Don’t be afraid to shoot extreme closeups or crop to great extent when shooting portraits. This is something that Brutus Östling once wrote on his blog. I will show an example of my two sons Filip and Markus. I wanted to print these portraits in black and white, quite large (A3 or A3+), and hang them close to each other. This is what I ended up with.                        ...

Today the sun was shining and birds were singing in anticipation for spring to come. Only three more month of winter left, with the coldest month ahead, and we are there. In the meantime I for one will try to suck up every bit of sunshine that comes my way. My youngest son and I went for a stroll to the park nearby, me with my camera and him in a baby-carriage, sleeping. The now so familiar copse of  conifers  teemed with tits and finches, and...

Composing and choosing the right background is something a studio photographer never ignores. Nature photographers (primarily wildlife photographers) obviously don’t have the same amount of control over the subject or the setting, but that doesn’t mean it should be ignored. Landscape photographers take great care in choosing the right spot and setting up the camera to achieve the desired effect, something that is easily forgotten...

The small island of Fjaderagg is a bird watchers paradise. You can access it by taking the ferry to Holmön and there after the small boat Holmöslupen.

Last year in january a very rare guest came to visit northern Sweden, more specifically my neighbors backyard. The Oriental turtle dove is rare even in northern Europe and has only been sighted in Sweden 30-50 times in birdwatching history. Luckily my neighbor contacted me about a strange dove in her yard, and I managed to get a few shots that I sent to the local newspaper. That was the starting point of a mass migration of birdwatchers from...