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Behind the scenes
From this weekends shoot of self portraits. Some went well, some went less well. Here are the less wells.. Trying to get the self timer to work.. (not) fitting the frame.. Pushing the button to late.. Not getting the focus right.. Crazy looking .. Falling out of picture.. And weird pose with weird connotations.. Well, who said it was easy? Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii Sigma 50 mm f 1.4 Art lens No editing
Selfportrait- the forest
Taking a self portrait is more difficult than you can imagine. I take mine with a self – timer, wireless. The timing is crucial. In this post I want to show some photos I took yesterday. Have been practicing different styles all weekend. Saturday I did the out of focus portraits and Sunday I tried getting full focus and perfect sharpness. I succeed in some and in some not so much. It is hard telling when you are out if you have gotten that perfect shot or not, it isn´t until later when home again your realize that 90% of all photos lack something like focus, sharpness or are to light or dark etc. But it is a challenge that I love. Enjoy my portraits from the forest of Grythyttan. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii Sigma 50 mm Art lens Ed in Lightroom
Mystery lake
The lake close to my house is somewhat of a muse. Katarina Iso 200, 50mm, f5., 1/20 sek Nikon D 90 Nikkor lens Ed in LIghtroom
The november darkness is on it´s way.
Photo taken today, about twenty minutes before publishing. Nikon D 90, normal Nikon lens, editing in Lightroom.
Happy Birthday to me! – My official birthday.
Today is my official 30 years of age Birthibirth-dddday! How weird! I wonder what I will get for presents this evening? Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Practicing photoediting: Heading to the local store.
After work me and Martin headed for the local foodstore to get something to eat and send and collect packages. Shot some photos and when I got home I practiced some editing in photoshop. Tried out the brushtool and some photofilter. The brushtool, is a bit tricky but think I am getting the hang of it. What do you think? Katarina Shot with Canon 5D Mark iii (photos of me by Martin), editing in Lightroom and Photoshop CC. For editing steps, see down below photos. Editing steps: 1. First I adjusted contrast and some clarity in lightroom. 2. Opened the photo in photoshop 3. Converted the photo into a smart object (right click on the background layer and choose, convert to smart object) 4. Add new layer 5. Choose brushtool 6. Adjust size, color and transparancy (about 7%) 7. Brush, brush, brush, adjust and brush 8. Add layer with photofilter, adjust photofilter Voilá!
All yellow everywhere- When the leaves shift color.
This week is all about autumn in Sweden. It is now it happens! The whole world turns into a yellow cake with some early morning frosting. I know you love autumn pictures and strolled around Grythyttan the other day when the sun and the weather was perfect. Grythyttan is such an amazing plaze, I can see that now when I edited the photos. Enjoy the atmosphere and have a happy October everybody! Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm canon lens L-series, edited in Lightroom
Met a horse.
Went for a walk in the forest today. The weather is all greyish and boring for being early October but I guess thats how life is like sometimes. Was invited to go have tacos and tequila at six by a friend, so I guess that is a plus for this greyish Saturday. That and the horse I met in the forest, what a beautiful one. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens (l-series), edited in Lightroom.
the September sunrise.
This morning I made my coworker pull over the car when passing this great lake. Just had to shoot some photos of the sunrise during this foggy September. It seems that I can´t get enough of the fog! This week I had my seminar of the ongoing photoproject I am doing. Discussed my project idea. Won´t share to much of my project yet since it still is evolving in different direction and I have ended up in some sort of creative mess that I have to sort out through reading and ”just do it” by taking more photos. Photography isn´t that easy for me, at the moment, but I guess that happens to all of us.. //Oh my God. I just realized that it is the 1st of October!// Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens, edited in lightroom.
Debutant coctail- The photos.
I´ll think you get it, without text. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens, editing done in Lightroom.
