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Wooden Letters and Drawing Utensils

Malene — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:59:14 +0000

I love letterpress – and have a small collection of old wooden letters.

White in White

Malene — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000

I grew a bit tired of photographing snow, so decided to find something else in white. They’re all from my parents home: the bowl and glass belonged to my grandmonther.

Winter at Assistens Cemetery

Malene — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:10 +0000

A very snowy saturday afternoon I took a walk at the Assistens Cemetery. It was established in 1760 outside of the walls of Copenhagen, which then grew around the Cemetary, and became Nørrebro, a district of Copenhagen. Nørrebro is a multi-ethnic part of the city with a lot of shops and restaurants, people and noise everywhere – when one enters the quiet grounds of the cemetery all sounds of the city disappears, and you can find a place to breathe – – – – – in the middle of a busy city.

Poets, Musicians and Writers

The cemetery is still in use, but most of the people burried here are famous poets, writers, musicians and business people: H.C. Andersen (writer), Niels Bohr (scientist and Nobel Prize winner) and Søren Kierkegaard lies next to American jazz musicians Kenny Drew and Ben Webster.

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Depressive winterphotos in black and white

Week 1: Photography

My Orange Favourites

Malene — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:36:51 +0000

This week I bought one of these bad guys – a photo tent. I made my own little setup in the livingroom with the help of some desk lamps, and took the photos below. They were edited a bit – mostly the background and exposure, which I guess is because my lamps aren’t powerful enough. The next gadget on my photogear-wish list is some good lamps.

The theme this week is orange, as you may have guessed. The orange wooden cat is an heirloom from my grandparents. She once had a tail, a string – and a full face – but many years of kids with greasy hands have given her a bit of patina, you might say. Now she resides in my windowsill.

Depressive winterphotos in black and white

Malene — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:33:01 +0000

I almost 200 pictures this week, and this is what I got to show. But I did promise myself not to judge the photos I take – just to keep taking some, and hoping that practice will someday make, well, perhaps not perfect, but better then.

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Week 1: Photography

Winter at Assistens Cemetery

Week 1: Photography

Malene — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:40:36 +0000

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to photograph more, so this is the first batch. The plan is to take small phototrip every week. I started out pretty easy, and went for a walk in the neighbourhood, since it’s been a while.

Black and white photos

There are about a thousand ways to make a black and white conversion – I used this one as explained by Danish photograher Nicolai Brix. The video is in Danish, but there are a ton of tutorials on the web on b/w conversions, so no need to worry;) For the Danes: Nicolai’s blog is very, very helpful for photographers – here by recommended!

Retro Look

I’m a bit, fat sucker for all kinds of retro look, but I’m not quite good enough to achieve the looks I want, so I cheat, and use somebody else’s actions. This one is made by Marissaxxx, and can be downloaded for free.

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Winter at Assistens Cemetery

Depressive winterphotos in black and white