Krogen
Just discovered Krogen on Flickr. He’s a Norwegian photographer and his landscape shots are extraordinary. Well worth a visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krogen/
1 comment August 27th, 2006
Posts filed under 'Landscape'
Sankthans aften
Sankthansaften is widely celebrated in Norway on the longest day of the year (midsummer’s eve), the day that the sun turns. People gather around large bonfires and barbecues are held all over the country. These fires date back to pagan days, and some superstitions surrounding them state that the bonfires will protect people from evil spirits and witches. I read somewhere that during the occupation it actually freaked out the Germans who where not familiar with this custom and thought that the bonfires where a signal to the British and that an attack was imminent.
Sankthans was named after John the Baptist (Saint Johannes). Older people call it Jonsok, which means Johannes wake. Those names are a result of the church trying to transform a pagan custom into a Christian one. The birthday of John the Baptist is believed to fall on the longest day of the year (June 24th). Today in Norway, the celebration is mainly a secular one.
2 comments June 23rd, 2006
Reinhard Pantke
This astonishing picture was taken in Norway (Raftsund area) by Reinhard Pantke. Reinhard is a german guy biking around the world.
The picture was released under this licence.
Add comment April 23rd, 2006
Kykuit
Driving back from Lepsøy today, I managed to get a decent shot from our house from across the fjord. The green circle marks the house where we live now. The red circle marks the site where we going to build Kykuit.
Below a picture from the archives. The red circle marks the spot from where I took the picture above.
1 comment April 16th, 2006
Jugendstil Museum (from the archives)
This picture I took in August 2004. It’s the Jugendstil Museum in Ålesund.
I remembered the picture because I liked it. I also recalled I published it once, after I photoshoppped it, adding some kind of Lomo effect. I don’t have that edition anymore, but I still have the original.
Anyway, I tried to reproduce it, using the same technique as I did back then. I followed a short tutorial from Kingyo Senbei (via Kottke). Et Voila.
Add comment April 2nd, 2006
Announcing Kykuit.net
We’re about to start building a new house. We’ve bought a piece of land (the part with the trees on the picture above) and naturally, I bought a domain name to go with it. We decided the house will be named ‘Kykuit’ which is Dutch for ‘view’ (’utsikt’ på Norsk) and also happens to be name of the Rockefeller Estate in New York.
Hence, Kykuit.net.
The idea is to document the building process on that website, which I hope will be operational in a few weeks from now. I will let you know when it’s up and running.
Add comment March 24th, 2006
Sunnmørs-alper
Talking about health-care. This picture I took from the hospital were Mia and Ami are lying. It has been my daily view for more than a month now. It’s not a great picture, but believe me, the views around here in Sunnmøre keep taking my breath away. I just wish I could capture them. Today was probably/ hopefully my last chance on this one for a while.
Add comment March 2nd, 2006
Sunset
The sun may rise in the East
At least it settles in the final location
-Red Hot Chili Peppers-
Add comment March 1st, 2006