New Hope, December 2009

Went for a walk in New Hope, PA and brought my camera along. Snapped a few pictures and kind of liked this one.

New Hope, PA, 2009

Taken with a Leica M8 and Zeiss ZM 28mm lens.

Christmas 2009

I have taken a rather long break from scanning my old photos, so I’ll post some current shots in the meantime. Here are some pictures from Christmas in Lake Placid, NY.

Lake Placid, NY, Christmas 2009

Lake Placid, NY, Christmas 2009

Lake Placid, NY, Christmas 2009

These photos were taken using a Canon 5D with EF 50/1.4 and EF 28/1.8 lenses.

Copenhagen railway station, 1972

Had to switch trains in Copenhagen late at night. While waiting for my train I took out my camera and shot a few pictures. Fist one is of a fellow traveler that might have missed his train, or maybe not …

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1972

Second one is of a young man who was on his way home after having been out on the town having a good time. He told me he was a boxer and was eager to pose for a portrait.

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1972

Both photos where taken using a Pentax Spotmatic with a 55mm f1.8 lens. Film was Tri-X pushed to EI 1600. Scanned with a Minolta Scan Dual IV and processed in Lightroom.

Boy with street vendors, 1981

Another photo of a young boy, this time with some street vendors.

Papeete, Tahiti, 1981

Nikon F2 with 35mm f2 lens. Captured on Tri-X and scanned with a Minolta Scan Dual IV.

Boy at the market, 1982

Traveling through Thailand I snapped this picture of a young boy standing next to a stand in a local market. I would guess it was his parents stand and he was either helping out or just waiting for them to close up shop and go home.

Surat Thani, Thailand, 1982

Nikon FE with 50mm f1.4 lens on Kodachrome scanned with a Minolta Scan Dual IV and converted to B&W using Lightroom.

Feeding the birds, 1978

Walked through St. James’s Park in London one rainy December afternoon when I came across this gentleman feeding his friends. I assume that he was a regular visitor to the park.

London, England, 1978

Nikkormat EL with 50mm lens on Ektachrome 400. Scanned with a Minolta Scan Dual IV and converted to B&W in Lightroom.

Kids in kindergarten, 1974

Traveling around Europe with my friend Anders we stopped for a few days in Geneva, Switzerland. Came across these well behaved kids in a kindergarten in the city. By now they are middle aged and probably put their own kids in the same kindergarten.

Geneva, Switzerland, 1974

Kodachrome using a Leica CL with a 40mm Summicron-C. Scanned with a Scan Dual IV and converted to B&W using Lightroom.

First picture, 1971

I have over the years taken lots of photographs and most of them I have not looked at for years. I’m not very good at printing and organizing my photographs, so they sit hidden in a box or in a binder. Most are slides others are B&W or color negatives.

It’s about time that I look through this collection, relive some of these moments and pick out the pictures that I like the best and scan and print them. I’ll post some of them here on this blog. Here is the first one from 1971. It was taken in Torquay in England. I was staying with a family there for a couple of weeks during the summer to learn the language and also to learn to sail. The picture is taken on our way home from a Sunday outing when everyone is a bit tired.

Torquay, England, 1971

The picture was taken on Kodachrome using a Zeiss Contaflex II that I had borrowed from my dad. I converted it to grayscale using Lightroom.