A time of unplanned wandering to find a picture paid off when I found this scene. This is the story of the photograph "The broken path".
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When I switched from APS-C DSLR to FF mirrorless on the Nikon side, I quickly became aware of a need to do a review of my current lens collection. At the time I mostly owned DX F-Mount lenses with the exception of the amazing FX Sigma 24-105 art. My lens collection was far from complete as I lacked lenses suited for portrait work and lenses covering the range 100-400/600 mm. My most used lens at the time was the wide angle lens but when I bought my Fuji X system I started to explore longer focal lengths and I enjoyed to shoot with the 55-200 mm telephoto lens.
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There are plenty of nature reserves in and around Stockholm that are well worth a visit. There is also a national park in Vendelsö located just southeast of Stockholm. So if you are planning to visit the Stockholm area for photography then you have a great chance of finding an area you will like. In this article I will focus on Görväln nature reserve.
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In the northernmost part of Västerbotten County there is an island called Pite-Rönnskär. The island is a popular destination in the summer for the local population and it´s a nice photo destination if you are vacationing in the area.
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It´s September 2018 and I'm heading up north to spend a few days in the area of Abisko national park and Riksgränsen. On the way up north i’ll stop half way and pick up a friend of mine that will join me on the trip. He grow up near that area we are going and have great knowledge of hiking and the outdoors.
Our plan. To hike up to Rissajaure lake, also known as "trollsjön", and spend the night while photographing the area. From where I live its roughly an 835 miles (1350 km) drive so I'm spending the night at my friend's house roughly halfway there. In true fashion, I have big plans for my trip. Hoping for amazing light and fall color. I have been waiting for this so long and finally, I'm on my way. The easiest way to go there for most people can be to fly either to Kiruna or to the Norwegian city of Narvik just west of the Swedish boarder. But I did grow up in the northern part of Sweden so I have no problem with putting some miles behind the wheel. It's kinda natural for me and somewhat enjoyable.
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In August 2018 I traveled to the southern part of Norway in search of waterfalls and beautiful spots in nature. Our trip started in Stockholm, Sweden and our journey went through the highlands of Telemark county and ended the first two days in the small village of Odda in Hordland county. Odda is situated right between Hardangervidda National Park and Folgefonna National Park. It is from Odda that you probably will start your journey if you want to visit the extremely popular rock “Troll tunga”. But we had other plans for this trip and we were looking for the beautiful waterfalls in the area.
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In early June 2018 I visited Gotland for 4 days for the first time. It was not a dedicated photo trip but we went there to relax, eat good food and see the amazing scenery. Of course, I could not help taking the camera with me and take some photogs. This was however a great scouting trip.
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This is a widely debated question that there is no easy and correct yes and no answer to, it always depends. The short answer is YES but its maybe not in the way you think. In this blog post i will go through my reasoning in why the gear you use do matter to some extent in Landscape photography and why its important to use the correct gear for your purpose.
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The composition is pretty straightforward. I wanted the castle to be the main subject in the image and I hoped the sunset sky would burst in colour. I framed the castle in a more central position in the image and put the horizon line near the lover third line in order to show more of the sky. In this particular image, I didn't want to blur out the water because it was pretty calm, to begin with, and I liked the reflections from the sky in the water ripples.
In the picture above I have marked where the shooting location was and the left and right endpoints of the panorama. The panorama consists of 7 frames wide each bracketed +1, 0 and -1 stops.
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This picture was taken at Pite-Rönnskär in the most northern part of Västerbotten sweden. It's a small fisherman's island located just outside the cost of Kinnbäck, Sweden. It's a beautiful place that has lots to offer for visitors. On the Island, there is this chapel that was built in 1771 for the fisherman who had houses in the fishing village. In 1821 Pite-Rönnskär became a pilot station, and in 1849 a pilot cabin was built on the island. There are about 30-holiday homes on the island, formerly the homes were for Fishermen and Their Families During The fishing season.
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Today one of my images was featured by Formatt-Hitech filters. It's a photo taken of the parliament building in Stockholm, Sweden. I used one of their filters, a Firecrest ND 3.0 (10stop), in order to take a long exposure so the water around the building would be smoother.
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I have been out exploring the nature of "Norra Järvafältet" in order to see if I could find some nice compositions for further photography. It's cool that you have nature reserves so close to the Stockholm city limits. It's really a city with nature and water. I thought it would be easy to find good compositions but it proved me harder then I thought.
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