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To most this is probably not a big revelation, but to me something clicked this morning. I have spent most of my working life in “corporate environment” like finance and pension. I have always made a point out of going to work in a dress shirt and press fold pants. To me it has been a way to show professionalism and also act as a “uniform” I can change out of when I get…
As I am sitting here typing away at the keys on my laptop the warmth of the coffee flows through the body and I go from too cold to too warm as the perspiration emerges on my forehead. The night has left me wanting for more sleep, but as the day emerged the inappropriateness of staying in bed forced me out. The coffee will hopefully replace the lost hours of sleep and not only overheat my rundown…
Following on from my last post Getting started with Google Gemini AI and dotnet I finally had some time to get a bit further. The last post was heavily influenced by all the errors I found when trying to use Google Geminis own code examples to get an agent running. But I never really finished the example and got it to a place where I could chat with it. Where we left off last time we only had a…
This will be short, boring and won’t save the World. But as this is my own website I can put up however brief and uninteresting stuff as I want. It will also work as an test of my automated deployment flow from Github to Cloudflare pages - boring I know. Edit - the automated deployment did not work. Edit 2 - it works now 🍾 As I have clawed back a bit of extra spare time the last couple of…
I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was late autumn and a bit too cold for the work I had given myself. My 2009 white VW Scirocco needed some work on the rear brakes as it did not brake straight and it was up for the bi-yearly inspection. Of course I had known that for a long time and could have done both the work and inspection when the weather was better.
In my recent “recent” attack on editing old images I came upon the images I took at the Porsche Luftgekuhlt event in Copenhagen in 2024. These are images I have been over a few times already and can be seen in this older post: Porsche Luftgekuhlt 2024 Last time I edited them I just changed the pictures in the existing post as I liked the look so much more. This time I am also quite…
If you by any unrealistic chance should have read some of my recent posts, then you will know that I am as stable as a slow turning spinning top when it comes to decisions about cameras. Last year I owned my trusted and favorite Fujifilm X-T2 along with a X-Pro3 and a Nikon Zf. The X-Pro3 I had to return as it had developed some issues with the shutter button that made it finicky and sometimes…
There is a saying - at least that I have heard - that goes something like this: If it is dark and grey - go for black and white Meaning that if there is not really any interesting light then the scene is better shot in black and white instead of color. So when I had this cold and wet walk along the coast south of Copenhagen I of course has my camera set to shoot in black and white.
These images are close to two years old at this point. I have never shared them in full like I am about to here. The main reason is that I grew tired of Instagram, where I in the past shared most of my images. Secondly I was not super happy with all of them. There were a few that I liked and most were somewhere around the “neutral” mark on the spectrum.
× I have so many pictures on my hard drive that I have never shared with anyone. I get immense joy of just looking over old images. Somehow I always seem to find ones that on first glance did not really catch my eyes but on second glance exposes itself to me. Almost all of the images in this post are ones I liked from the outset. They are shot with the camera I have bought the most times out…
Building on my post from yesterday (Letters from a Stoic - Letter 2) I decided to continue with letter 3 today. The mystery of where Letter 1 is must wait for a later time. Perhaps a day where I need at break from reading or if I get to a letter that I find not that interesting. Letter 3 is basically about friendship. It did not hit me as hard as the letter from yesterday.
× I recently picked up my very well used copy of Seneca’s “Letters from a stoic”. It is probably my most read book - at least it looks like it from the outside. It has been a number of years since I last picked it up as I had grown a bit tired of stoicism. Or perhaps more tired with how it was used and portrayed in popular culture and hence rejected it somewhat myself.
There is something about ferries. × For centuries they have been carriers of journeys to far flung places. × They lie there in the darkest of seas. Beckoning. × Like ants we feed ourselves into their belly. × Across great dark expanses they carry us. × We feel safe in their gentle rocking and subtle hum as they glide in the soft viscosity of the water beneath.
