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/2011/09/14/memory-in-blue/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/09/14/memory-in-blue/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:49:01 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1974 The situation for Greece could be described as quite dark – but our summer memory is rather blue and white…]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/09/14/memory-in-blue/feed/ 26 http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/23/alone-in-a-crowd/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/23/alone-in-a-crowd/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:21:52 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1957 A crowd of young people, a beautiful bunch of individuals. And few can express the desires we have for today’s young people better than the british poet Sandra Sturtz: May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/23/alone-in-a-crowd/feed/ 39 http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 07:00:07 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1822 The view from our cabin in Synnfjellet – Captured in IR (infrared)]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/06/11/norway-in-ir/feed/ 38 http://framedandshot.com/2011/05/28/lonely-cadillac/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/05/28/lonely-cadillac/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 15:10:19 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1662 All by itself….. But part of a series we did last year, see another photo from the series and read about the artwork here.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/05/28/lonely-cadillac/feed/ 31 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/2011/02/06/old-window/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/02/06/old-window/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:00:40 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1890 Images like this alway make us wonder – what does it look like inside, who live (or rather lived) here….. This charming old window belongs to a little cabin, at the same area as our last photo, Tungenes at the west coast of Norway.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/02/06/old-window/feed/ 19 http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1867 The days of January are short and dark in our place of the world. We think we are living our lives a bit like this boat: laying still and longing for better times, because we remember and know that they will return; those wonderful summer nights – when the sun never sets, the dark never [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/23/the-boat-of-longing/feed/ 31 http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/ http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:00:13 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1790 Morning glory, this time from the Palo Duro Canyon, The Grand Canyon of Texas. Sometimes it is hard to get up early enough to see the sun rise, but as we all know – the light, the light is so much better …. ! And there is some truth in these wise worlds of Monica [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2011/01/18/morning-glory-ii/feed/ 38 http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:00:47 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1854 We are finally home for Christmas – but as you probably are aware, the heavy snow disrupted air traffic all over Europe, and gave us some extra days waiting for the flight to return to Norway. And this is how Europe look like right now, all covered in snow. Photo taken from the plane, north [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/12/22/snow-chaos-in-europe/feed/ 24 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/2010/08/06/framed-and-shot-is-on-the-move/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/08/06/framed-and-shot-is-on-the-move/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:04 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1804 Dear All, Framed and Shot is on the move – after several years living abroad we are on our way back to Norway. The moving process is hard work and time has neither allowed us to update our blog, nor visit all our favorite blogs and admire your photos! But we will be back, once [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/08/06/framed-and-shot-is-on-the-move/feed/ 38 http://framedandshot.com/2010/07/11/spider-protection/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/07/11/spider-protection/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:58:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1577 We think this is a Running Crab Spider (Philodromus) There are more than 250 described species in this family. It is protecting the next generation – not as cute as the previous post, but then again: in the eyes (all eight of them) of their mother they are probably the most adorable there is……. Some [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/07/11/spider-protection/feed/ 42 http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1769 This little fellow who leads his sibling into the brave new world are among the cutest thing we can imagine! (And the book “Brave new world” was ranked number five by the Modern Library on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.)]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/17/brave-new-world-here-we-come/feed/ 55 http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/08/st-louis-cemetery-new-orleans/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/08/st-louis-cemetery-new-orleans/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:12:13 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1745 An IR shoot of a nice old cemetery in New Orleans. Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, replaced the now vanished St. Peter Cemetery as the main burial ground in 1788 when New Orleans lost many citizens to an epidemic and a great fire, St. Louis Cemetery contains approximately of 700 tombs, tomb ruins and markers [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/06/08/st-louis-cemetery-new-orleans/feed/ 30 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/28/infrared-week-galveston/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/28/infrared-week-galveston/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 22:40:15 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1724 We have converted a Nikon D200 to near Infra Red Photography.  Please see this post for details: This shot is from Galveston, the entrance to the Flagship Hotel on the Beach. The effects of hurricane Ike are still, as you can see, clearly visible.]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/28/infrared-week-galveston/feed/ 23 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 05:05:12 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1718 We have converted a Nikon D200 to near Infra Red Photography.  Please see this post for details: Infra Red photography is usually converted to Black & White. The  sensor captures a full colour image, but the colours have nothing to do with reality (as we perceive it) and will in default processing come out strongly red. [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/26/infrared-week-reflection-in-a-pond/feed/ 26 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:00:40 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1697 We have converted a Nikon D200 to Infra Red photography, and we are having fun using it. It is a new way to see the world. Places and objects seen in the NIR (Near Infra Red) is both very familiar and very strange. Sometimes even hard to recognize. Our senses tells us how to understand [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/24/infrared-ir-week/feed/ 20 http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 01:00:27 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=736 OK – it might be because one of us is a geologist – but we find the rocks at the coast of Norway, described as “svaberg”,  very sensual. The hard rock have over time and with the movement of sand and water turned into soft folds, sleek rock – it is still “hard as rock” [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/05/20/norway-series-sensual-rock/feed/ 22