Journal

Field Notes, Tutorials, and Case Studies

A growing archive of real-world photography notes, editing breakdowns, and behind the scenes articles from the field.

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Vast – Vík, Iceland
Behind the Photography 3 min read

Vast – Vík, Iceland

After driving to Vík for my first night in Iceland, I decided to head out and capture the beautiful night sky. I drove to multiple locations and one of which was Reynisfjara. This beach is a gem even in the daylight. I wanted to focus on the beautiful sky and vast landscape, so I ended up taking mul

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Storm - Vik, Iceland
Behind the Photography 3 min read

Storm - Vik, Iceland

In January, I visited Iceland for the first time in my life. It was a magical experience to drive around the beautiful country. I'm sure I will return there some day. Here is a brief moment captured in Vík when the clouds gave. Equipment & Exif Nikon D810, Tamron 70–200 mm f2.8

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Dimension - Kilpisjärvi, Finland
Behind the Photography 3 min read

Dimension - Kilpisjärvi, Finland

I visited Kilpisjärvi in February and while I was there I had the pleasure to go out and explore the landscapes. I had a vision how I wanted to show the landscape. I captured this photograph on my first evening there. It was a quite windy, cold yet quiet environment. Standing in this beautiful scene

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Presets Collection Saga
Tutorial 3 min read

Presets Collection Saga

After a long wait, I finally present you the new fine art landscape and night sky Lightroom Preset Collection Saga! If you want to add a unique look to your night and landscape photographs the Saga Presets are perfect for you! It includes over 180 presets to suit your style with my post-processing

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View from Iceland
Behind the Photography 3 min read

View from Iceland

Hi, everyone. I hope your year has had a fantastic start! I had the pleasure to visit Iceland for the first time. It was an amazing place to travel. I will be creating a series of photographs from there, here is a teaser from my first night there. I'm currently working on a new set of Presets for st

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in Pictures
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in Pictures

Happy New Year everyone! A year has gone by and what a year it has been. I feel grateful that I can continue to do what I love! Thank you all for the support! As always I have gathered my favorite pictures from the previous year.

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Winter Night Photography Checklist
Tutorial 3 min read

Winter Night Photography Checklist

It's that time of year when the temperature drops and snow covers landscapes. Winter is my favorite time to shoot landscapes. You can almost hear the silence from snow covered landscape photographs. The light is low and beautiful almost the entire day but as you know me I enjoy to photograph at nigh

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How to capture sharp star photographs
Tutorial 3 min read

How to capture sharp star photographs

Thanks for the email responses for my last tutorial. I got a couple of questions about how do I manage to get sharp images at night of the stars. In this tutorial, I have listed the key elements you have to master when you want to capture most crisp images at night. 1. Focus If you want

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5 Steps to Work Like a Pro in Lightroom
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5 Steps to Work Like a Pro in Lightroom

In this tutorial, I show you how you can set up your Lightroom to optimize and quicken your workflow. I hope you enjoy the tutorial. 1. Use Collections and Smart Collections instead of Folders Creating a collection based catalog is the first thing I recommend to everyone who is starting to use Lig

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