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Jon and Carolina | Wedding session

Published at July 30, 2008 in 12-24, 120-300, 16.5mm, 30mm, 4.5mm fisheye, 50mm 1.4, 70-200, 70mm, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, high iso, photography, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 13 Comments

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Another really fun wedding session, this time a bit north or everything in a town called Mariestad - more famous for it’s fine beer. It was a bit tricky as Linn is now working down south as a guide on a castle and she couldn’t be my assistant. I really wanted that - so we improvised and used the best man for the job. Lucky for Jon and Carolina, it worked great! You can actually see him on several shots.

Oh, I also improved my car shooting style thingi - fun stuff! Lucky for me we had the time needed to play.

Cameras used was SD14 and DP1 - I had many lenses with me - more or less all but I ended up using the trusty 12-24 the most as I love the cokin filter border effect so much. Second place I think is 30 or 50mm 1.4 not sure as 50 is so new for me I tend to reach for the 30mm. 120-300 does give me joy when needed. It’s not very easy to find good occations or locations for it but when it’s time then it’s great!

I also noticed a slight magenta cast in some of the “just out of the church” shots - just so you know. :D

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When open the whole article more pictures appears as well as some whom has been shown already above. Don’t be frightened about that, it’s perfectly normal.

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Oscean trip..

Published at July 9, 2008 in 12-24, 120-300, 24-60, 70-200, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro, high iso and sd14. 7 Comments

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Rainy day going out with my little brothers boat. Windy and dark sky made my day. Light changed rapidly as sun sometimes came throu and I must say there is lots more easier tasks than correct white balance a day like this. :D - So bare with me. Btw, we went out to fish - the only fish we saw was this one. (see below shot)

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And above shot shows myself doing one of those - don’t know how to behave in FRONT of the camera. I really do have a problem with that. Behind me is Xiao Gang - the guy that I used to live together with during some of my years in China.

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Minath Tirith?! No, it’s some huge river flow balancing tool. They do look monstrous.

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Wide open at 2.8! The 70-200 has recently given me really nice pictures.

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Lenses used: 12-24, 24-60, 70-200 and 120-300.
Camera: SD14
Developer: SPP2.5 + Aperture.

Daniel & Maria | Wedding with SD14 and DP1

Published at June 21, 2008 in 10-20, 105mm, 12-24, 16.5mm, 30mm, 4.5mm fisheye, 70-200, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro, dp1, full size, high iso, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 22 Comments

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Another wedding session, and I’m happy to announce that DP1 is a great b camera! :D Linn had hers with her all the time (she assist me) and she took quite a few really nice shots. I used mine as well and I got more keepers from the DP1 (compared to amount of shots taken) than with the SD14. More time to think? I think one or two of Linns are among these too.

My workflow has slightly changed and looks like the following. I make the basic adjustments from SD14 and DP1 RAW in SPP 2.5 Windows. After adjustments are done I import all into a new project in Apple Aperture.

In Aperture I use the new plugin called Viveza to further adjust certain spots - add light to face or simply to enhance black and white images. I also use Aperture to dodge and burn, crop and straighten, add vignetting and my little watermark. I don’t apply vignetting to all but to many shots. So don’t judge lenses because of my images. hehe..

During all this I also add stars to my favorites, this I later use when publishing to the couple and the very best here on my website. I ended up with 44 images in this post and 133 to the couple, I started with about 300 from SPP and around 700 in total from field..

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There is all in all 44 images in this post. Click each image to view the full size image. Remember that this is copyrighted material.

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HDR with one shot iso3200 process - movie! :D

Published at February 23, 2008 in 12-24, Movie, Raw Developer, apple, dp1, high iso, how to, sd14 and software. 3 Comments

Turn volume down! Sounds like old radio with broken speakers. And, beware, you might need to know your RD in order to really follow - anyways. It’s a simple workflow. :)

BW DP1 experiment | iso3200 - 6400

Published at February 13, 2008 in 12-24, Raw Developer, full size and sd14. 13 Comments

I’m taking this seriously! I realized that the more I learn about high ISO BW - the more I love the feeling of what comes out. These are all more or less taken at 16mm (28mm) - so this is what the DP1 would produce more or less. And the Dp1 has a sharper lens - it will produce nothing less than magnificent black and whites for sure!

All of these are developed using Raw Developer and the profile Monochrome XDR. PS has pleyed a minor role with burn tool and vignetting on some shots.

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High ISO experiment. 3200 - 12800 BW

Published at February 10, 2008 in 12-24, 30mm, Raw Developer, full size, high iso and sd14. 11 Comments

Extreme ISO - SD14

Been working with a photographer in HK with an very interesting photo book. The book contains photos taken mainly with tmax iso3200 film and I wanted to know how far the SD14 could go, especially with the “film alike” three layer technology that we’re blessed with.

