This is a photography site with a blog. Or vice versa- it's a symbiotic thing. As a photographer (mainly of landscapes) and traveller I've accumulated images and ideas, but never published them. Slide nights are a thing of the past, digital has almost eclipsed film, and individual emails are probably going the way of snail mail.

In an era of often-vacuous social media, spin, alienation and environmental damage think of this site, then, as my piece of
vanity publishing. The content will stray from landscape photography to other things, and back. The last thing the world needs is another travel writer, and the last thing the internet needs is another photo gallery, but read on....

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Melgardsӕtra

May 17, 2014 - Melgardsӕtra is south of Espedalen, at the edge of a plateau. A sӕter is a summer pasture, the buildings often just at t...
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A rather long essay on outdoor photography

May 17, 2014 - Other things being equal, you get more detail in a digital photograph using a bigger sensor than a smaller one. This mea...
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The Peer Gynt Løypa

May 17, 2014 - Leaving some of my gear at Strand Fjellstue I skied the Peer Gynt Løypa, which is nominally a three day tour of about 60...
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The day I went to hell and back

May 17, 2014 - On a half day off from skiing in Espedalen, one should visit Helvete (Norwegian for “Hell”) where there is a spectacular...
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Espedalen

May 17, 2014 - It’s very tempting when travelling to return to places known to be good. Espedalen, a valley north-west of Lillehammer,...
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Friluftsliv

May 17, 2014 - One of the most appealing things about Norway is its people’s love of “ friluftsliv ”. The word doesn't have a direct eq...
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Norway 2014 (part 1): 19 January to 2 February- Oslo and surrounds

May 17, 2014 - Arrival in Oslo was the expected user-friendly experience. Give the Immigration Officer Royal Thai’s complimentary orchi...
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Gratulerer med dagen!

May 17, 2014 - What more fitting day than this to launch a web site with information about travels in Norway and photographs of the cou...
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Starting out (usually the hardest part of any trip)

May 16, 2014 - Dear travellers, armchair travellers, friluftsmenneske, bushwalkers and others, Gidday! God dag! Jullay! Namaste! Bonjo...
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