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Back in Paris – workshop starts tomorrow
All photos are taken with the Leica M9, Summilux 50mm f/1.4 ASPH. Now you know it. I always arrive one day before the workshop begins.…
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The Palm Trick: Perfect Exposure in Seconds (and Skin Tones You Can Trust)
Exposure doesn’t usually fail because we don’t understand the settings. It fails because the light changes faster than we can think — and because the…
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Photography as Translation, Not Proof
Do you only see what you see? Or do you translate it? I don’t see a street photograph as a piece of reality. I see…
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Warm White Balance (Kelvin, Tint & Workflow)
Prefer warmer tones? Learn how to set Kelvin and Tint on Leica M11 and M9, with user profiles and RAW/JPEG workflows for street and natural‑light…
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Give Yourself an Photography Easter Egg: Go to Paris or Berlin
Why now—and why this? Every year when the light turns soft and the streets find a new rhythm, I notice the same thing: photographers return…
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Did The New Leica M9 CCD Sensor Change The Look?
A question I got recently deserves a broader audience. Are there any differences in colour or in how the picture looks between the Leica M9’s…
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Capture the Surprise Before the Words
Photography is, at its heart, a language of feelings. Light, timing, composition—all of these matter. But what truly elevates an image is the spark inside…
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Photographing Democracy in Focus — Election Day Reflections
In 2017, I had the privilege of photographing some of the most influential figures in modern Danish politics for the documentary and book project Statsministrene,…
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When Darkness Does the Heavy Lifting in Photography
All photos in this post were taken with the Leica M11 and Leica M9, 50mm Summilux 50mm ASPH. Related to a question I was asked…
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License to Interpret vs. Duty to Verify
There’s a rhythm I love in street photography: the walk, the wait, the sudden alignment of gesture and light. It’s improvisational—like jazz. I’m free to…