So I set my camera at -1 exposure (-2 and -3 depending on wanted ISO) at ISO1600 and started to enjoy my new faster shutter speeds and everything you see here is handheld and most of the would be impossible with anything slower (camera shake). Speed varies between 1/15 to 1/100 and most of them are shot wide open. I used P mode.

Result? Noise characteristics and dynamic range feels very similar to black and white film. I have bought a Sigma SA-300 film camera and will in the near future take same shots in order to really see how well they compare. :)

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Note: Most of these has absolutely no sharpening and noise reduction turned off. Especially extremely high ISO 6400 - 12800 has some noise reduction applied from Raw Developer. Continue reading ‘High ISO experiment. 3200 - 12800 BW’

Man and Dog

Published at December 12, 2007 in 12-24, Raw Developer and sd14. 0 Comments

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Boring weather makes me do this:

Published at December 12, 2007 in 12-24, ISO50, Raw Developer, full size and sd14. 0 Comments

Showing you how a ND Grad filter from cokin works. It’s from this very summer and I might have posted something like this before. Not sure. Now these photos are developed using Raw Developer and no PS. Click for bigger.

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Also notice how the sky changes from bright blue to a much more deep color. The ND I used here was pretty strong.

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Now, hoping for some sun or snow or both!

Observations about MED resolution..

Published at November 25, 2007 in 12-24, Adobe Lightroom, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 4 Comments

Here’s three pictures from a wedding I shot this summer. For some reason I don’t remember I had switched to MED resolution (1776×1184) Looking at these makes me think that maybe I would gain something. These are unaltered, just exported from Lightroom. Nothing changed from RAW. For me it looks very much like my old slide-film. I think this feeling is partly due to the use of VPS. (pixels stacked together to gather more light)

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XiaoGang and Maria wedding pictures

Published at August 19, 2007 in 12-24, 30mm, 70mm, Adobe Lightroom, full size, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 18 Comments


Click above picture to get full size view. Lens: 12-24 @12mm with some plastic in front of the lens.

[edit, text updated #2] We had a great time at the Wedding and I shot something like 700 photos - 83 of them are now published. Their full names was Zeng Xiao Gang and Maria Ådahl - the new name is unknown. [EDIT: Putt Mr and Mrs before, no other changes are made] :D I was too busy taking pictures to listen. Maria, maybe you could add a comment about it?! These pictures will now find its way into a picture book.

click for all 83The black corners a due to a filter thread that I use sometimes with my wide angles. (I got it very recently) It’s something that could be described as a “sky saver” a faded one stop saving plastic. I felt very happy about using it because it gave me the feeling of 6×6 (you can easily see the black left / right frame on some pictures). It’s much more fun to balance the picture this way (and I got more powerful skies at the same time).

I still wonder why there isn’t any 35mm digital SLR’s that has a square image. That would be so nice! You would never have to think in terms of landscape / portrait any longer. Just like in the good old days!

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Painting colors in air

Published at August 15, 2007 in 12-24, 120-300, 30mm, 50mm, portrait and sd14. 9 Comments

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30s of my home - this was pretty late. F11 - can you see my sister Emmy? She came in the middle and… Oh, the strong yellowish tone comes from streetlight behind me. I’m thinking if i should go and swap the bulb to something cooler. :D


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30mm - Tiramisu. It’s not perfectly stable - not sure what I was doing but It should have been sharper. For the next one I used a tripod.


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50mm - Tiramisu - Linn is crazy about making, I’m about eating. Really nice! Wanna try?

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my mother Painting colors with water

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Emilia - my sisters kid - trying to make a rainbow for my car.


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She was also trying to make me wet - and sort of lost it. :D


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Definately trying to make me wet. I got a few drops on the lens.


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My smallest brother Samual - in a small lake which is 77m at the deepest. (Hultasjön - if you wanna know) - nice, warm and clear water. You see the fish beneath you most of the time.


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Who is this? mm.. Not sure why we went down to the railway this time but I had to snap a few. 120-300


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Hultasjön again. This time it’s Elin trying to hold her breath - competing with my brothers. I think she managed 10s or so.


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Not easy to catch something like this. But it WAS beautiful.


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My brother Sven Ingvarsson is selling his car and needed some pictures for the advertisement. A Xantia Activa - a very cool car to ride. (not so much to look at but I tried my best). 70-200


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Details with 70-200. It’s fun shooting like this with a zoom.

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So much fun to do this type of photography. Should have done some more. Next time I’ll stay in someones trunk and do it from there. Anyone?

Test: Sigma 10-20 vs Sigma 12-24 (updated)

Published at July 25, 2007 in 10-20, 12-24, full size, photography, review and sd14. 20 Comments

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Yesterday Linn decided that we should go out and pick some food in the forest (mushroom food). So I decided that that was boring and that I could take some photos instead of the picking part.
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Norway - 121 images

Published at July 22, 2007 in 10-20, 12-24, 120-300, 30mm, 50mm, 70-200, 70mm, high iso, photography and sd14. 9 Comments

I’m back with some pictures! First some here on the blog, and then if you click the picture you will be moved over to the big version (1000px). And the rest.