I am circling around trying to avoid it. For now I am succeeding but who knows for how long. This I am writing feels like a pushing the procrastination at least somewhat in the direction I want. For over a year I have been writing my thoughts and experiences with the Nikon Zf down in a document that just keeps growing and growing. Every once in a while I try to write it into something coherent and…
I was inspired by an article I read on Hacker News about writing your own agent. The example was in Python and I wanted to try and re-write it in C#. Using the OpenAI package for dotnet made the initial code simple to write. But it quickly became apparent that what the article had failed to mention was that it costs money to use OpenAI agents in the way specified. The easy way to solve that would…
I have started reading “Build a large language model from scratch”. Reading through the beginning of the book the author recommends going straight to the Appendix A if you are new to tensors. Well I am. So I started there. First step is installing Pytorch. I am running Ubuntu as my desktop environment and it was quite a long time ago since I last time started a new Python project. My…
I currently work as freelance IT consultant in roles as Tech Lead, Enterprise/Solution/Software Architect or Product Owner. I am however contemplating a switch back to coding. Perhaps as C# developer, where I have extensive experience. I would love to find a job within the space-, motorsport- or motorcycle industry. If the stars align and you can hook me up - please let me know. I have always been…
This is the first time I have tried to change valve guides, so please take the following with that huge caveat. Initially I had not planned to renovate the cylinder head on my 1959 Triumph Bonneville. I knew the valve guides were shot and I even had a piece of carbon that has made a dent in the seat and valve on one of the exhaust ports. But as I was in for quite a lot of money on the bottom end…
As part of renovating the engine for my 1959 Triumph Bonneville T120 I need to get to the sludge trap in the crankshaft. This means splitting the engine casings and removing the crankshaft. One of the hurdles in this operation is pulling the pinion gear from the crankshaft of the pre unit engine. It is possible to buy the correct tool for the job. I intended to do so. But my local Triumph shop did…
AI has made a significant leap the past years, at least for the uninitiated like myself. I am by no means an expert and won’t discuss any technical detail surrounding AI. Simply because I do not know. I am however not technically illiterate, with a long background as developer. Currently I work as a freelance consultant doing all sorts of different IT projects ensuring compliance with EU…
I feel like I am very late to the party. Again. This time it is amazing AI-party where almost everyone is invited – some more than others – but I had let the party go on for quite some time before I decided to have a peak inside. It started when I had to do a test for an AI startup which I had applied for a position with. This of course leaves the attentive reader with a very good question:
Edit - as everyone hopefully knows Flexible Color Picture Control was brought to the Nikon Zf a long time ago. This piece was written back when it was not yet available for the Nikon Zf. As a Fujifilm shooter and heavy user of Fujifilms straight out of camera(SOOC) jpegs I was a bit “worried” when I decided to buy a Nikon Zf camera, because would it be able to deliver as good results SOOC as the…
I really love Fujifilm cameras for a whole host of reasons. One of them being their straight out of camera jpegs. Yes I know – you have probably never heard that statement before. The main reason for my love of straight out of camera jpegs, is that I really dislike editing images. In part because I like to spend less time in front of a screen. But digging a bit deeper and sprinkling a pinch of…
I was not even looking for it. It just revealed itself to me. Like watching a movie you have never heard about, but within minutes realizing that this must be a Quentin Tarentino movie. There are just signature cues that transcends throughout. The same thing happened for me while visiting Japan – well minus the Tarentino part. But while the goal of my trip in no way was related to car culture, it…
I had the great opportunity to see the Porsche aircooled car/art show “Luftgekuhlt” in Copenhagen this Saturday. To the best of my knowledge it is a show that started in California and has since expanded to include a few satellite shows around the World each year. And this Saturday it was held at the Wilhelm Lauritzen terminal in Copenhagen right next to Copenhagen Airport. When we first arrived,…
