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  • Are Barstad

    Born in Norway 1962. Lived and worked in Canada for 20 years, until 2005. Married, with 6 wonderful boys. The past 6 years have been partly filled with property & architectural photography as well as portraits and family photography.

    A photograph isn't finished until someone has seen it. With this in mind I created this blog - to share my view of the world as I see it through the camera's viewfinder.

Portrait of the week

I love Thomas’ expression in this picture. Taken in natural light in our dining room with the Leica M9 range finder camera. The Leica images certainly has it’s own classic look.

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Hiking in Blefjell, Norway

I went for a 17km hike in the Blefjell mountains a couple of weeks ago. The target was “Bletoppen” which is the summit in the range. On my way up I passed these falls. A long exposure time of 1,3 seconds was needed to capture the flowing water without freezing it.

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Fuji X-100

While out for a drive in the fog today, I drove by this lake 3km’s down the road from our house. Luckily I had the Fuji X-100 pocket camera in the car. I’m extremely happy with it.

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Memories from Sweden

It seems like an eternity since our summer holidays in Lysekil, on the Swedish west coast. Yet it was only 3 and a half months ago. It was sunny all days but two, but I still favor the overcast days for photography. Rain and wet conditions turn all the greenery in to a lush bright green color, and it’s always tempting to be outside.

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Corporate portrait

This is the first portrait in a series of corporate portraits. They are a lot of fun to capture, and I’m honored to be trusted as the photographer.

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Fall photo shoot

A cloudy day is a great day for outdoor portraits in natural light. And the fall colors in October is perfect. My sister knitted the beautiful sweaters they are wearing.

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Göta Kanal, Trollhättan, Sweden

I frequently travel to Trollhättan in Sweden on business. Not much to do after work, so I bring my camera along. This picture was taken 06:45 in the morning which is a great time to catch the morning mist.

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