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Always carry your camera with you. Even at a standard gaz station it is possible to locate suitable photographic subjects - like those three tubes for the underground gazoline tanks. Equipment: Nikon D300 with AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8. Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/7.1, 0EV, ISO 200

En ny kontorbygning i den nordlige del af København. Jeg tager flere foto af arkitektur og med CS6 er det let at rette "faldende linier" - de såkalte perspektivfejl. Strukturen på facadevæggen danner et moire mønster, når de fotograferes. Imaging hvordan dette ville se ud, hvis jeg brugte en Nikon D800E i stedet for mit gamle Nikon D300 :-) Udstyr: Nikon D300 med AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8. Eksponering: 1/1000 sek ved f/7.1, 0EV, ISO 200

What can I say - I love cake.

Photo 1 is the result of combining 5 photos into one using CS6. Photo 2 is the first of five photos. The closer you get on the subject the narrower the focal plane is becoming. Therefore it is necessary to take several photos and combine them into one to increase the focal plane and achieve overall sharpness.

This is a macro composite of five photos. For each photo I moved the focus point one step down in the 51-point AF-grid on my Nikon D300. After importing the photos to LR I went straight to CS6, where the two functions - Auto Align Layers and Auto Blend Layers in the Edit menu, where used to create this photo. Back in LR some PP was done to increase the contrast and dynamic range.

Here is my set-up for a couple of days shooting macro. Nothing fancy - a Nikon D300 with AF-S Micro 60mm f/2.8G (perfect on a DX-camera as the "real" focal length is 90mm). A Nikon MC-36 cable release is used to manage a timed release in Mup mode (Mirror up). The camera is mounted below the tripod leg intersection.

Our home is a mess. The day before we took off for our winter vacation (week 7) a water pipe broke and water was pouring down from our ceiling. After an emergency fix we drove to Austria and two days later we received another call - this time from the security company overlooking our home - that they had responded to an alarm call but found no burglar - only a lot of water inside our home. Another section of the water pipe had broken. From Austria we then tried to manage this rather serious situation with help from our neighbour. This time 50% of the water pipeline was exchanged with new pipes. When we returned home and turned on the water, another part of the remaining old pipe line broke and water came pouring down into our bedroom. This photo (It's bad - I know) show the entrance to the 50% of our home that where flooded and where most part of ceilings, floors and walls are being dried and repaired. Vivi and I are sleeping in our living room together with all the furniture

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