Living in Sweden, Snappin' Photos
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Berlin, Germany
Sep 9th
So recently I had the privilege to travel through Germany and unfortunately my only stop was in Berlin. However, I did manage to get several awesome photos.
So far, this is the only one I’m ready to publish. I will add more soon! As well as photos from Austria, Croatia, Montenegro, Copenhagen, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Helsinki! I promise!
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More Paris Photos
Apr 12th
So I was going through some of my old photos, and forgot I had these ones as well. So, well, without further a-due, more photos of Paris, France!
Eiffel Tower
Palace du Luxembourg
Versailles
Notre Dame de Paris
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Easter 2010…. Belgium!
Apr 11th
So I was lucky enough to spend this easter in Belgium this year, and I must say, Belgium sure did deliver! Not only was it very ascetically beautiful as a country, it also has some of the worlds best indulgences: chocolate, beer, waffles and mussels! I really cannot compare this country to anything other than Homer Simpson’s magical animal.
Homer: Are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
In this world wind adventure, I started in Brussels for 2 nights, then took the train to Gent for an evening. Next day took the train to Antwerp and stayed another evening and finally spend my last night in Bruges.
My personal highlight was Bruges. I loved that city… well after 6pm when the tourists went away. I remember walking form the train station to my hostel and hardly saw a soul. When I got to my hostel, check in, still a very quite city. Wandered off into the central part and BOOM, tourists everywhere! It was funny to see, but hard to get good photos because people were everywhere. I did end up taking a train towards Oostende in Belgium which is right on the North Sea and dipped my feet in. It was damn cold, but refreshing.
Over 1000 photos and 22GB of data later, I have my trip documented. Lots of the photos need to be touched up and fixed, but that will come in time.
Anyway, it was a great trip and awesome. I’ll get the photos up soon enough, I’m still going through them.
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Stockholm – The Frozen Tundra
Mar 6th
So today was a beautiful day in Stockholm…. Sunny and only -5˚C! I know, it’s pretty warm for winter in the frozen north. As well, with my new move to Södermalm, I needed to go out and take some pictures of the views that I now have. So, enjoy these panoramic photos!
So yeah, these were all taken from Södermalm towards Gamla Stan (Old Town). It’s an amazing view I get to go by everyday to work. A nice way to start my day I must say.
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Oh, Hi! I Keep Forgetting…
Jan 31st
So yeah, it’s quite obvious I haven’t been updating my blog! How can you tell? Well, the lack of blog entries probably! That and no new photos. So here’s what’s been happening since the last update!
1. NYC was pure amazing. I have some awesome photos which I am still working through (shear laziness). It is something everyone needs to experience once in their life. The city never sleeps, the food is amazing, and it was overall a great vacation.
2. I’m back in cold Stockholm, Sweden now, working. Work has been going ok, though, I do need to find a new place to live by March 1, 2010. LONG story, and really don’t want to get into it.
3. I love snow! Did I mention that yet? It keeps snowing almost every day, and I love it. I need to take an evening this week and go snowboarding at Hammarbybacken. It’s been a while (well, since I went home) since I’ve been.
Anyway, here are some photos from NYC, more panoramic shots, one from Central Park looking south towards the downtown and one from Liberty Island of Manhattan Island (the Battery). Enjoy!
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Sumas Flats from Eagle Mountain
Dec 27th
So I decided to finally build my first panoramic photo. It’s looks decent, but when fully scaled, it’s blurry. This could be due to the fact it was done freehand, and the lens hand a hard time to focus on something.
Anyway, check it out!
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Photos from Utö
Nov 18th
Back in October, I had the opportunity to go to Utö in the Swedish archipelago. This was an overnight team building exercise for the who IT department. There was some free time to take some photos, and these are a few I was able to snap.
This is the entrance bay at Utö. This is where the boats dock to arrive. This shot was taken from the hotel that oversees it.
Around the hotel that overlooks the bay is where these Swedish flags stand tall.
Closeup shot of the Swedish flag on Utö.
Utö was an old mining island, abandoned long time ago.
This is the old mill that would create flower for the miners on the island to make bread with.
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Some Random Photos
Nov 16th
Here are a few more photos that I finally got the time to work on and upload. Two are from Stockholm one is from Paris.
This was taken one overcast day on the south shore of Södermalm, near Skanstull.
I have no idea what the name of this pond/park is called. It’s by the Observatory on Sveavagen. Pretty decent reflection off the water.
Finally the Eiffel Tower. This was taken from the park where everyone relaxes at night, drinks wine and champagne and eats their cheese. Anyway, here is a nice photo of it, all golden and looking sexy.
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Stockholm at Night
Nov 10th
This is one of my first night shoots in Stockholm. This took place October 11th, 2009, on a very cold and snowy evening. I started off downtown at Sergels Torg, attempting to get a “night shot” of cars driving around it, slowly, working my way south through Gamla Stan. As I’m still learning about photography, not all the photos turned out amazing, but here are a few of the ones that I think turned out decent. These photos have gone through photoshop and I have put “other” effects on them to “enhance them”.
I first started off at Sergels Torg, trying to get a motion blur of cars driving by. Unfortunately it was already too late at night (around 7:00pm) and most of the traffic already was home. I’ll have to head back soon and re-try this photo, maybe around 4:30 to 5:00pm as work gets out.
Next I was off to Gamla Stan and took photos of the Swedish Parliament, the Sveriges Riksdag. This was a pretty easy shot too do. No traffic, no interference, just a simple shot. I ended up cleaning the color out as it was very yellow (like the next Gamla Stan shot), and I wanted to try for a clean, white look.
This was taken from south of the Parliament buildings, north of Gamla Stan. I was trying to get an older, rustic feel, unfortunately there were some signs still showing up in the photo (notice the green sign in the middle). I’m really pleased on how this turned photo turned out.
This is the photo of Sankta Gertruds Kyrka (St Gertrude’s Church) was able to actually pick up stars; unfortunately at this web resolution, it doesn’t show all that clear. However, I can put up a higher resolution one later. This is the southern most Church in Gamla Stan and can clearly be seen from Söder.
Please leave your feedback if you have any about my photos. Definitely want to learn more about photography, digital editing and image composition, and from what I’ve read and researched, it’s all about practice and understanding what you are doing, with more practice!
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