I have always had a keen interest in cars and especially in making them faster and better handling. My main line of interest has been in engines but I have always wanted to get a deeper understanding of car setup. Searching online the one book that keeps popping up is Race Car Vehicle Dynamics by Milliken. Having now gotten hold of a copy I thought it might be interesting both for my own…
We are close to December here in Denmark and driving season seems over. This means that it is time to get started on the winter projects. I have some smaller things I want to do to the Guzzi, but most of those are for looks and not really needed. That bike just runs and has done so for the entire year. What does need some more serious work is the bike I bought unseen from an estate earlier this…
There are two reasons why I keep this blog/website alive. One is that I like to write and it clears my head to get my thoughts in writing. The other reason is that I have always loved personal websites run by individuals where they share their passion in exactly the format they see fit. I especially like personal “photo-blogs”. For a while I thought about creating this “Photography blogroll” page…
I have spent a few years using Linux(Ubuntu) as my “daily driver”. I have had very few issues with it and it has run as flawless as any Windows or Mac machines. My use of it is both for normal daily tasks as well as programming and handling of my photography workflow. Since I spent a bit of time figuring out how to best handle everything from transferring images from camera to laptop over managing…
Seems especially prevalent in the photography community. Symptoms are irrational wants for new equipment. If you have more lenses than images or more photos of your equipment than images taken with said equipment, then you may be diagnosed with G.A.S. It comes and goes for me personally. I have written about two cameras I have bought and returned: the Fujifilm X-E4 and the Fujifilm X-Pro3. In both…
For a long time I have been looking for the “ultimate lens” for my weird needs and finally it seems like I have found it with the Voigtlander 27mm F2. On a recent trip to Japan I found more than a beautiful and interesting country. I found a lens I did not know existed and that fit my strange needs. I have had the Fujifilm X-T2 for 5-6 years by now and have on occasions tried to replace it both…
I shoot a lot of black & white images. Perhaps it is because I never really found a “color look” on digital that I really like. But especially because I like the fact that the brain has to work harder and fill in the blanks with the absence of color. It communicates a feeling that is hard to replicate with color images. In some aspects black & white is “easier” than color.
It is not that you cannot buy a rear fender for a V7 Sport. They are readily available. Or at least as available as spare parts for old Italian motorcycles can be. But what they also are – is bloody expensive! A rear fender for a Moto Guzzi V7 Sport consists of a total of 20-30 centimeters of metal and retail at around 300 EUR. That is a bit naughty. So when I finally received my V7 Sport seat to…
In order to get to where I end up being the proud owner of a 1959 Triumph Bonneville, we have to go a few years back. I had bought a 1977 Kawasaki KZ650 a few years prior and had got it running so well that it basically did not require any maintenance. Hence I wanted to look for something older and potentially more unreliable. Yes, vintage or classic motorcycles is the act of voluntary suffering.
This is me then. I’m a start-up founder and freelance consultant. Photographer, music lover ♥️🔊, motorcycle fanatic, vivid reader and lifter of heavy things 🐘. Specialization is for insects. This is one of my creative outlets. I read a lot and it seems to spawn a need to write as well. If you are interested in which books I have read you can see it here: books I have read. At one point I wanted…
I have just signed up for my first flat track event. Last weekend I watched such an event for the first time and the entire day I regretted not having signed up myself. It is by no means a “professional” event. It is meant for old street bikes older than 1985. Luckily my 1977 KZ650 falls well within that range. Even though the event is mostly for fun and I could probably ride my bike as it is, I…
As I wrote recently, I had bought my dream camera (X-Pro3) and then returned it. It did not live up to my expectations. But what it did have was the Classic Negative film simulation – and that I do miss on my X-T2. There is just something about the colors of that simulation that really pleases me. Luckily though, all is not lost. There is a very talented person who has recreated the Classic…
For a very long time I have been looking at the Fujifilm X-Pro3 as the “dream” camera. I already have a Fujifilm X-T2 and it has been absolutely flawless for years. The main motivator for switching is the “Classic Negative” film simulation, which is not available on the X-T2. For some reason I have just really fallen in love with the colors it produces. But also the look of the X-Pro3.
