Photography has been part of this blog from the beginning. It is where curiosity about light, composition and the behaviour of lenses meets the pleasure of being out in the world with a camera. Some articles are practical guides; others are equipment experiments, observations about the craft, or reflections on why a photograph works.
This page brings together the photography writing scattered across the archive, from the early technical articles to more recent reflections and photographic journeys. The original articles remain unchanged.
Explore the photography archive
Browse by subject, or use the chronological lists below to find an individual article.
The craft of seeing
- Reigniting My Love for Photography (2025)
- A Photographer’s Love for Receding Mountain Lines (2025)
- Having a blast with Photography (2024)
- PHOTOGRAPHER TO KNOW: David Lachapelle (2020)
- Between photography and storytelling (2020)
- Facebook, horrible photo quality (2019)
- It doesn’t matter how a photograph looks; it matters how a photo makes you feel. (2018)
- Passionate Landscape photography (2018)
- Fewer Photos, More Meaning (2018)
- Perfection means you don’t question anything about the photograph (2016)
- Street Photography With A Telephoto Lens — Photography Life (2016)
- Geometry and Photographical Composition (2016)
- When we are impressed by a photo (2016)
- HDR, High Dynamic Range Photography (2016)
- Camera Raw, improve your photo dramatically (2016)
- Photography Lingua (2016)
- How To Upload High Quality Photos to Facebook And Fix A Common Mistake (2015)
- DIY Tracking Platform for Astrophotography (2015)
- Is Photography an Art form? (2015)
- Peter Hurley with his Tip for Looking Photogenic: SHABANG! (2015)
- Adobe Quietly Added 10-Bit Color to Photoshop CC on OS X: Here’s How to Enable It (2015)
- Photoshop being slow on ya? (2015)
- Is Photoshop or Cropping Bad? (2015)
- A good photograph is knowing where to stand. (2015)
- Photoshop can guide your Compositions (2015)
- Reflectors in Photography, simple and yet wrongly used (2015)
- Photos that make me go WOW! (2015)
- Photoshop Lens Correction Profiles (2015)
- Expanding Photoshop, Light room adding lens and color corrections to Camera RAW (2015)
- I am not into Arty Photography (2015)
- Diagonals, the strongest and most fundamental compositional element (2015)
- Odd vs Even – Compositions (2015)
- I am packing my photo bag (2015)
- Backlit, make the photos pop with the help of Curves (2015)
- Photoshop Lens Correction Profiles (2015)
- Travel Photography hacks (2015)
- Studio photography (2015)
- Star Trail Removal in Adobe Photoshop (2014)
Cameras, lenses and equipment
- Helios-40-1: Climbing the curve Part 3 (2024)
- Sony, I feel left down (2024)
- Helios-40-1: You can’t judge a cult lens based on its numbers, Part 2 (2024)
- Helios-40-1: You can’t judge a cult lens based on its numbers – Part 1 (2024)
- Autofocus with Manual Lenses (2020)
- Tuning adapters for infinity focus and reflections – How To (2020)
- Camera Calibration for LR/CameraRaw 11 (2018)
- Meyer Optik Görlitz Primotar 50mm f/2.8 (M42) (2017)
- Fifties, a most wonderful – Helios 44 f/2 (2017)
- Helios 77M-4 50mm f/1.8 (2017)
- A-Mount to E-Mount Adapters, LAEA2, 3 or 4 (2017)
- M42 Adapters to A-Mount (2017)
- Pentacon 135mm f/2.8 on A-Mount (2017)
- Волна on A-Mount (2017)
- Zodiak-8B on A-Mount (2017)
- 300mm f4.5 Tayir-33 lens on A-Mount (2017)
- Kiev 88 to A-Mount (2017)
- Lens focal length Illustrated (2017)
- A black hole of a Lens (2016)
- Sony’s traumatized A-mount (2016)
- Sony 24-70mm F/2.8 Carl Zeiss, as seductive as a young woman (2016)
- DIY ringflash (2016)
- Tripods (2016)
- Maintenance on your Sony Alpha A99V (2016)
- Vello Off-Camera TTL Flash Cord for Sony Multi Interface Shoe (2016)
- Sony’s New Sky HDR App (2015)
- Sony, incoming wakeup call (2015)
- Autofocus, and its focusing modes (2015)
- Sony Alpha A99 and its new Russian Comerades! (2015)
- Sigma APO 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 DG, you made me eat my words (2015)
- Dear camera you are wrong “White balance” (2015)
- Tamron 150-600/5-6.3 Di, Silent like a ninja heavy like boxer (2015)
- Dear camera you are wrong (2015)
- When your camera’s perception of where a lens is sharp, is a tad off. (2015)
- Camera Calibration (2015)
- Portrait lens (2015)
- Behold… Minolta 20mm F/2.8 Prime (2015)
- Minolta 50mm F/1.4 Prime (2015)
- The beauty of a handshake – Minolta AF 28-135mm F4-4.5 (2015)
- Minolta 80-200 HS APO F/2.8 (2015)
Post-processing
- Sharpening with Blur (2018)
- DeHaze (2016)
- Confused about Dehaze (2016)
- Dealing with my “RAW” Hoarding disorder (2015)
- Sharpening Eyes (2015)
Light, exposure and technique
- ISO8000 – Pride Aarhus 2019 (2019)
- Black and White (2018)
