A blog post about my preparations as a photographer before getting into Torneträsk in Swedish Lappland and photographing Lapporten in Swedish Lapland during the summer.
Focusing on what’s ahead and not fully paying attention to my surroundings is something I sometimes do. Like this time when I was driving though Swedish Lapland and almost missed The Laponian Gate, Lapporten.
About my recent trip to the north of Sweden, to Lapland. Where I photographed off-piste skiing at Riksgränsen, in Sápmi country. And about photos that didn’t get taken, like one I Goa many years ago.
Why I love unfocused photos and Saul Leiters photos. Also, why I don’t agree with Ansel Adams definition of photography. And some stories of my time in India practicing yoga and visiting temples.
I’ve always been obsessed by water, it started when I was really young and sitting in a water tub in our sauna until my fingers looked like raisins and continued with me happily swimming in the cold Torneå River while my friends had blue lips and were freezing their asses off. But not me. And…
When I was spending every winter in India practicing Ashtanga yoga, we did our yoga practice for two hours super early in the morning six days a week and on our day off we sometimes got up super early and visited a temple. To get to this we left around 4 in the morning, or…
Photos I’ve taken this week, seems like so much have been pink. Tried to photograph the northern lights that appeared behind my house, took 35 photos out of them one is sort of sharpish. All in all, been a good week.