http://framedandshot.com Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:12:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:01:58 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1978 Utsira Is the smallest municipality of Norway in population. It consists of an island located in the North Sea, 18 km west of Haugesund – and the closest we get to The United Kingdom while still standing in Norway. When we were visiting there were 213 people living at Utsira. Probably the only municipality where [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/10/10/utsira/feed/ 33 http://framedandshot.com/2011/02/09/boat-in-backlight/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/02/09/boat-in-backlight/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:05:04 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1936 A boat in Tananger harbour. HDR backlight is fun. Although it does not quite capture the feel of the moment, it gets close.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/02/09/boat-in-backlight/feed/ 26 http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/13/golden-boat/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/13/golden-boat/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:30:29 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1825 Sunset on a golden boat at the Ølberg harbour. The calm water made a perfect reflection – and watching it gave us a little piece of golden happiness!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/13/golden-boat/feed/ 28 http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/08/a-long-way-home/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/08/a-long-way-home/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:36:55 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1781 It IS a long way from Houston, Texas to Stavanger, Norway – and while it did not take us SO long to get here – it did take us this long to get organized enough to start photographing again! But at least, we are finally able to start shooting, commenting, and publishing. We are sorry [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/08/a-long-way-home/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/13/mall-shooting-series-double-shots-for-real/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/13/mall-shooting-series-double-shots-for-real/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:34:13 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=824 Yes this is Texas, a small town called Schulenburg, where you can you buy a bottle of rum and a gun at the same store, you don’t even need to go out of your car to get the drink and shoot shopping done, they offer a convenient drive-thru to make it faster….. And just like [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/13/mall-shooting-series-double-shots-for-real/feed/ 34 http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/27/window-with-greenery/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/27/window-with-greenery/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:00:21 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1356 Vi have a fascination for doors and windows – and this is from our “Texas Road Trip“. An old window, where the nature have taken the inside, you can get a peek inside here, and from the outside you can not longer see into the room since the window is covered with leaves.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/27/window-with-greenery/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/21/the-end/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/21/the-end/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:15:45 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1023 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 25 of 25 Thank you for following our “Road Trip Series”. We leave you with a frame from a cemetery in a German part of Texas. The eastern parts of the state has large groups of German immigrants. And Germania, on Farm Road 1624 three miles west of Lexington, [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/21/the-end/feed/ 19 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/19/the-real-use-for-pick-ups/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/19/the-real-use-for-pick-ups/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:54:31 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1019 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 23 of 25 Living in Houston, we see pick-ups on the road daily (lots of them). In the city, they are used to get you to the starbucks for a cup of coffee, to get to the movies – they have all the power but neither use the strengt [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/19/the-real-use-for-pick-ups/feed/ 14 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/17/red-barn-door/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/17/red-barn-door/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:19:56 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1017 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 22 of 25 This red barn door caught our attention. . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the map? Just click here!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/17/red-barn-door/feed/ 14 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/16/a-shack/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/16/a-shack/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:01:45 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1015 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 21 of 25 A shack and nothing more. . . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the map? Just click here!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/16/a-shack/feed/ 9 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/15/landscape-with-tractor/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/15/landscape-with-tractor/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:21:37 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1011 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 20 of 25 This is another view of the tractor in the previous post. This was a genuine tractor graveyard. We have borrowed the tittle from Henry Taylor and his poem “Landscape with Tractor”. . . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/15/landscape-with-tractor/feed/ 13 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/14/tractor/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/14/tractor/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:19:29 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1008 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 19 of 25 A change from the old cars, here is an old tractor. . . The first engine-powered farm tractors used steam and were introduced in 1868. Henry Ford produced his first experimental gasoline powered tractor in 1907. it was referred to as an “automobile plow” and the [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/14/tractor/feed/ 16 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/13/another-wreck/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/13/another-wreck/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:56:22 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1004 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 18 of 25 Another piece of roadside art. This one looks really old. . . . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the map? Just click here!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/13/another-wreck/feed/ 13 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/12/wherever-i-hang-my-hat/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/12/wherever-i-hang-my-hat/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:30:51 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1002 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 17 of 25 This saying is true for Texas as well, but more often it is a baseball caps…. and this one is hanging in the door to this mess! . Wherever I hang my hat’s my home and my past is kind of blurry Every dog will have [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/12/wherever-i-hang-my-hat/feed/ 11 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/10/highway-77-cafe/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/10/highway-77-cafe/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:15:42 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1000 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 16 of 25 This cafe is just outside Rosebud (a romantic name not quite justified by the town) has good food and friendly service. The specialty is chicken fried steak. Framed pictures of military personnel, some going back to World War II, line the walls. “People bring ’em in,” [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/10/highway-77-cafe/feed/ 13 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/09/far-from-vegas/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/09/far-from-vegas/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:27:51 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=998 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 15 of 25 Not a gambling hall, but this bar with a taste of high-life in Temple surely has its dedicated supporters. . . . Want to go to see the first post of our trip, or the map? Just click here!]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/09/far-from-vegas/feed/ 11 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/08/harmony/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/08/harmony/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:56:47 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=995 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 14 of 25 Rural America in perfect harmony, Nail saloon and livestock magazine side by side in Gatesville. Gatesville in central Texas was named the “Spur Capital of Texas” by the Texas Legislature in 2001. The largest spur collection in the world is found in Gatesville’s Coryell Museum and [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/08/harmony/feed/ 8 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/05/still-life/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/05/still-life/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:35:37 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=989 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 11 of 25 We came across this rather large still life displayed on a field. We do find it strange that it is left on display like this, the grass neatly cut under it – but who knows, may be there are lots of nice memory connected to that [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/05/still-life/feed/ 15 http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/03/old-model-t/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/03/old-model-t/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:38:17 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=987 A Rural Texas Road Trip – 10 of 25 We could have done a whole series on car-wrecks alone. They are often used for decorative purposes, and we can not help photographing them . . Americans are broad-minded people. They’ll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/10/03/old-model-t/feed/ 17 http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/21/framed-and-shot-goes-on-a-rural-texas-road-trip/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/21/framed-and-shot-goes-on-a-rural-texas-road-trip/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:02:38 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=918 . At the advice of a British friend gone native Texan, who insisted we needed to see more of Texas than the bright lights and glitz of the Houston metropolis, we went forth. He recommended a trip into the depths of rural Texas visiting places like Rosebud, Temple, Milano, Hanover, Elevation and so on.  We [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/09/21/framed-and-shot-goes-on-a-rural-texas-road-trip/feed/ 19