Morten Albek
Danish Award-winning Photographer Morten Albek. Photography workshops and photojournalism.
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When Do We Become Good Enough?
“I’d love to join one of your workshops, but I don’t think I’m good enough.” This is something I hear in between. It comes from…
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f/8 and Be There: The Meaning of the Photography Expression
Recently I wrote about the shallow depth of field and how Saul Leiter used it. Now we look at the classical phrase, which is an…
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Camera First or Lens First?
Most photographers begin with the camera. I did in my early days. It is understandable. Cameras are exciting. They are full of promises. Better sensors,…
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In No Particular Order; Free Your Photography
World Photography Day is celebrated on August 19th to honour the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed by French artist and photographer Louis Daguerre.…
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Street Photography as Theatre: The Small Stage of Real Life
All images: Leica M9, Summilux 50mm f1.4 ASPH Street photography is often described as the art of observing life as it unfolds. But perhaps it…
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New e-book: Catching Shadows
Learning to See Light in Photography Photography begins with light. That is the simplest truth in photography, and probably also the one we spend the…
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I’m There, and I’m Gone: The Quiet Craft of Street Photography (and Why I Teach It)
There’s a line I keep coming back to whenever street photography starts to feel noisy in my head: “I’m there, and I’m gone.” Trent Parke…
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Variable ND filters and why I stopped using them
In this article, I will go through ND Filters: Fixed, Variable, Stops, and Quality A fast lens such as my usual Leica Summilux is built…
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Finding the Camera That Makes You See — Why I Keep Returning to same camera
The featured image is taken by Stefan Lalkovski, using a Fuji camera. Short introduction Every photographer has to find their own way of working. For…
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Street Photography: Saul Leiter and the Poetic Street
There is a common argument in street photography that shallow depth of field somehow makes an image less “street” or less documentary. I have never…
