A princess birthday party

Last Sunday my oldest grandchild had her birthday. Number four. She partied for two days. Saturday with friends. Sunday with family. Bicycles and a sewing machine and a lot of female stuff for kids. As usual I brought a camera. No, two cameras. One digital and one for Kodak b&w film. Kids are special subjects to catch in a picture. You have to use a short shutter time, high ISO or a flash to get a reasonable f-stop. On top you have to be content with a 1% yield. Ok, I got some pictures. Here they are. You can never guess which is digital or analogue.

Here you should be grateful for the black&white pics. Cookies colour could make you sick. I'm not kidding.

But the dinosaur shaped looked alright.

Playing for grandpa

Party is over

Hometown disassembled

Last weekend I went home to my hometown for daddys birthday. Every time I drive around to make a check for changes since last time. This time I discovered a lot of missing shops.

 

But the photoshop was still there, thank God!

At school on a Saturday

Until my seventh year at school we went to school on Saturdays. Then there was decided about a five day work week. We didn't mind an extra day off, of course. Here are some pictures from a school nearby where I live. On weekdays full of life but this Saturday totally abandoned.

Digital Audio Broadcasting

Still some years I will be able to listen to my retro radio. Sooner or later even the radio broadcasting will be digital. It's called development. Gone are already the days listening to radio Luxembourg. Only short wave will be left but I'm not inclined to listen far distant radio broadcasting in languages I don't know. Hopefully some medium wave stations will still broadcast. I'll just have to wait and hear.

Dinner, reverend Bob & Just in time

Yesterday there was a dinner with colleagues again. It was initiated from Facebook where a colleague invited to a gig with his band at a restaurant in Stockholm Old Town. Some of us thought it would be a great opportunity for a dinner at the same time. So it was. And of course I brought a camera. Here are some pictures.

Reading the menus with mobile flashlight. Youngsters! I used my glasses!

Fiddle and all

 Reverend Bob

Colleague at the bass

Music? Country & Western  if you didn't figure it out already.

Chatting photography

Yesterday I met with some friends in photography for coffee and something to eat. And we digested some photography books as well. How about a book with the work by Paul Strand or Next stop New York by Arthur Leipzig? Of course we also discussed some lenses and cameras, film developing and darkroom processes. Is there anything else?

 Krister

Alf

There was also Claes but he was to blurry to show.

Cheers!

My wifes daughter has been visiting us over Christmas and New Year. Tomorrow she is heading home for Monteral again. As a Grand Finale of her visit we had dinner at Grand Hotel in Stockholm (the original place for the Nobel Price award ceremony).

Not because she is leaving but because she has been here. Happy flight home! Cheers!

Sorry

Didn't make much of interest during the whole fall. Especially not with a camera. I will try to resume a little here in this one and only post.

I was on a conference in Barcelona, but I didn't swim the pool.

I took a long shot at La Sagrada Familia

And drank wine at Torres vineyard

Sailed the Mediterranean

Visited the railroad museum in my hometown

Saw some more horses

Bought  an old camera and a new lens

We had lots of snow

And there was Christmas after all.

Hmm, pretty much happened, huh. Sorry I didn't keep you posted.

Dressage

We had to get out of the apartment. After a vivid brainstorm for a suitable goal of our expedition we finally agreed on a dressage competition in Vallentuna. Since I am not a keen photographer of animals or nature I decided to make art of it. And I kind of like the result.
I discovered that my lens is too short, however, so I need to look for a bigger and longer. In this game size really matters. Well, here are my first shots in a growing interest of man-horse interaction.

Stallion with larger size

The bright side of life

As a photographer I am not fond of sunshine. The best light for my pictures I find on a slighty overcast day with soft shadows. The wheather is not for us to decide, just to stand and live with. I always carry a camera and when the light is not in my favour I just make the best of it anyway. Like in these pictures.

 

Two more that doesn't like the sunshine.

SLUSSEN

One of the greatest local traffic hubs in Stockholm is Slussen. I go there once in a while to take pictures. It is going to be different after decades of political discussions. I am not against. It's a terribly schabby place that really need a makeover. All pictures are from the latest visit.

Nostalgia

Our annual gathering with friends was a nostalgic event as usual. And of course the eternal storytelling about what has happened since. Changes in relations, new kids, health issues and whatever new on the church frontier. The warm summer evening ended up in singing the hymns of our youth until the camera ISO couldn't bear the darkness.

 Smartphones are for seniors only.

Il dottori

Singing is essential in Nostalgia