Debutant coctail- the outfit
Yesterday me and Martin went to the yearly debutant coctail with friends from the third year here. Took a lot of photos and will post them tomorrow or Sunday but here is a little taste, the outfit of the day. The dress is from Betsey Johnson, an American designer. I bought this dress on the Swedish ebay a long time ago from a girl who bought it to a wedding and then got pregnant, ending up with a to small dress. I have loved it for the first time I saw it but haven´t really had the opportunity to use it. Now was the time. What do you think about it? The earrings are from the same designer and also bought at ebay. I think I paid about 400 sek (70 dollars maybe) and like 2 dollars for the earrings. Katarina Canon 5 D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens, Velbon tripod and RC6 Canon Self Timer.
And along comes fall.
Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, Canon 50 mm lens f. 1,8 ii. Editing in Lightroom.
foggy.
After the rain and the thunder came fog. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, Canon 50mm lens f.1.8, lightroom.
a long walk, the church of grythyttan and some golden grass
Canon 5D Mark iii, 50mm Canon lens, lightroom
some sheep and some food.
Had a very nice weekend with my friends from Stockholm. They have left for now and so has the sun. Thunder rumbles outside and I am watching my favorite show (at the moment), White Collar and thinking about making some waffles with cloudberry jam and cream. No beach 2014 for me. 😉 Enjoy the last photos from the weekend. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens, Lightroom.
A moment of peace- Bergslagen, Grythyttan and Bredsjö blå.
My friend Caroline and her mate Marcus is here during the weekend. We are enjoying the fabulous Swedish summer weather and Bergslagen from it´s best side. In a way, at the moment, I´m traveling the backyard of where I live. Sometimes this is the best. Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens as well as 50mm lens from Canon, edited in Lightroom. When Marcus and Caroline arrived we prepared some hard bread with Bredsjö blå and hjortronsylt (cloudberry jam). We enjoyed it with a bottle of wine and some more.. Martin prepared a secret jar that will be ready in a week. Me and Caroline posed for a full shot photo. Her wearing a desigual and me in my kaftan from Röda korset and my Moheda wooden shoes. Martin guided us through Måltidens house in Grythyttan. Where he showed us a kitchen that comes up from the floor (and got stuck on the way down, creating a bit of stress .. ). He continued with Grythyttans Gästgiveri and their Magnificent wine cellar. And Stallet …
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire or Season of Summer
The summer has arrived in Sweden big time. It was 33 degrees when I left work yesterday. For you who know Sweden, this is hot. It is so hot that I just fell down in the couch getting back from work and didn´t have any energy to get up let alone blog. To give you something to laugh a little about, the Swedish Metrological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) have raised a class 1 warning in Sweden for high temperatures. It states ”that all over the country the temperature is expected to be 26 degrees or more” and it will continue, to Saturday. It is only in Sweden.. Here is some summer photos from Sunday when me and the boyf. where hanging out on the beach. Same beach I took the photos of my camerabag as well. This is my entry for fire/summer post at Cee´s. Cee, Swedes are on fire! 😉 Katarina
coca colala.
I don´t know about you guys, but here it was 33 degrees today. I´m officially dead. Unofficially I´m watching White Collar, my new favorite show, drinking tons of lemonade and dreaming about coca-cola and chips. I´m a bit worried about my teeth due to the sugar-filled summer-diet I´m on right now. I think the coca- cola name thingy is great. My mother collected hers and my fathers name on theirs. Had to take a snap shot of them. My mothers reaction was ”are you taking a photo without background”. Me: ”what?” while she continue ”there is no background” Me: ”what?”. – Who needs a background when your photographing coca- cola bottles? It was the weirdest discussion.. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, Canon lens 50mm f1.8. I am a bit surprised that is the same amount of cola in the bottles. What do you think?
A camerabag on the beach.
Yes I know, there has been a lot of camerabag post lately. This is because I bought three new camerabags at the same time. Now the last one have arrived and here it is. This is my absolute favorite. A very stable model that stands for itself even though there is nothing in it. Today it got to accompany me to the beach for a beach shoot. I bough it on aliexpress.com, a chinese low price website that has about everything. It has all the expensive original camera models as lowepro and national geographic series (to a lower price, at least for Swedes) as well as these vintage, no brand, models that is more of an accessory bag than a traditional camerabag. Katarina Canon 5D Mark iii, 24-105 mm Canon lens, lightroom. Photos taken by the lake Torrvarpen, Grythyttan.