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A cropped snap shot captured with the new AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G mounted on my Nikon D300.

A beautiful evening view from our home in Italy. Nikon D300, AF-S 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 10 second af f/18 at 22 mm, -2/3 EV, ISO 200

A panoramic stich of five photos - hence the distortion.

Piedmont in Italy has some amazing small cities. This street photo is from the city Acqui Terme in Alessandria, which is the closest "big" city to our home in Italy. Believe or not but along this narrow street you will encounter some fantastic restautant's. And the wine is just ......

My daughter has a boyfriend and they have been going steady for two years now. Mads-Emil is a great guy and we like him a lot. He is also not afraid of working hard. Here he is digging up bamboo roots.

What makes a good portrait? IMO it's a combination of three elements: A model that allows you to take a photo Good light Natural and blurred surroundings On purpose I didn't mention equipment as it can't be an excuse for making a bad photo. The same goes for the abilities of the photographer - they are constantly being developed as we grow as a photographer - by studying the masters, constantly practise and being able to receive critique without counter-arguments. How about a neutral color backdrop? I use them (white, black and grey) but I prefere to shoot a portrait with a backdrop that ads to the portrait without stealing the picture - so to say. Always carry a camera with you. Here we are dining at the IKEA store in Genova, Italy. My kids are sitting opposite me and it's a grey a rainy day, so the light coming from big windows to our right is just soft and perfect. The only thing I needed to add was some reflective light, but as I didn't ca

We all hope for an iconic photo - but as this great photographer says - we only have a few in us - if we are lucky and work hard - really hard.

A macro of a small flower. I have added a Split Toning and adjusted the blue channel under Tone Curve.

I'm experimenting with complementary colors. My Nikon D300 WB is set for Kelvin 2700 (blue) and on a hand held SB-700 (TTL-cable SC-29) a full CTO color filter is mounted. The light is aimed at a white wall to the left of Camilla and hence reflected as very soft light on her face. I have only made very light adjustments in LR and find the resulting skin color very authentic.

April 1st my family and I travelled to our home in Italy for the Easter Holidays. While everybody else was shopping I had my eyes scouting for interesting photo subjects. After a while an interesting design downlight structure caught my interest. I found the interaction between the ceiling and the downlight structure fascinating - the geometrical form and bright blue color as a contract to the grey and boring tile ceiling with industry down lights.

Adding a texture to a photo can be a creative way to enhance a photo. I prefere to make my own textures and you can see my public collection here (feel free to use them). Above photo is a combination of the following two photos: It is debatable whether I have improved the original photo or not by adding this texture, but I thin it made the photo more interesting.

My "Project 365" has now been running for three months. To celebrate this achievement I photographed three trees and added some Iris Blur - a new tool in Adobe CS6. In LR4 this photo went through a range of other processing steps to end up as this infra red version. I hope that the coming three months will be equal challenging and sharpen my ability to find a prober subject in the ordinary and my creativity. I guess that from May three happy years of shooting with my Nikon D300 will end and the Nikon D800 will step into the scene and take over :-)

Yesterday I received the first D800 and delivered it to a customer, and today I met Joe McNally - a living legend within photography and one of my inspirations. Unfortunately I didn't bring my D300 to this event arranged by NPS  - Nikon Professional Services - but I had to have a photo of Joe - even a low resolution iPhone one. Third from left you can see the also famous Bill Frakes - a sports photographer shooting for Sports Illustrated. Joe McNally is famous for his extensive experience shooting with Nikon Speedlights, his deep understanding about light and of course his over 20 years as a National Geographic photographer. Both Joe McNally and Bill Flakes delivered a fantastic presentation with amazing photos from their career and the stories behind. I've been shooting for 30 years and know my way around a camera and basic light usage, but I'm still an infantile compared to those two giants. I have much to learn and that just makes me so happy! Today at the age

Today I'm early out with the "Photo of the day". The reason is pure excitement as I have received the first Nikon D800 of the lot I have in back order. Through my e-store - nikonphotoexpert.com - I sell Nikon equipment and now the first D800 can be delivered to a customer. I couldn't resist and had to unpack the D800 just to feel it in my hands - only for a split moment - before I repacked it and mailed it to my customer who of course has sent his family away for the week-end so he can focus 100% on his new "baby" fulfilling his NAS. I hope to get my own D800 during April, but I have no confirmed delivery date(s) for the next shipments of Nikon D800 to Denmark. It was hard to let this one go....... But customers first!

My first round of golf in 2012 took place today. Together with 3 friends we were blessed with close to summer weather, only a slight breeze and a clear sky. Perfect for golf. During my round I snapped a couple of photos with my iPhone, imported them to LR4 and tried to do  prober post processing. Even though the iPhone 4S has a much improved camera there is still a looong way up to even the cheapest DSLR camera in terms of picture quality. But it's handy and for close up in good lighting conditions an iPhone 4S is not that bad.

Macro photographing is exiting. Grab your camera - mount a macro lens and start looking for scenes in your own garden. I needed to focus on small details after attenting a full day M&A seminar :-) I found those withered petals and photographed them using my Nikon D300 with a AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8. The camera was on a tripod and I used MirrorUp and a Nikon MC-36 cable release to avoid any vibrations. It is still impressive what a 12MP camera can do in terms of sharpness, tonality and details. Both photos where post processed in LR4 and a bit of sharpness was applied also.

This photograph of a Rhododendron in our garden is captured at broad daylight. In the post processing the back ground has been darkened. For artistic reason I changed into b/w and added a split toning (Highlights: Hue 29 Saturation 50 / Shadows: Hue 306 Saturation 30 / Balance +80) and some grain.

I know, I know - this is not a very creative photography - but hey - it's my project 365, so quality can vary and photos also have to mirror my life - not that I'm eating king size steaks every day! Here we have three large chunks of Cote de Boeuf being pre grilled before they went to the oven for 1 hour at 200 degree C. A perfect and very tasty piece of meat.

Yesterday my good friends Finn and Peter joined me for a ride stretching 90 km during 3.5 hours (with breaks). It was a fantastic ride. We started in sunshine from Lyngby and hit the seldom phenomenon sea fog when we reached the city Hornbæk located at the north coast of Zealand and the temperature dropped 5 degrees (C). On the way back along the coast towards Copenhagen the sun reemerged and then Finn had a puncture. Fixing a puncture is a necessary skill that need to be trained to perfection. During a race - where your final time is on stake - fixing a puncture must go swift. The spirit where high during the whole ride and we shared 3.5 perfect hours together exercising our body and mind while riding with the wind and sun in our face. Eventhough I'm between jobs or maybe exactly therefore I feel like ending this story with a small quote: ”Det er de færreste der, når de ligger på dødslejet, fortryder, at de ikke brugte flere timer på kontoret.” "Only few pe

While going through my LinkedIn network with over 1.200 1st level contacts it becomes evident for me, that many people are in the same situation as me - looking for a new challenge - especially on executive level. Based on talks with executive search companies it is my estimate that finding a new job on executive level can take between 6-18 month and more likely between 12-24 month - unless the general market conditions improves substantially during 2012. And I don't see this happening. During the past three years mane industries, markets and companies has been taken apart and rebuild -- and it will take another three years before global market mechanism has been restored and growth is again happening at a stable level. Through my board responsibilities I know that market conditions are improving and jobs are being created - just not from the top level yet - but more on middle management level and operational level - and that is good. Let's continue the search....