Category Archives: Our Stories

Juliette – Seeing the light in a Metro station


I was recently contacted by Juliette, a model from Kiev, saying she was in Stockholm for a while and wanted to do a photo shoot. There were about three days before she was leaving and at that time I was knee deep in work, but we were able to find a match late on a Monday when we both were free. We met up about 6pm, and if you have ever been in Sweden during winter you will know that at this time there’s no trace of the sun, so the city is pitch dark, except from streetlights and smartphones…

How to quote photography jobs


First off, there is no set rule, or standard industry rate to follow; the only real guideline is: what are you worth, what is your time is worth? The commercial photography industry, however, does follow a somewhat standard ‘billing block’: either a ‘full day’, which is up to 8 hours, or a ‘half day’, which is up to 4 hours.  

Compare pictures from different cameras and lenses


When you’re on a mission to upgrade your arsenal of lenses, there are a million websites with reviews and tests to help you find what you’re searching for. Many of these sites contain a huge pile of detailed information about the lens and also some pictures showing the lens i every direction you can think of. I enjoy reading through all that info and compare different lenses to make sure that what I buy is the best thing for me. But in the end the most interesting thing is always “what can this lens do in the hands of photographer? ” Then […]

Opera, orchestra and the Fine Arts Group


A buddy of mine Oskar Bly, was organising an Opera performance at the Palace here in Stockholm.

Vintage Camera Lenses – a cheap but great alternative


Lenses, the never ending story … and quite an expensive story. However, it doesn’t actually need to be a burden on your wallet. All you gotta do is think old skool because (and excuse my bad joke coming up) olds kool. Like Edgar Allen Poe vs Stephen King OR Bram Stoker vs whoever wrote those Twilight comics … the vintage dudes were always better.

Manual Focusing Made Easy with Vintage Focus Screen


This is something that has interested me in the last few weeks. Even though I appreciate the improvement and the new technology that we have in modern cameras, I always find it kool to go back and try out how they did it back in the day.

Ulrik Munther @ Grand Central


When I first heard Ulrik sing, I thought “Damn, this kids good. He’s just gonna get better as he gets older”.