I started taking photos a bit more than 10 years ago when my family got their first digital camera: Logitech Clicksmart 420. Strictly speaking, it was rubbish.

Soon after we invested in a Sony Cybershot with 3,2 MPix. I remember taking some photos I was really proud of, for example a panning shot of a motorcycle speeding up an alpine road. Alongside my growing interest in photography I also started playing with some post processing software.

Today I shoot with a Pentax K-x which I bought when it was launched 5 years ago. I thought that I had made use of its full potential, but no, I had not.

A year ago I bought a 2nd hand Canon EOS 5D Mark II and tried it with some prime lenses as well as a high end zoom-lens. The image quality was amazing and I could easily crop large parts of the images and still have enough pixels to make a high-res photo. But something didn't feel right. I often found the 5D too bulky, so I decided to sell it.

I rediscovered what the Pentax K-x can do with a sharp prime lens shooting in RAW (which I didn't in the beginning, how stupid of me). Somehow it renders details and colors beautifully. The dynamic range can sometimes be a problem and I would not use an ISO setting above 800 comfortably.

I have decided to only shoot with manual prime lenses from now on. I have started to collect a few old K-mount and M42 lenses and during my last trip I only brought my manual 28mm Miranda lens. It went fine and 95% of the shots were sharp :)

I like images that can convey a feeling of something. I like nice colors, bokeh (whether it's smooth or crazy), short depth of field, buildings, architecture, abandoned industrial places, patterns, cities, industrialization, abstract closeups and so on. I wouldn't say that I have found my style of photography yet. I am starting to understand what I like and hopefully I can develop it into my own style.