A lot has been said and written about camera gear and what is or isn't the gear you should invest in at any given time. But in the end the best camera you have is the one you have at hand when you need it. This image may not have the quality required for a 3 by 3 meter print or the pages of a glossy fashion magazines, but it still captures the mood of the scene and the day as I saw it.
Stranded log, Kvalvika Lofoten
Ripple patterns
Flowers flashback
The diver, sculpture at Oslo harbour
Practice is part of the process, and here is one of the test shots I made trying to digest some ideas I picked up at an artist talk last week. The setup demonstrated was intended for photographing people in the studio, but I have scaled it down to see if I could use the same idea for something as small as this vase. I have to make some adjustments, but the concept works well even at this scale. The vase is about 12cm high.
Light test
Starry night
Bubbles
Snow perched on the ground
Rhododendron
Folds
Tricolor