Well … I haven´t pulled myself together to write this stuff yet. Ironically, I have done a pice about my photography that has been publiced on Eric Kim Street Photography. Why don´t you check that out and while your at it: spend some time checking out the rest of Erics excellent site.
Woot! Thanks for the mention Jimmy :) And great bio and thoughts!
Hey great work! I was in Stockholm many times last year since I was in Erasmus in Falun for six months last autumn :) It was really a great city where to have a “streetphoto walk” and you’re pictures are really explaining why! Keep posting! ;)
Thanks, Eric & Simone. Yes, stockholm is a nice place to shoot in. It´s not the largest city, but it has tons of photo opportunities. And when I get bored I jump on a plane to one of the larger ones in europe. Both Paris and Barcelona are awesome to shoot street in. Falun i haven´t tried yet ;)
I just wanted to say that I think you have an absolutely fantastic blog, and I’m looking forward to spending some time here to catch up on all the great street shots you’ve been doing over the years. The street bug bit me recently, so I’m sure that there’s also a lot I can learn here.
Thanks for the subscription also!
Excellent! Good luck with your own street photography adventures, and thank you very much for your kind words. And don’t hesitate to ask if you want to know anything about a particular image or technique that I’ve used.
Maybe my “Portfolio revisited” posts would be a good starting point. I think most of them tells you something about how the image was made, even though I rarely focus on technicalities. You find them on the portfolio page. :)
Jimmy your photos are stunning, any tips or secrets that you can share?
Thank you! Anything special you want to know about?
I’ve always had an interest in photography but art is not my forte. I was interested in knowing what camera do you use? And was photography always your passion, or did it just begin to grow on you?
Well, I found photography by coincidence some five years ago. I had a lot going on at the time – both work and other stuff – and basically needed something to take my mind off that. I had tried photography when I was younger but never took it further by investing in gear or time.
So – in 2006 I bought a cheap Pentax DSLR to go with a lens I had and as soon as I started snapping I new I had found something that suited me perfectly. Six months later I joined a large swedish photo community and found others was interested in the same kind of images as I was – this was the first time I stumbled over the term street photography.
Today, I still use a Pentax DSLR (K-5) and have a small amount of lenses that I use. Primarily, I shoot most street with a 21mm lens, but switch to 31mm every now and then.
The things I like with the Pentax system is their dedication to producing small lenses and camera bodies, and the fact that I hate doing the same thing as everybody else (i.e. Nikon, Canon et al) :)
Here´s a picture of my gear:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=132450020163255&set=a.132450016829922.32422.124914374250153&type=3&theater
Oups – I forgot to mention my new companion: a Ricoh GRD III small digital camera. Great to bring along in my pocket wherever I go.