Across Ø/Öresund

flowers on film

2011-02-20T19:50:00.001+01:00

julochka

kristina

summer on film

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julochka
canon AE-1 program, fujichrome T64 film, cross-processed

kristina

praktica ltl, kodak ektar 100

berlin on film

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julochka
rolleiflex, kodak portra 160NC

kristina

praktica ltl, kodak portra 400VC

film I

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kristina (nikon fm; kodak portra 400vc)

julie (rolleiflex; kodak portra 160nc)

cross-processed

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kristina (praktica ltl; fuji sensia)

julie (canon AE-1; fuji sensia 200)

sparkle

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julochka

kristina

handmade

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julochka

kristina

cameras

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julochka

kristina

blue

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julochka

kristina

golden light

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julochka

kristina

snow

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julochka

kristina

this month, we're doing an homage to words to shoot by - one of our favorite photo blogs.

on the twenty-fifth day of christmas

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merry christmas one and all!

on the twenty-fourth day of christmas

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on the twenty-third day of christmas

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on the twenty-second day of christmas

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on the twenty-first day of christmas

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on the twentieth day of christmas

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on the nineteenth day of christmas

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on the eighteenth day of christmas

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on the seventeenth day of christmas

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on the sixteenth day of christmas

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on the fifteenth day of christmas

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on the fourteenth day of christmas

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on the thirteenth day of christmas

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on the twelfth day of christmas

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on the eleventh day of christmas...

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on the tenth day of christmas...

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... green, gold and gingerbread cookies.

on the ninth day of christmas...

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... lego trees and real trees.

on the eight day of christmas...

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... we saw snowmen - or snowwomen? - or snow cats?

on the seventh day of christmas...

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... a lego christmas tree and christmas candy.

on the sixth day of christmas...

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... something yummy to eat and a star to light up the darkness.

on the fifth day of christmas...

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... a little late! I was sure I published this yesterday, but no.

on the fourth day of christmas...

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... a lego santa and a snowy christmas tree.

on the third day of christmas...

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...we were unfocussed. happy friday!

on the second day of christmas...

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christmas tree at the manila pen -- advent candles in svedala

on the first day of christmas...

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the countdown to christmas has begun!

south dakota meets new york V

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south dakota meets new york IV

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south dakota meets new york III

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south dakota meets new york II

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happy friday!

south dakota meets new york I

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the roll of film this photo is from was first exposed by julie in south dakota, and then by me in new york. we'll share some more of these photos with you this week. enjoy!

kristina interviews julie

2010-09-05T23:09:00.001+02:00

and now it's my turn to answer kristina's questions...

photo by my sister monica (processing by me)

1. did you always have an interest in photography?

in some way, i have to say not really, tho' i always had an interest in being photographed (i even once went to a professional photographer to do a marilyn monroe photo shoot just for fun). as i've gotten older, i've gotten less interested in being photographed and more interested in photographing. my dad had a newspaper and used to develop the photos for it in a darkroom in our basement and i remember when i was a kid, i loved to help him with that. i suppose what i remember most are the red glow of the light you use and the smell of the chemicals. i really wish i'd actually LEARNED about it, because i'd love to do some of my own photo developing today. he also used a lot of polaroids and peeling those back and watching them become clearer fascinated me too. so i guess i've always loved photos and cameras, but it's only relatively recently that i became interested in photography and using all of those cameras i collected over the years just because i liked how they looked.

2. if you were going to learn a new language, which would you choose (and why)?

i've been mulling this one over at odd moments since you sent me these questions. there are several that come to mind, tho' what i probably should do is properly learn some of the ones of which i already have some knowledge (russian, danish, macedonian come to mind). you'll like the first one that came to mind - swedish, since half of my husband's family is swedish, they have been rather frustrated with me, having lived in scandinavia for more than a decade and truly being unable to follow a conversation taking place in skånsk. i can make out the topic that's being discussed, but i can't really contribute, even if i stay in danish as the language i speak.

other than that, arabic comes to mind as a language i'd like to learn. i decided to study russian because i was a child of the reagan era and thought all that cold war rhetoric was a lot of nonsense that could be avoided if more of us had knowledge of russian. i feel a bit the same about arabic. there must be a lot of moderate arabic speakers and it's just a few radicals giving them all a bad name. but i guess i wouldn't mind being able to read that for myself.

and lastly, i think the world will, in the not so distant future, become a place where chinese would be pretty useful.

3. what is your dream job?

i think about this a lot. i'm not certain if it really exists, as it would be a combination of a job where you have really inspiring encounters with bright and interesting people who make you think and grow, travel frequently to interesting places and make a difference in some way with what you do. i'd like it to be something that utilizes my talents and creativity - i'm good at bringing diverse groups of people together and making sparks fly (in a good way). but although i'm good with groups like that, i also like to work independently and need alone time in order for the input and energy i get from the group sessions to come to fruition. i need room to get on with my tasks and to not be told how to do them, but be allowed to find my own way. i think in many ways, i've been quite fortunate to have jobs that in many ways were all these things, tho' sadly not at the moment.

