Why I shoot photos

"I urge you to think of photography as making memories," photographer and film director Greg Williams says in one of the adverts for his online photographing course.

For me, photography has always been about precisely that. At first I noticed it when I looked of photos of people and places that perhaps no longer exist – and then realised that once you've captured a scene or moment, that precise moment no longer exists. Except in your camera or phone.

One of the things I enjoy photographing the most is something I will never post online: Family, friends, loved once – to capture moments and make memories.

A lot of photographers travel a lot. I don't. You could call me boring (I don't mind that) but I thoroughly enjoy walking around Copenhagen where I have now lived for more than 20 years.

It keeps showing me new adventures, angles, scenes, patterns and images of sunlight bouncing around the buildings or neon signs glowing in the night, luring us into spending some of our hard-earned money.

"The farther you go, the less you know," as the Tao Te Ching teaches us 😊

A recovering perfectionist

I don't aim for anything in particular with my photography. It's not that I'm not ambitious, but contrary to the work I do for a living, I try to let my journey or path in photography (however it may be) unfold as I take yet another step and raise the camera.

Out of all the cameras out there, I decided to go with Fujifilm. I doesn't have to do the tech specs, processor speeds or anything like that.

I chose Fujifilm, because it appeared to be the system best suited for being done when you press the shutter button, in the actual moment where you take the shot and save the photo to your memory card.

Before, I've used other camera brands and coming home from amazing photowalks – just to remember that I now had to spend hours in front of a computer editing the photos to make them look any good.

Eliminating this (for us "good enough" types) seems to be at the core of Fujifilm's value proposition. And no, they are not paying me to say this.

As a perfectionist, I need things in my life that aren't perfect. Leaning into photography as something to learn, a skill to hone and improve while being open and honest about one's flaws, errors and regrets is very important to me.

About this website

On this site you'll find some of my photos, perhaps grouped by scene, location, lens or something similar. It's all con amore; for the love of the powerful and immersive experience that is photography.

I mostly created this website for myself. I work with understanding others and framing and developing communication and journalism to their needs; so I thought it only fair to do just one thing that is about sender and not the audience 😉

Also, I made this website to have a display for my photos (other than Flickr which I mainly use for public storage) that isn't controlled by some algorithm built by a US billionaire.

I hope you like what you see. If you do, you can follow me on Instagram and I have a Flickr profile (yeah, that particular website still has a dear place in my heart ♥️).

At the end of the day, photography – for me – is about capturing moments. Keeping them safe. Making memories.

Thank you for being here.

Go to the front page, to see some of my photographs.