UPPSALA FOTOFESTIVAL

Dubbel utbildning för David Öhman

A few weeks ago I got a job for a swedish dentist magasin to portrait Dr. David Öhman at Sahlgrenska.

It was a lovely sunny day when we entered the big hospital. I had not really much an idea how I should take the picture but I wanted to have the portrait in the place where he spends most of the time. It came out to be an operation room. We asked for permission to get in and after receiving it me and my trainee were pretty much obligated to put on some long green doctor coats and a happy green head cover. I share that backstage picture with you. that Dr. Öhman took of us after we finished our job.

David Öhman is famous for having gone 2 different programs:  Orafacial medicin and odontology for a sum of 7 years of studies.

DAGENS SKÖRD / HARVEST OF THE DAY

13.00   A very nervous Fredrik came into the studio. Second time after a family shoot a few month before.
13.15   We open the bag and choose the clothes for the shoot.
13.30   Out on location
14.00   Härlanda Tjärn, 15 degrees, grey sky and a less nervous model ready for the water session.
            Finally after 45 minutes Fredrik relaxed and here we go....how a viking should look like!!!

Girls, you can drule now!!

Have a nice week-end.

PS: Fredrik you were great!

WET FISHERMAN

Time for a new calendar photosession. In heavy rainfalls we decided to take the chanse to make som photos.
Härlanda Tjärn on a late afternoon. Model Michael for the first time in front of the camera as a model did a great job. Rainfall, wind and chilly temperatures.
Fisherman pants and shoes and out in the water of the little lake 5 minutes away from the studio.

Happily it stopped raining after 5 minutes.

Here some of the pictures.

GRETA & LARS

....comon....we might make it..... 17.58....exit motorway....17.59.....Gallvik station ....... 18.03 we find a parking place...i step out.....nobody around.... and then i hear:
"Do you Lars H....want to take......", oh sh..... take the camera, run, run, run, like Forrest Gump. I throw myself literally into the audience. I fell on my but....ouch, up again...can't miss the YES..... I start shooting................I get the YES...., I made it!
Not that you think now that I normally come late to weddings. This was actually not a job, but my friends Greta and Lars got married the same day as my wedding job at Läckö Slott. Time was short. So, I really tried everything to make on time. Happy police didn't stopped us. Guess a few guest will never forget my entrance, smile....me neither.

I think Lars, doesn't get enought food, cause he tries to the the rice in his mouth...

On the roof of the garage, this lovely couple cutted together the love cake!

It was  wonderful evening, under the tree, close to the lake. It was full of love. Music, international food, laughter and a great sunset.

My dear friends, I wish you from the deep of my heart a great future together. Love Love Love Cornelia

KUMIKO + PONTUS

Läckö Slott, Sweden,

Saturday, 6th of august 2011

Weather : beautiful, a little bit too much sun for my taste, but I am happy for Kumiko and Pontus, because in the morning it was raining everywhere and I wondered how it would be.
But luck again on our side.

Japan meets Sweden in this beautiful landscape as Läckö Castle at the lake Vänern.

The wedding is hold in the "Kungssalen" - the kings hall. A wonderful room covered by paintings.

I meet Pontus for the first time outside the castle and I see Kumiko for the first time when she comes in with her beautiful dress into the hall just to get married. Her father waits for her at the door and leads her to the marriage counceler.

We take some group pictures outside and the couple pictures around the castle. Unfortunately the time is short and I do my best to get some beautiful bride and groom pictures outside the walls.

THE BEST OF LUCK TO BOTH OF YOU!!

HALLWYL MUSEUM

The entrance

In may we visited the Hallwylska Museum in Stockholm. In the middle of the big and busy town of Stockholm you can find a little paradise on his own. This original and fascinating house brings you back 100 years.  A family that buildet and furnished the house with the idea of making it a museum already at that time. Original old telephones, a luxyry bathroom, kitchen, and one of the first elevators of the town. This and more you can find at the museum. You can join a tour, that I hardly recommend to get the insider informations. We had a marvellous guide that really was keen on telling us some funny details of the family.

More informations you can find at http://www.hallwylskamuseet.se/

High tech of the period



One of a kind bathroom

The biliard room

TRULY LOVER TRIO FROM CALIFORNIA

And there we are.... TRULY LOVER TRIO from California guested the Old Style Weekend in Bakamo.
Swedish Stand-Up bass player Anders Höjlund from Gothenburg was invited to join the band during the tour in Sweden this summer.
The band started in Säterdalen the 26th of July and finished the tour yesterday in Alunda.

Marcel Riesco the bandleader and singer rocked together with the fans. A pure rockabilly band that ROCKS and spreads joy.

Anders Höjlund , Stand-Up Bass

Ricky Mc Cann, drums

crazy fans

The trio

After the concert

Marcel Riesco, vocal and guitar

OLD STYLE WEEKEND IN BAKAMO

Friday night, 5th of August 2011

I visited for the first time in my life an old style week-end. Friday afternoon we arrived and it was pooring down from the sky. Finally it was over and we made our entrance.  It was like going back in time. Old mobiles, in all colours, renovated and not. People dressed like in the 40's - 50's, music drilling out from the loudspeakers. Funny beer on sale, t-shirts, car pieces. People were really having fun and had something to talk about, exchange experiences, enjoy life.

Here some pictures from the night before the concert and the interview with TRULY LOVER TRIO from California.

FJÄDERHOLM ISLAND , STOCKHOLM MAJ 2011

During a short visit in Stockholm last may I visited for the firt time the little island of  Stora Fjäderholmen, about 20 minutes with the boat out on the archipelago. On the island there are several cafés/restaurant. During the spring time birds nest here and wherever you go you see seagulls or gooses. REally cute to see how to take care of their eggs, among all the toursit having picnic and sunbathing.

Handycraft shops and exhibition are part of the attractions on the island. Even a whisky distillery  (Mackmyra Swedish Whishy) can be found there.

SOFIERO

Castle and garden of SOFIERO, known for its amazing amount of rhododendron growing in this north part of Europe.

http://www.sofiero.se/ you can find more information about the visiting time.

We enjoyed yesterday a trip back from Danmark, stayed for a couple of hours, enjoying the good weather, the fantastic smell and the enchanting concert of colours of the flowers. Here just a few pictures. It's definitively a must while travelling south.

                                                 Azalea

                                                Papermoon

                                                Rhododendro

VARBERG - THE BATHHOUSE

When I moved to Sweden in 2000 I visited many places around Gothenburg and south of my new hometown.
Varberg, is a sea town and has a remarkable fortress just on the coastside. The whole city has a special touch of history and water has and does still play a big role for the town. Here you can find different kind of hotels with Spa and just in front of the fortress a wooden construction rises from the water. The bathing house. When I first saw it, I thought I was somehow on the wrong side of the world. The maroccan/arab details mixed with the northen sky light hits one. Admiration, astonishment, curiosity.

Many visits have I done to Varberg in these last ten years; it's just one hour drive away from Gothenburg and well worth several visits, even if it's just to walk on the seaside, take a cup of tea in one of the cozy cafés, or visit the museum in the fortress, or why not, book a spa for a week-end.

The pictures shown here are taking winter 2010, an amazing sunday afternoon.