4. film or digital?

digital, because i can correct my mistakes so much more quickly, tho' i have a growing fascination with film. however, i don't think i could have turned to film without digital, because i've learned so much from it that actually does translate to film - ISO, aperture, shutter speed.

5. what is it about apple products that makes them so desirable?

good design. speed. sexiness. intuitive. and it helps that it seems exclusive and not everyone has one. smugness. superiority. i feel like apple just gets me.

6. do you think that there are biological differences between men and women, that make women better suited to take care of children and men better at providing for the family?

if i'm honest, i actually do. simple physiology means that women carry the child and can feed the child initially, neither of which men can do. but can a man be just a nurturing and caring a parent as a woman? absolutely. once again the scandinavian model proves it beyond a doubt. men all over the world could learn from it. my husband is a way better, more caring and loving parent than i am. it's probably more sociology than biology, tho', that i'll admit.

7. which language(s) do you dream in?

english.

8. sunrise or sunset?

sunset. i'm not really that much of a morning person. tho' i was just thinking this morning about how the good thing about this time of year is that the sunrise gets later and later, so soon it won't seem so bad to go snap sunrise pictures, since they'll be happening after 7 a.m. but i just love the more golden, warm light of sunset.

9. what advice would you like to give to the 20-year-old you?

don't marry that doctor just so you don't have to explain why you're studying russian literature.

10. if you were to shoot a portrait, which famous person would you like to photograph and where?

this is another one that has stuck with me since you sent these questions....the image that pops into my mind again and again would be photographing obama at work in the oval office. but not a posed picture, one caught in a moment of concentration, from the side.

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coming up next: the results of our first film swap.

julie interviews kristina

2010-08-30T19:00:00.002+02:00

we're back after our summer hiatus! new design, new ideas, fresh start!

I'm sure you've seen that julie has done an interview series on her blog, and we decided to start up here with a spin-off of that. so, below you can read julie's interview with me, and in a couple of days you'll get my interview with julie.

polaroid self-portrait
I really don't like taking self-portraits, but you have to challenge yourself, right?

1. what do you think it is that makes taking people photos so difficult?
for me, I think it has to do with being seen. when you take a photo of a person, they often look back at you and that can make me very self-conscious.

2. if you had to choose only ONE lens and all of the others would (odin forbid) disappear, which one would it be?
I think it would have to be something like the one I use most: a 28-75 mm zoom lense with a fixed aperture of 2.8. but instead of the cheaper tamron lense I've got, I would go for nikon's own 24-70 mm; if I was only to buy one lenes I could splurge on that one, right?

3. where would be your dream location to take a photo walk?
that's a tough one! I really like cityscapes - new york really is a dream for photographers. but it would also be interesting to go somewhere remote and less seen, like antarctica or the shetlands. oh, and new zealand looks like it has an amazing landscape.

4. film or digital?
both, definitely! if I had to choose to only use one though, I would have to choose digital. I love the possibility of taking many photos without having to think about the cost, which is one of the major drawbacks of analogue photography.

5. do you struggle with "the processing" issue? is it cheating or art?
yes, I do; I think about it a lot and I blogged about it a few months ago too. there are different ways to look at it: one way is to decide that whatever the camera produces without post-processing is "the truth", and that shouldn't be altered. another way to look at it is to view the image file from the camera as raw material, and the objective is to make the photo look as the scene looked when the photo was taken. yet another way to treat the issue is to try to create a aesthetically pleasing photo, even if that means altering colours, removing disturbing objects etc. the key point for me is that the way my eye captures a scene is not the same way a camera does it, and therefore there really is no "true" image.

6. is using someone else's presets just a lack of originality?
no, I don't think so. it's a great way to expand one's creativeness, and get new ideas.

7. your ultimate dream camera?
ah, cameras... surely you mean my dream digital camera, and my dream analogue camera? at least that's how I'll interpret the question... right, digital camera: I haven't owned or used a leica, but I would still go for the leica m9 which seems like a fabulous camera. although if someone offered me a nikon d3x I wouldn't turn it down! my dream analogue camera right now is a hasselblad 500 c/m, a medium format camera.

8. do you think we should try to find a café (or two - one one each side of the sound?) that will hang some of our diptychs?
yes, I think that's a fantastic idea!

9. what have you learned from the across ø/öresund photo project?
one of the things that I have learned is that taking photos to fit a theme can be both easy and extremely hard, and that it encourages me look at things differently.

10. what's your best piece of advice for kickstarting stalled photo mojo?
force yourself to take photos. bring the camera, take photos even if you don't feel very inspired by what you see. suddenly there will be one photo that you sort of like, and that will remind you of why you like to take photos.

winners!

