Oslo

Coffee, my dear?

20/04/2018 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Rodelokka, is one of the old working class districts of Oslo. As the city developed through the seventies much upgrading took place, but you will nevertheless still find grade listed wooden houses, and some occasional brick counterparts, squeezed in between the city´s ever so bustling architecture. And it was right here, just as I was walking through the vicinity a few weeks ago, I suddenly encountered this couple, having a sit down in front of their house.

The last days the temperature´s improved considerably, and the winter has subsequently faded away, so they are most certainly gone, now. A bit sad, as they were really a pair of cuties, but on the other hand, I can´t really say I miss the cold.

But living in Norway they´re bound to be back ever so soon. Just let us have at least some summer in the meantime.

Dining out

07/04/2018 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Do you often dine out? I love it. Of course, this can’t happen too often, I haven’t got that kind of money. But reassuringly, my city has abundant options in both the high and low end of the price scale.

Strolling the streets a Thursday evening, I spotted these young ladies having a quiet dinner at the top floor of a fast food restaurant, unaware of people pouring in and out beneath them. I’ll rather stick to the quiet option myself, I think. Don’t you agree?

Drawing with light

09/03/2018 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Photography is about “drawing with light”. And don´t you think this enigmatic kind of illumination illustrates the point well?

I took this last autumn. I had been out for a couple of hours seeking interesting motives. Not really finding them, I was heading for the underground station, when I passed a football pitch. Noticing the scene put, or rather drawn, up by the falling light, I nevertheless got what I was looking for.

But I must admit it took me some time to nail it. Interesting enough, using aperture priority mode didn’t work out, even with a vast variety of ISO settings. So, I switched to full manual settings, using f/6,8, 1/60 sec, and ISO 2500. And after a little brushing up in Lightroom this was the result.

And if anyone is technically interested, I´m using a 50mm prime lens here.

Contrast

13/11/2017 by Marthin Leave a Comment

Autumn´s creeping in on us, (actually we´re already in the middle of it), with winter not far away. And the light has changed as well. Not only is it getting dark much sooner than just a few weeks ago, but the mere light is colder in a way.

This shot is not so much about the cold northern light as about darkness. And with the soft darkness follows, just a step behind, the rather harsh artificial light, creating options for contrasts wherever they encounter. This picture was captured at Schous Plass (engl. ´Schous Square´), just outside the local library. The plastered wall courteously reflected the incoming light, and thereby provided its surface as light source, making people passing by really stand out against the background.

Emerging

09/10/2017 by Marthin Leave a Comment

I’ve often read about street photographers discovering an interesting object sneaking itself into the frame, but never to any extent worth noticing experienced it myself.

Having initially framed this couple as they were busy taking their selfie, I patched the raw file onto the computer, but couldn’t actually find a crop that pleased me. But before giving up, I decided to keep on narrowing it down, getting rid of as much as possible.

And suddenly she appeared. The lady in the background, whom I hadn’t noticed at all. Doesn’t she make the whole picture? I think she does.

So cropping can be … well interesting after all, to say it least.

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