week journey, better pack lots of memory-cards. And the best part ... it was my fiancee's suggestion, she is not into photo at all.

My photographing II
I shoot very much HDR witch I love and will continue doing. Something I want to learn more about is night-photography, right now I'm reading up on this and taking some online courses very psyched about this. I will continue looking for great photo opportunities while I'm out driving, walking etc.

My web page
I have two pages, one in English www.larssonsphoto.com and one in Swedish www.larssonsfoto.se, both needs attending to. I need to make the Swedish one more attractive for potential customers such as weddings, portraits and so forth. It also need a major promotion tour. The English one I will make more easy to click around just looking at my pictures and easy to buy prints and downloads. I have a Smugmug account for the English one and I'm very satisfied with them.

Prints
Last year I sold some large prints, it's a very satisfying feeling when someone likes your work and want to put it on their wall. I have a collaboration with a local frame maker that works great. My goal for 2014 is to double the large print sales. This is somewhat related to the part above more accessible web page. Also talk to my local community perhaps hang some of my prints in restaurants or in display windows.

My blog
Trying to post a blog a week and publish some hands on tutorial will be my goal for this year so keep following me and I hope I won't disappoint you.

Leaving you with a photo taken last winter sense the snow hasn't come yet, global warming I guess. Right now I'm longing for snow so I can head out and take some great snowscapes. Please leave a note below to have a say.
As always more pic's is to be found on my page www.larssonsphoto.com

I wish you all a great 2014


Sunday 19 January 2014

Best Top Photographer

I'm very excited, I got an assignment from Best Top Photographer group www.besttopphotographer.com/ I am to pick the most beautiful photos every sunday. And there is a lot of beautiful photos being shared on BTP's google plus page. But it's a pleasant assignment, because who doesn't love watching beauty.

While looking for the cream of the crop I'm sure I get some tips and ideas for my own photographing. There are so much beauty out there that catches one's eyes, the problem isn't finding it, the problem is to narrow it down to fit my viewfinder.

Another thing I look forward to is my first winter wedding shoot. Some challenges lurking around something like that, as white on white (hoping for snow). But I think it's going to be a great session.

Today I will grab my "Big Stopper" and shoot some moving water, having ice and snow as backdrop. Stay tuned for the results.

Wishing you all a great sunday

www.besttopphotographer.com

Sunday 12 January 2014

Wide angle view

Something that has changed since I got in to photographing is my own view. What I mean is, now I have a much wider view when I'm out driving, walking etc. I first heard about this phenomenon from +Trey Ratcliff on youtube. He had also experienced this, my guess is that most photographers get this "new" view of the world. Please give me some input, is this true or?

For instance before while driving my main focus was on taking me from A to B and not causing any accidents. Nowadays I have a wider view, of course at same time driving safe, it's not like I'm turning my head to and fro. No, it's like the sight at the corner of my eye's have improved. I can see a field far out to the corners that catches my eye's and then I turn my head and give it a glance estimating it's potential.

So what is it that catches my eye's? I guess it's what you're looking for as a photographer as leading lines, patterns or something that stands out. This simplify the scouting for great photo opportunities.

On the subject "scouting", yesterday I was on a scouting tour and went to my home where I was born and raised. This is on the countryside, knowing that our neighbors was some what eccentric I went there. Two brothers that had a little farm and they drove it like they did in the old days. Nowadays the brothers is in a retirement home and the farm hasn't been in use for many years creating a photographic wonderland. The pic's below are from yesterday. As usual you can visit my page www.larssonsphoto.com for full rez pic's

I wish you all a great weekend




Saturday 4 January 2014

2014 ... Watch out here I come :-)

It's about that time of the year when you shall reveal all goals and projects the coming year. Sense this is a blog about my photography, I will spare you goals about health and training. What 2014 have installed for me I don't know but I have some goals regarding my photographing.
Let's go ahead and list them.

My photographing
A year now I have been looking at different photo workshops, Iceland, Africa, south of France just to mention a few. This year I promise my self to take one of these trips. Perhaps some of you guys have a suggestions. This summer me and my fiancee is taking a trip that I really look forward to. We are taking the coast road north in Sweden ending up at Tromsö, Norway. Then we take the Norwegian coastline home. A 3 week journey, better pack lots of memory-cards. And the best part ... it was my fiancee's suggestion, she is not into photo at all.

My photographing II
I shoot very much HDR witch I love and will continue doing. Something I want to learn more about is night-photography, right now I'm reading up on this and taking some online courses very psyched about this. I will continue looking for great photo opportunities while I'm out driving, walking etc.

My web page
I have two pages, one in English www.larssonsphoto.com and one in Swedish www.larssonsfoto.se, both needs attending to. I need to make the Swedish one more attractive for potential customers such as weddings, portraits and so forth. It also need a major promotion tour. The English one I will make more easy to click around just looking at my pictures and easy to buy prints and downloads. I have a Smugmug account for the English one and I'm very satisfied with them.

Prints
Last year I sold some large prints, it's a very satisfying feeling when someone likes your work and want to put it on their wall. I have a collaboration with a local frame maker that works great. My goal for 2014 is to double the large print sales. This is somewhat related to the part above more accessible web page. Also talk to my local community perhaps hang some of my prints in restaurants or in display windows.

My blog
Trying to post a blog a week and publish some hands on tutorial will be my goal for this year so keep following me and I hope I won't disappoint you.

Leaving you with a photo taken last winter sense the snow hasn't come yet, global warming I guess. Right now I'm longing for snow so I can head out and take some great snowscapes. Please leave a note below to have a say.
As always more pic's is to be found on my page www.larssonsphoto.com

I wish you all a great 2014