- Where Focus Ends and Magic Begins (2018)
- Cheaters! cheating on the f-stop scale are we…. (2017)
- Automatic Exposure Bracketing (2017)
- Blasted! the colours is off (2016)
- A sharp eye in the night (2016)
- Focus for Progress, not for perfection (2016)
- Color Temperature (2016)
- Ethereal monochrome View (2016)
- Long Exposure No Neutral Density Filter (2016)
- Color Temperature – A balancing act (2015)
- Let’s get focused! (2015)
- I am not a big fan of AUTO – ISO (2015)
- Stepping up at Black and White (2015)
- Bouncing Your Lighting (2015)
- ISO Lets make some noise (2015)
- Histogram (2015)
- Diffraction, Aperture, and Starburst Effects (2015)
- Megapixels (2015)
- Filters or Post processing (2015)
- At Edge, Shooting High Contrast Black and White (2015)
- Light of Dreams (2015)
- Blur or no Blur (2015)
- Image Stabilisation, but Only When It Is Needed (2015)
- Life is better somewhere in the mid-range apertures of f/8 to f/11 (2015)
Astrophotography and night work
- Warm on a Cold Night (2017)
- A passion for Night Landscape (2016)
- Shooting in the Night (2016)
- Full Lunar Eclipse, awaiting the blood moon (2015)
- Gazing at the Milky Way, Homing in on Infinity (2015)
- Shooting the Solar Eclipse (2015)
Portraits, landscapes and visual stories
- How to Make V-Flats for Studio Portraiture: A Step-by-Step Video Tutorial (2015)
- Portraits – Amalie 2015 (2015)
Further photography writing
Additional articles from the photography archive
The archive is deliberately curated rather than generated from the broad Photography category, which includes posts that are not about photography. These additional entries complete the older camera, lens, light, technique and image-making threads.
More on the craft and creative eye
- More Than Flowers and Pats on the Back: The Value of Photo Critique (2017)
- Connect with Your Subject (2016)
- Deeper Thoughts on a Scene (2016)
- Never Miss the Colours of Autumn (2016)
- The Passion for Panoramic Photography (2016)
- Sharing My Photography Online: Behance and Mostphotos (2016)
- Ravages of Time (2016)
- Organic Patterns, a Touch of Nature (2016)
- Breaking Away from How You See Scenes (2015)
- Stretching the Moment in Time (2015)
- Contrast Is for Your Eye and Mind: Juxtaposition (2015)
- Contrast Is for Your Eye and Mind (2015)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson (2015)
- Negative Space (2015)
- Catch Light (2014)
More cameras, lenses and equipment
- No Roses and Champagne: Living with the Helios-40 (2019)
- Sony Alpha A99 II: An Insane or Clever Upgrade? (2018)
- Slow Down and Get Better: The Appeal of Vintage Lenses (2018)
- The Ultimate Soviet Legend: The Helios-40 85mm f/1.5 (2018)
- Choosing the Right Memory Card: Capacity, Speed and Safety (2018)
- Fifties, a Most Wonderful Lens (2017)
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm: Part 4 (2017)
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm: Part 3 (2017)
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm: Part 2 (2017)
- Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestor 135mm: Part 1 (2017)
- 24–70mm: A Most Boring Range? (2017)
- Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.8: Part 2 (2017)
- Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.8: Part 1 (2017)
- If I Could Own Only One Lens (Danish) (2017)
- Adapt to Vintage Glass (2017)
- The Search for the Right Camera Bag: Ease of Use (2016)
- The Search for the Right Camera Bag: Part 2 (2016)
- The Search for the Right Camera Bag: Part 1 (2016)
- Cleaning a Fingerprint or Smudge from the EVF (2016)
- Heaps of Light: The Much-Criticised HVL-F60M (2015)
- Eye-Fi Mobi Pro 32GB (2015)
- Eye-Fi: Wi-Fi Convenience (2015)
- Sun Sniper Pro II (2015)
More on light, technique and photographic workflow
- High-Key Photography in Natural Light (2018)
- Weather and Aurora Resources I Have Used (2018)
- Weather Phenomena (2017)
- Turning an iPad into a High-Resolution Scanner (2017)
- 1/8 Full Manual (2016)
- Straighten Perspective (2016)
- Straighten Up, Slacker (2016)
- It’s All about the Quality of the Light (2015)
- Light Direction (2015)
- Luminosity Masking (2015)
- Rule of Thirds, and Beyond (2015)
- New Light in Some Old Glass: Carl’s Glass #1 (2015)
- New Light in Some Old Glass (2015)
- Shooting the Stars (2014)
More photographic journeys and subjects
- The Hung – Shanghai: Small Among Giants (2025)
- Combining My Interests: Photography and Diving (2024)
- Simplicity and Spiders (2017)
- The Pharmacist’s House in Pimpedal (2016)
- Speakeasy at Capitol Hill (2017)
- Pike Place Market – Seattle (2014)
Photographic journeys, places and visual stories
These articles are more image-led, but photography is an important part of how the places, people and moments are explored.
