The new Fujinon XF 16-55 f2.8 – promo movie

Fujifilm 16-55 Promotional Movie from Charlene Winfred on Vimeo. For most of December, Flemming and I have had the pleasure of making stills (him) and a promotional movie (me) for the brand new, highly anticipated Fujinon XF 16-55mm f2.8 lens that’s just been released. We had a musician create the original soundtrack this time. Tusind tak…More

Strange Grief: Memories of My Father

30102013. 30122013. I lost my father on the 30th of October last year. He would have turned 75 exactly two months after. The construction of those dates was distressing in those early, not-entirely-compos-mentis days after his death. The asymmetry of 1s. 2s and 3s. Numbers, when neither he, nor I, had ever been people who went by them. It was…More

A clear moon over Truchas

November 2014, New Mexico The High Road to Taos traverses some spectacular landscapes – from the soft hues of the high deserts to the alpine lushness of the mountains. It’s the landscape of my dreams. Promises of unbroken silences abound, a picturesque prospect of peace. Along this road, lies a little town called Truchas. It has a fascinating formative history, some of which is still reality, owing to geographical…More

Selling Sax in Singapore

The glittering spectacle that is the Singapore of lifestyle and travel magazines never, ever suggests the presence of ordinary, messy humans. Far from the shiny playgrounds that fortify investment bankers and similarly cashed up kin, you could explore the miracle of playing the saxophone. Fellas, you’re delivered from rejection, loneliness and mortality. Just in time for Christmas! (Watch out, ladies!)More

Looking out at history

El Malpais National Monument is an astounding area of New Mexico covered by the black basalt of ancient lava flows. Brian Miller took us there on a field trip, on one of the last days Flemming and I had in New Mexico. We met another nomad there. At that point in space-time, Kwang (in the picture) had been living out of…More

Such Days As These

[Such Days As These] – Stephen Dobyns Such days as these – radiant afternoons in late fall, the weather so mild that you can sit in the backyard and let the sun caress your face. No leaves, of course. An early frost has finished the flowers though some marigolds are left along the path. Just last week…More

Some kind of paradise

When you cruise down the main street of Truth or Consequences, you’re greeted by vintage signs from which paint peels, a multitude of empty shopfronts, and a hazy-Sunday vibe. It’s the closest city to Spaceport America, but walking around the streets, it feels as though most of the town hasn’t realized that half a century’s gone by since it went from being Hot Springs to Truth or Consequences, for…More

Highway 599

I’ve lived 15 years in Perth, Western Australia, with its long stretches of seaside aptly named Sunset Coast. Perth is home to consistently striking sunsets, having the Indian Ocean for a stage and low hills along the Darling Scarp for box seats, ably demonstrated by Gary Beilby. I’ve never gotten sick of this time of day. It’s hard to, when every single sunset brings its own brand of Spectacular. High in the mountains of New…More

Fire

El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico In all the time I’ve spent in New Mexico over the past couple of years, one thing remains constant: in the end, the light always comes through. Or maybe it’s just being here, that fires the neurons in that particular way.More

Trulli, Tuborg

I’d missed it completely at the time. I’ve only noticed now, that in the UNESCO heritage listed town of Alberobello, one of the trulli had lamps advertising Tuborg, a Danish beer. A little reminder of a boy who was waiting for me in Copenhagen? Where: Alberobello, Puglia region, Italy. What: Fuji X-E2 + XF 23mm f1.4 courtesy Fuji Danmark. How: 1/160, f10, ISO 200.More

Lady of the trulli

September 2014 One from back in September when I was in Italy, shooting Malini and Bram’s wedding. I haven’t written much about the actual wedding, largely because I don’t really have the words to describe the utter idyllic romance that is the Puglia region in Italy, the sumptuous luxury of Masseria Montenapoleone (wedding venue that was also accommodation),  and the fact that Malini…More

Let It Snow!

A snow storm hit Santa Fe earlier this evening. The blurry smear in the lower half of the picture above, is a streak of ice left by mostly-frozen wipers clearing the windshield of build up.More