2010-06-22T12:52:00.000+02:00

thank you to Jessica and expresser of color for commenting on our giveaway post! you are both getting the diptych that you liked best - we hope that you'll enjoy the photos! send me your email and mail address here and we'll get the photos to you.

we wish everyone a lovely summer, and we'll see you again in august!

scene from a weekend

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this is our 200th post on this little collaboration. and that means two things:

1. a giveaway! leave a comment and tell us which is your favorite diptych and you'll win a print of each of the photos in the diptych. we'll draw the lucky winner next monday (june 21).

2. we're going to be taking a long, scandinavian-style summer holiday. we'll be back in august, traveled, refreshed and renewed.

thank you for being here with us for 200 posts! do check back in august to see what has inspired us over the summer.

black & white II

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black & white I

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on the weekend, kristina stumbled and dropped her precious D300S and smashed her favorite lens (tamron 24-78). the camera was fine, but the lens didn't make it. in memory of it, we decided to do a somber black & white week.

scene from a weekend

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people II

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people I

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scenes from a weekend

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stones II

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stones I

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scenes from a weekend

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looking up IV

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happy weekend!

looking up III

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looking up II

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looking up

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scenes from a weekend

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realism at legoland -- magnolias in lund

connections II

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matilde and donna getting to know each other -- spending an evening with friends

connections I

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between sisters -- between father and son

scenes from a weekend

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lightroom presets II

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COL cross process blue green lightroom preset

lightroom presets I

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lightroom preset PH So 80's

scenes from a weekend

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roskilde fjord -- öresund

this week we're having fun with different lightroom presets!

hipstamatic III

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going across the water -- water in a bottle

hipstamatic II

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the future of wind: gearless wind turbines -- evening sun casting long shadows

hipstamatic I

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no boring chairs in scandinavia.

scenes from a weekend

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snobrod -- vine leaf

happening now

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they've sent the little mermaid to china for the world exposition and all of the little mermaid signs are covered with stickers about the big forest troll, who seems to be an unauthorized substitute.

is it regular clouds or volcanic ash clouds over malmö?

upside down I

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scenes from a weekend

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our possessions are our autobiographies III

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our possessions are our autobiographies II

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our possessions are our autobiographies I

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"our possessions are our autobiographies" - kevin mccloud

scenes from a weekend

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easter III

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easter II

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easter I

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scenes from a weekend

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wet

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today we have a guest: the photo on the left is by the talented ulrika! do check out her blog, and her flickr!

thanks again Pip for suggesting the textures theme - this is the final diptych in the series.

spiky

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soft II

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scenes from a weekend

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soft

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soft (adjective)

1. easy to mold, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch : soft margarine | the ground was soft beneath their feet.

- having a smooth surface or texture that is pleasant to touch; not rough or coarse : soft crushed velvet | her hair felt very soft.

2. having a pleasing quality involving a subtle effect or contrast rather than sharp definition : the soft glow of the lamps | the moon's pale light cast soft shadows.

- (of a voice or sound) quiet and gentle : they spoke in soft whispers.

- (of rain, wind, or other natural force) not strong or violent : a soft breeze rustled the trees.

3. sympathetic, lenient, or compassionate, esp. to a degree perceived as excessive; not strict or sufficiently strict : the administration is not becoming soft on crime | Julia's soft heart was touched by his grief.

- (of words or language) not harsh or angry; conciliatory; soothing : he was no good with soft words, gentle phrases.

smooth

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smooth (adjective)

having an even and regular surface or consistency; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations : smooth flat rocks.
(of food or drink) without harshness or bitterness : a lovely, smooth, very fruity wine.

harsh

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harsh (adjective)

1. unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses : drenched in a harsh white neon light | harsh guttural shouts.
2. cruel or severe : a time of harsh military discipline.
- (of a climate or conditions) difficult to survive in; hostile : the harsh environment of the desert.
- (of reality or a fact) grim and unpalatable : the harsh realities of the world news.
- having an undesirably strong effect : she finds soap too harsh and drying.

scenes from a weekend

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this week we are going with the theme suggestion by Pip: textures - harsh, smooth, soft, spiky and wet. we are saving portraits (thanks B!) for another week.

out of focus III

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next week we are doing a theme of your choice! leave us comments this week what you would like to see next week, and we'll pick one of your suggestions.

out of focus II

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next week we are doing a theme of your choice! leave us comments this week what you would like to see next week, and we'll pick one of your suggestions.

out of focus I

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scenes from a weekend

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melby mølle -- melting snow

green III

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green II

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green I

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last week flowers, and this week green; we are ready for spring!

scenes from a weekend

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flowers III

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flowers II

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flowers I

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ranunculus -- flowers (sorry, I'm rubbish at flower names...)
update: just jules let me know that my flower is a martha washington geranium - thanks!

scenes from a weekend

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crafty weekend -- dinner and board games at a friend's