A rather wide street to be in the Old Town. A house is apparently undergoing renovation. The German Church’s tower is in the background.

It’s no secret that I love walking around in Stockholm’s Old Town with the camera. It isn’t big, in fact it’s an islet, but I keep finding and discover new things every time I go there. Besides, the Old Town is a bit of a challenge for a photographer; the difference between the light at the rooftops and the light at street level can be measured in several f-stops and it has happened more than once that I have had to go back on another occasion with different light conditions to get the picture I wanted.

Cloudy skies is not what most of us like, but we get a softer and more even light and it’s a great help when shooting subjects like these. The colours and textures may not “pop” the way they do in sunlight, but that’s not the end of the world. I’m happy as long as I’m able to catch the atmosphere and, hopefully, also be able to convey at least a little of it to you. It now looks picturesque and “cute” but it was probably (like most cities then) a very unhealthy, dirty and stinking place in times gone by and I’m very happy to live “here and now”.

Österlånggatan – I prefer this street to Västerlånggatan, the main shopping street in the Old Town. It’s not as crowded as the latter which means that I can feel the atmosphere better and be more inspired by it. The reincarnated dog in me, you know…

Baggensgatan, a street I have “discovered” recently. It has tried to hide its secrets away from me but now it’s time to reveal them all, little by little and this is the beginning.

Trees are dark and darkness is not exactly what we need more of at this time of the year unless it is decorative and can get the fantasy going, like in this case. Then it’s probably justified.

 

 

I wanted to take a walk after the appointment at the dentist and got hit by inspiration after about 15 minutes. The result I came home with is this series of photos.

An unusual type of street light, but very elegant so why not take a picture of it instead of just pass by?

 

No need to write a long, explaining text about this one. Just feel the atmosphere in the photo!

 

Gutters – the only attention we pay to them is that we take them for granted and that’s it. I felt that it was time to change that way of looking at them, so I took a couple of shots of suitable gutters between the showers.

“Bits and pieces”

Yes, I’m probably a reincarnated dog sniffing around as soon as I get out on the street. The only difference is that I use the camera and its lens for sniffing.

 

I better catch them while I can – soon it will be too late…

 

It’s no secret that I like front doors and the more battered by time and thousands of hands the better and these were just irresistable.

 

Last Sunday must have been my lucky day, because I found another interesting interior in The Old Town in a house on Österlånggatan, apparently undergoing renovation, so I took a shot through the glass in the front door. Not the best conditions to work under, but there are times when one simply has to compromise.