New Words We Should Incorporate In Our Day to Day Language

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I’ve seen these photos on a number of sites on internet, but I’m not sure of its origin, so I don’t know who to link / credit. If you know? Please leave a comment so I can give credit to those who have created these great words / photos.

San Francisco – Architecture

This is a photo of one side of the famous “Cliff House”, an awesome place for photography since the sun sets right outside the restaurants window.

If you ever visit San Francisco, don’t miss out on this amazing place.

© Pedro Hansson - Cliff House - Nikon D7000
© Pedro Hansson – Cliff House – Nikon D7000

San Francisco And Vegas – Photos

During the last few weeks I’ve visited San Francisco and Vegas. Two amazing cities. San Francisco when it comes to being cozy, friendly and open, and Vegas when it comes to craziness. Not a bad “crazy”. More in terms of a place that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world.

This will the first post in a series, of these great cities. I hope you enjoy.

Best wishes for a new week.

© Pedro Hansson - Inside the "French shopping mall"
© Pedro Hansson – Inside the “French shopping mall”

 

© Pedro Hansson - Bellagio  - Las Vegas
© Pedro Hansson – Bellagio – Las Vegas

Best Photos From National Geographic Photo Contest

Today I browsed the internet for some photo inspiration, and came across this National Geographic’s photo contest site, and talk about inspiration! Amazing photos!

Here are some of my favorites…


Photo by Hasan Baglar


Photo by Henrik Nilsson


Photo by Istvan Kerekes

For more photos from the same contest, click here

Decisions

This week has been all about decisions.

Since I’m working with Active Decision Support, I have started to think a lot about decision processes; and how decisions are made – both professionally as well as private.

One thought that really keeps spinning is how many of our decisions/crossroads that we actually are passing/making all the time without noticing/knowing it, and how big these non-decisions really can be.

The photo is from a trip last weekend, to Gotland / Visby on a really foggy day.

© Pedro Hansson - Visby - Gotland - Sony RX-100
© Pedro Hansson – Visby – Gotland – Sony RX-100

One of the best time-lapse clips I’ve seen – Lake of dreams

On my bucket list, Burning Man is high up there. Seems like nothing else in the world. Over the years some good photographers have put together some amazing time-lapse videos from the event, but I think this is one of the best ever.

Look especially at those amazing long exposures of the night sky at 3:15!

Hope you enjoy the clip!

Lake of Dreams from roy two thousand on Vimeo.

Beautiful City of New York

Last week I visited New York for some work, and while being there I also spent some time taking photos, so I thought that I would share some of them here.

It’s tricky taking photos of a city that’s been so well documented already, but I tried to find some new angles, and some new styles in the photos.

The first photo is taken at a long distance with a fast aperture to get it dark, then I pulled the aperture up afterwards in Lightroom. This created the grainy and foggy effect since all the details will not be seen. After that I added some sharpening.

Statue of Liberty - New York - © Pedro Hansson
Statue of Liberty – New York – © Pedro Hansson

Do You See The Face In The Cloud?

It was quite awhile ago since I posted any photos. At the same time, I’m having a little project at my Facebook-page with “One Image a week”. So I thought about this brilliant idea to use the at both my Facebook page, and here. 🙂

This photo was taken at lunch time this Saturday. I spent the weekend in Vemdalen, a ski resort in Sweden, and the wind during these days were hard, to say the least. This is taken at the top with an iPhone 5S.

What I enjoyed with the scene was the contrast between the wind and the sunny sky, at the same time as the snow passed by, creating those small white dots that almost looked like stars.

While you’re at it; do you see the face in the clouds?

© Pedro Hansson - Vemdalen, Sweden - iPhone Photography
© Pedro Hansson – Vemdalen, Sweden – iPhone Photography

40 Historic Photos That Made Me Think

Some photos can really reflect historic moments, and at the same time make me appreciate where we are today. Humanity, and the world in itself is certainly improving. Great set of photos!

Source: Boredpanda.

Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885

Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938

Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956

Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923

Not the job i would’ve signed up for!

Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916

Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937

Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937

Disneyland Employee Cafeteria in 1961

Construction of the Berlin wall, 1961

Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965

Martin Luther King with his son removing a burnt cross from their front yard, 1960

Hotel owner pouring acid in the pool while black people swim in it, ca. 1964

Mom and son watching the mushroom cloud after an atomic test, Las Vegas, 1953

Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII

First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving on the right, 1967

For the rest of the photos, click here

Amazing Photos by Elena Shumilova

Earlier today I received a link on my facebook-page from a friend who suggested that I should visit Elena Shumilova:s amazing Flickr-page.

Elena is taking photos of her kids in different environments, and I don’t think that I’ve never seen anyone being so good at reflecting different moods.

Truly amazing photos! Don’t miss!

Her Flickr-page could be found here

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Piteå Through My Lens – Part 6 – Ekbergs Konditori

This is a classic place in Piteå, Ekbergs Konditori. This small café has been around during all of my years in Piteå. A place that looks just the same as it used to be. If you ever go to Piteå, don’t miss Ekbergs and their famous sandwich “Landgång”.

Previous posts:
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 5 – Rådhustorget
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 4 – City Center
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 3 – City Church
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 2 – Christinaskolan In Infrared
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 1 – Behind Statt

Piteå Through My Lens – Part 5 - Ekbergs
Piteå Through My Lens – Part 5 – Ekbergs