Camera: SD14. ISO100 - 1600.
Lenses used: Sigma 10-20, 12-24, 30, 50, 70, 70-200 and 120-300 EX DG.
Developed using Adobe Lightroom 1.1.

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[img] Finally Sven & Jeanettes wedding pictures.

Published at June 17, 2007 in 12-24, 30mm, 70-200, high iso, photography, portrait and sd14. 4 Comments

I’ve been fighting with my new monitor today. It’s a used Lacie 22 blue IV and I’m using a spider2 (thanks Thunderlance) to calibrate it. But I did it when it was bright and well, I wasn’t very satisfied with the result and I’ve been draging pictures back and forth between my laptops screen and the Lacie in order to see what it could look like IRL.. hehe Feels like I should only work in darkness with CRT’s..

This time I decided to give Camera Raw CS3 a chance and it worked pretty well. Good color control but a bit noisier. I never turned on noise reduction, maybe that’s why! ;) Black and whites looks far better using SPP, I think I will renmake those later.

ISO ranging from 100 to 800. Flash used in church sometimes. oh, Thanks Daniel Premberg for helping me with that reflector. :D

Lenses: All kinds of.

[img] Daniel and his car - SD14 x 10

Published at March 26, 2007 in 12-24, 70-200, photography and sd14. 21 Comments

Daniel Premberg, a friend of mine and his car.

Yesterday I was out with my old friend Daniel. He just bought a new car and wanted me to shoot it before he did some mistakes with it. So here it is, while it’s nice. :) Click image to bring a bigger version. Much bigger.

All images captured with my Sigma SD14 and yes, I used a orange gradient filter to enhance the beautiful sunset. Lot’s of these are taken with the Sigma. Continue reading ‘[img] Daniel and his car - SD14 x 10′

[link] From another time with SD14 - 21 shots!

Published at March 14, 2007 in 12-24, 30mm, 70-200, photography and sd14. 16 Comments

I’ve spent some hours with the SD14 before it came to market and I wanted to share some of my photos from 2006. See them all!

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[link] SD14 at a wedding..

Published at March 7, 2007 in 12-24, 30mm, 70-200, high iso, photography, portrait, sd14 and wedding. 14 Comments

I’m an old timer when it comes to SD cameras. My first was the SD9 back in 2002 and I’ve been hooked ever since. It’s not always been an easy ride, as my fellow Sigma-friends can assure but when focus and light has been perf you have an outstanding image that somehow speaks to the heart in a different way then a “bayern” image do. More analog if you like. It’s a little like the apple / pc thing, we Sigma people tend to really love our tool and the Sigma company. It’s a life style.

Now, I had the opportunity to work with the SD14. The first edition I had was before Photokina 2006, but after I used it for a week or two I had a big problem to go back to my older SD cameras. My web page has slowly died too, reason?. The SD14 is so much more. Handling, speed, AF, low-light performance, batteries etc etc. Even the vertical grip that will come out is extremely nice - The overall build quality is now so much more pro and balanced.

If you wanna compare it to the big guys, this Sigma is more like a Nikon.

Now, these images that I wanna show to you are developed using a modified old Sigma Photo Pro software. The SPP 2.2 (Mac version). The SPP 3.0 would maybe produce even better result. If you think they look a bit on the warm side that’s done by me, I want wedding shots warm and cozy.

Read more over at Sigma forum at Dpreview.

And yes, My favorite lens is still the 30mm EX 1.4. Click to see wedding shots.
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Photokina | day three..

Published at September 30, 2006 in 12-24, 30mm, photography and sd10. 3 Comments

Outside the dome

Sorry, one more bunch of photos that has not much to do with anything. mm.. If you like, please take a look. :)

Ocean pictures | 17 of them..

Published at August 24, 2006 in 12-24, 30mm, 70-200, photography and sd9. 31 Comments

Yesterday I went to a place not very far from home (about an hour drive) to find pictures with a nice oceanic touch. When you look at these images, remember this: They’re all taken with the SD9, all hand held and all given very little time in lightroom. And no time in photoshop. I can clearly see that there is way to many dirt spots from my 12-24 but I just don’t care right now. Enjoy them as they are! :D

Camera: Sigma SD9
Lenses: Sigma 30mm EX, 12-24 EX and 70-200 EX.

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A horse and a brother.

Published at August 20, 2006 in 12-24, 70-200, photography and sd10. 14 Comments


Me and my brother went for a little ride today, trying to find a place for a multi exposure shot of him climbing all over the place. In our search for a good spot we found this horse. When we took the picture, pretty far away from civilization, the owner came out wanting to talk. And this he did. about everything and nothing. About an hour later we found our selfs almost washed away and drained in water and home we returned. So my next picture is from that last part.

For horse image I used The SD10 and Sigmas 70-200 EX (old version) and for that other from inside the car I used Sigmas 12-24 EX. Both very nice lenses.