- Before the light – Bali (2026)
- Watching the Temple Dance upon the Waters of Lake Beratan (2026)
- A Visit to Tanah Lot, Wrapped in Waves and Quiet Light (2026)
- Bali Behind the Postcards (2026)
- Suzhou, Between Stillness and Wonder (2025)
- Guilin stays in your memory. Yangshuo stays in your heart (2025)
- Jing’an Temple, Golden Calm in the Heart of Shanghai (2025)
- Serenity at Longhua Temple in Shanghai (2025)
- Shanghai Zhujiajiao Ancient Town (2025)
- Dawn at Fushimi Inari Taisha (2024)
- Kurama-dera Temple (2024)
- Trail of Ancient Times – Bovbjerg Klint and Lighthouse (2020)
- Land of Light – Sólfar (2018)
- Iceland – the land of light – Hveraröndor Hverir (2018)
- Land of Light – Thingvellir (Þingvellir) National Park (2018)
- Vatnajökull Glacier – Aurora Borealis (2018)
- Vatnajökull Glacier – walkabout (2018)
- Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon (2018)
- Beautiful, wide sandy beaches and the roaring sea (2018)
- Mjölnir, the hammer of Thor (2018)
- Almost as a black silhouette (2018)
- Soft, warm, dimensional, and just flat-out magical (2018)
- Puddle reflections (2018)
- Iceland – the land of light – Third (2017)
- Iceland – the land of light – Second (2017)
- Iceland – the land of light – First (2017)
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2017)
- A stroll through Bologna la Rossa (2017)
- Zuccherificio – Porto Tolle, Veneto (2017)
- Pride Aarhus (2017)
- Noctilucent Clouds (2017)
- Be there, be Square (2017)
- Bjerre Arrest (2017)
- Poltergeist House (2017)
- Abandoned Places (2017)
- Bregninge Fattiggård (2017)
- Casa de Muñeca (2017)
- The Ride of the Valkyries (2017)
- Hidden Seattle: Hidden Spots I Love (2016)
- Rivus Altus: A Different View of the Rialto Bridge (2016)
- Leiðarendi Cave (2016)
- I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. (2016)
- Danish Air Show 2016 (2016)
- The long story about the Mønsted limestone quarry. (2016)
- The Limestone mines at Mønsted (2016)
- Brattingsborg Voldsted (2016)
- Flintehouse at Horstved Forest (2016)
- Tustrup burial mounds (2016)
- Hald Oaks (2016)
- Rubjerg Knot by Hjørring (2016)
- I wish for a cloudy day (2016)
- Wadden Sea (2015)
- Hold your Baby (2015)
- You don’t just move into or inhabit a space, you create it (2015)
- More than Frame within a Frame (2015)
- Every once in a while genius is sticking its head out (2015)
- Dimensional Space (2015)
- Much Pain (TM) (2015)
- Backlit on a rainy day (2015)
- Backlit, how to make it even better (2015)
- Breaking away from conventional wisdom – Backlit (2015)
- Small fisherman’s boat in Aarhus (2015)
- Contrasts (2015)
This archive brings together the photography articles and photo-led stories identified across the blog. It is intentionally more selective than the broad Photography category, which also contains unrelated posts.