January 2011 wallpaper

January 2011 wallpaper

by | Dec 31, 2010 | Wallpaper

The photo for the wallpaper of the first month of 2011 was recently taken north of Stockholm during a wonderful crispy cold afternoon with beautiful sunset colors in the sky.

At this point I would like to give a special thanks to the people at Photoshelter, WordPress.org and Graph Paper Press who made it possible to create an integrated website with photo galleries and a webblog in a great design!

To all of my readers and followers: I hope you continue to read my blog and view my galleries in 2011. I wish you all a wonderful, healthy and successful New Year!

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Early snow in Stockholm

by | Dec 14, 2010 | Photography

For all of you who do not live in Sweden I can tell you that we have an unusual amount of snow for the time of year. Also the temperatures are lower than we are common with in December.

Early December I was traveling to the Netherlands to visit my family. On a beautiful Saturday morning we had some real snow showers there creating a mere 15 cm of snow. Unfortunately overnight temperatures went up and rain came. By the time we woke up almost all the snow had gone. Unlike the situation often in middle and north Sweden this is quite common in the Netherlands.

Anyway, last weekend we had beautiful weather around Stockholm, thus it was time to take out the cameras and make some snow shots. It was a cold experience though, with temperatures as low as -15 degrees C I was sometimes knee deep in the snow trying to find the perfect composition.

With the sun setting already before 3pm combined with the low temperatures you get to see a  fantastic colored sky with blue’s and magenta’s.

December 2010 wallpaper

December 2010 wallpaper

by | Dec 1, 2010 | Wallpaper

After having skipped the November 2010 wallpaper due to some technical difficulties here is the December 2010 wallpaper.

The photo for the December 2010 wallpaper was taken at the beach on the east coast of India. I was traveling in Orissa and stayed a week in Puri, a city well known for the Jagannath Temple. Just north of Puri lies the small fishing village Polkata where I spent two days shooting the life of the local fishermen. The colored flags on the photo are placed directly on the beach surrounded by the fishing boats.

For photos from the fishing village please visit the India: Polkata gallery (black & white).

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