Another double-exposure, this time of some of the Christmas fairy lights in the Nordstand shopping centre. In this picture I first took a fairly crisp, focused picture of the lights, then superimposed on it a wildly out of focus photo of the same image. I thought it was more interesting. … Continue readingFairy lights
Seasonal lights, seasonal rain
Seasonal lights behind a seasonally rainy window. These little triangles of electric candles – reminiscent I feel of menorah – are everywhere in Sweden at Christmas – they come up at the beginning of December and stay until mid-January. Current weather conditions are less than wintery – but very Gothenburgish. … Continue readingSeasonal lights, seasonal rain
By torchlight at Götaplatsen
A final post with living flame to complete my series for the four Sundays in Advent.
Now in the darkest time of the year torchlight processions are popular, but what these people were doing gathered on the steps at Götaplatsen in the wind and rain on Friday evening I really don’t know. It looked like they might be a choir, but they didn’t sing. They seemed cheerful enough though. … Continue readingBy torchlight at Götaplatsen
Through flames
Members of the audience for this year’s Muskihjälpen marathon charity radio show outside the ‘glass box’ on Gustaf Adolfs Torg, photographed through the flames of a brazier. … Continue readingThrough flames
Lights in the tree
Lights in the tree at Brunsparken – I have taken photos of the annual decorations in this tree for several years, though not published here. The tree is a decorative sweet chestnut (I think). Click here for a photo of it in fruit: Darkness at noon.
This picture is a double exposure – a photo taken with a flash is superimposed on another of the same subject without a flash … Continue readingLights in the tree
Light and four windows
Lights on the corners of four windows and the facade of the Gothenburg University Environmental Science building. … Continue readingLight and four windows
On the First Day of Advent
One candle for the First Day of Advent in Haga. … Continue readingOn the First Day of Advent