I had the pleasure of seeing the beautiful Copenhagen skyline from the tower of Christiansborg. The tower houses a very nice restaurant called Meyers, which served the most delicious menu for us. As part of the dining experience one has access to the platform overlooking the skyline of Copenhagen. So of course I brought along my trusty “old” Fujifilm X-T2 camera and shot the images shown below.…
These are my highlights from volume 1 of Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen. I will soon continue with volume 2. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this tale of their attempt to reach the North pole by letting their ship freeze into the ice and drift with it. What a crazy plan! That was also the general consensus when he came up with it. But to undertake it in the 1890’s is just bonkers.
This following blog post is actually a year old and originally appeared on 35mmc.com where I got it published. But I just realised that I never actually shared the images on my own blog. So here goes: Every Christmas I spent time with my parents that still live in a little town called Præstø, where I grew up. It is situated a little under 100 km south of Copenhagen. I usually spend some extra days…
The month of December has brought both a new camera as well as two rolls of film. For about a year I have been looking for my first medium format film camera. In many ways a Hasselblad 500-series would be perfect. I like to be able to the exact composition I shoot and I would like for the camera to be relatively light weight. The problem with Hasselblad, is of course the price.
November has brought a good amount of pictures to the portfolio. It is somewhat strange that as daylight fades, it gets colder and I spend less time outside, I also feel a stronger urge to bring my camera and go for walks, just to take pictures. November also added a lens to my collection. I wanted a small manual focus lens for the Fujifilm X-T2. After some research I decided to try the 7Artisans…
It has been months since the last installment of my “Roll of film” blog posts. There seems to be a curious, in some ways inverse, relationship between the time of year and my “productivity” as a photographer. Summer is the time of year with most daylight, the nicest temperatures and generally the time of your where I spend the most time outside. But for some reason I shoot less during summer than…
Processophobia – the fear of processes often triggered by the word “process”. Can trigger severe symptoms if the word is overheard in a “work”-related environment. People seems especially triggered by sentences as: We need to define a process for that Do we have a process covering this We need to follow the process There are no registered cases of processophobia in newborn babies, which has led to…
The adventure bike segment has exploded the last couple of years. Some people buy the bikes to go on adventures. Some people do not. What you buy apart from a capable machine is the image and the dream. You could go on an adventure any moment. You look adventurous. You will be perceived as adventurous. All this irrespective of whether you go on actual adventures or not. This is not meant to be a…
I am a big fan of motorcycles. Especially classic motorcycles. I am also a big fan of photography. So when those two can splice together in motorcycle photography I am happy. I have photographed motorcycles before and there are some from Rømø beach race that I really like The following pictures are some of the ones I am most proud of. I will explain why that is. Inspiration I am a big fan of black…
Since I re-started analogue photography a year and a half ago, my trusty Fujifilm X-T2 haven’t seen much action. I used it for the summer vacation, but apart from that it has almost not left the shelf. The main reason for this is that I fell in love with film photography. The one thing that I always dreaded with digital photography was spending time on editing. I have a career where I spent more…
“I need to send the Olympus-35 SP directly to a repairman and get it CLA’d” – that was my internal dialogue as I looked at the long anticipated images taken from my newly acquired dream camera. But let’s rewind the clock and start from the beginning instead. A little over a year ago I decided to restart analogue photography as documented with this blog post I wrote for 35mmc.com Restarting film…
Here are my highlights from Three Sigma Leadership by Stephen R. Hirshorn. Hirshorn was Chief Engineer at NASA and this book is written as a guide and inspiration for other Chief Engineers at NASA. All the content and examples are geared towards projects and engineering within NASA. But a lot of it is applicable on a much broader scale. Especially within the tech industry and software development.…