A favorite photo

Tooting my own horn: My favorite photos

I love taking pictures but I am still very much an amateur who is trying to find my aesthetic. Like many others in the same situation as me, I decided it was a good idea to invest in some solid technical aid. So I bought myself a little toy called Leica (don’t worry, it is one of the basic ones, Leica D-LUX 7).

Sometimes I fail miserably but sometimes I must say that I really nail it. To be honest it has a lot to do with luck, like stumbling over an interesting angle, being in the right spot at the right time of day when the light is magical or that the Leica makes everything look extra nice.

Regardless, I thought I wanted to share some of my favorite photos in this new series of posts. I have asked the best photographer I know who also happens to be my dear friend Tore to contribute with his professional point of view regarding what it is with the photo in question that makes it a good photo. I know I am out on a limb here when talking about a “good" photo but I hope you will humor me. Basically, these are photos that I think are really good. Humble much?

Here is a photo from Autocamp located in Russian River, north of San Francisco, not too far from Napa- and Sonoma Valley. A “hotel” made up of revamped vintage Airstreams and comfy glamping tents, surrounded by the most majestic of redwoods. I personally love this photo with the light from the caravan window and the mysterious fog, but what does the expert say? Why is this a good photo according to Tore?

To be honest I think this is my favorite photo out of all the photos in Robert’s portfolio. It has three elements that in my opinion takes it from a good photo to a magnificent one: magical light, fog and a close to perfect composition.

The photo gives me blue, wet, cold and grey.

And once again Robert has skillfully managed to catch all the lines in this dark, sombre photo, even though the sun has set and the evening has arrived, enlcosed the campsite in darkness. And by doing so, we get to see and understand the depth.

The light flowing from the one window is the natural centre of the photo, that automatically catches your attention to begin with. But it is the surrounding frame that deserves the full attention with its mysterious almost ominous look. This is a photo I wished that I had taken.