Malenes blog

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.

For larger sizes of the photos , please visite my flickr account.

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.