Malenes blog

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.

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.

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.