http://framedandshot.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/03/not-exactly-a-stairway-to-heaven/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/03/not-exactly-a-stairway-to-heaven/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:05:25 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1524 We suppose you all are old enough to remember “Stairway to Heaven”, the song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. This is not a stairway to heaven. It is just a short little stairway in Oslo, Norway, photographed in the night. Cold and lonely, but neither leading to heaven nor to hell. Just helping you [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/03/03/not-exactly-a-stairway-to-heaven/feed/ 33 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/28/snow-in-black-and-white/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/28/snow-in-black-and-white/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:05:35 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1507 We have spent a week in Norway, back to visit the snow. This image is from the front of the Royal Palace in Oslo – We have enhanced the texture of the snow using Topaz Adjust. . ]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/28/snow-in-black-and-white/feed/ 27 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:29:05 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1433 Some sweet summer memories…. We have spent a week in Norway – enjoyed the snow and cold, so although we have a nice, warm day in Houston at the moment, we are fully aware that not everyone of you have flip flops on…. This is for you ~ summer will return! And until it [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/22/flower/feed/ 22 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/17/young-man-old-car/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/17/young-man-old-car/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:36:35 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1470 Houston Coffee and Cars is a great arrangement – a very informal gathering of car enthusiasts who meet and share their passion for Motorsports, where everyone is invited and there are no memberships or dues required! They meet every first Saturday of the month, from 8:30AM – it is early but the location is [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/17/young-man-old-car/feed/ 20 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/14/happy-valentines-day/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/14/happy-valentines-day/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:05:46 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1479 Have your ever had that special feeling – when you enter a crowded place, looking for the person you are meeting – and then you see her/him. And for a split a second the face lights up and you know Brandi Snyder was right; To the world you may be just one person, [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/14/happy-valentines-day/feed/ 17 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/09/mall-shooting-series-skating-rink-multitemporal-colour/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/09/mall-shooting-series-skating-rink-multitemporal-colour/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:24 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=861 Multitemporal tecnique is described by Bjørn Rørslett (under “Far Side” in the leftmost colomn). .  This is a technique that we have wanted to try for a while, but have had trouble finding a fitting motif.  The picture is created by combining 3 different exposure into the RGB [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/09/mall-shooting-series-skating-rink-multitemporal-colour/feed/ 15 http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:34 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1436 Sunshine and summer…. something to long for!  Houston is much colder than normal at the moment….. ]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/02/03/golden-kiss/feed/ 28 http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/24/old-man/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/24/old-man/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:30:13 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1418 Portraits are one of our favorites. The human face, one and all individual. From the sweetness of a newborn, the joyfulness in a toddler and the changing look of adolescence, to this –  the  interesting faces of maturity. Old people, always with wrinkles, sometimes with wisdom – here it is. ]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/24/old-man/feed/ 32 http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/20/recycle/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/20/recycle/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:09:59 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=853 But where exactly is “away”…..? Wisdom understands that in a world of ecological interconnectedness there is no such things as “away.” We don’t throw things “away,” we simply put them someplace where they defile the land, foul the water, pollute the air or change the earth’s atmosphere. – Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat Did you know that More aluminum goes [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/20/recycle/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/13/mall-shooting-series-carol-kroger/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/13/mall-shooting-series-carol-kroger/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:21 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=690 She is a bagger.  She always has a laugh to share and a genuinely good mood.  You can find the first “Mall shooting” post here. . ]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/13/mall-shooting-series-carol-kroger/feed/ 25 http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/05/night-in-the-big-city/ http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/05/night-in-the-big-city/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:30:15 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1404 Houston is a big city, both in population and in sq mi, it is the forth largest city in the US, but very flat, there is almost no topography. So even though it has some nice buildings, they are difficult to photograph – you only see them from ground level or from the highway [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2010/01/05/night-in-the-big-city/feed/ 31 http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/24/happy-holidays/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/24/happy-holidays/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:15:34 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1393 To all our friends ~  May your holidays be filled with joy and gratefulness. Deep down inside we know that the best gifts don’t come from catalogs or shopping malls They don’t come in brightly-colored packages or fancy envelopes and they’re not sitting under a tree somewhere… The best gifts come from the heart. They come when we look at each other REALLY look at [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/24/happy-holidays/feed/ 34 http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/18/mall-shooting-series-the-final-confessions-of-a-shopaholic/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/18/mall-shooting-series-the-final-confessions-of-a-shopaholic/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:00:20 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=641 But she would not have confessed to shopping here…. We have been out strip-mall shooting.  This is a run-down strip mall along Westheimer Pkw in Houston.  We got a friendly advise from a fellow blogger to explore the area we live in rather than complain that it is boring.  He has a point….. [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/18/mall-shooting-series-the-final-confessions-of-a-shopaholic/feed/ 22 http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/06/adolescence/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/06/adolescence/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:15:30 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1222 Few things are as fascinating as seeing the transformation all of us have been through, the change from cute toddlers to young adults ~ this fascinating period that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This is a portrait of that stage in life, and to go with it – the famous words [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/06/adolescence/feed/ 35 http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:23 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=887 ….or the ugly duckling… We captured these creatures in Brazos Bend State park. They remind us a bit of “The Joker” from the Batman movie – evil looking.  Let’s hope they will be better looking when they grow up. . ]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/12/04/the-joker/feed/ 14 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/ 24 http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/22/inside-the-blue-mosque/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/22/inside-the-blue-mosque/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:08:10 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1326 While the previous shot was from the outside, this is captured inside the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (The Blue Mosque) in Istanbul.  Built in between 1609 and 1616 , it has beautiful colour glass windows and blue tile work (from which it takes its name). The main hall of a mosque is a bare room largely devoid [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/22/inside-the-blue-mosque/feed/ 33 http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/19/blue-mosque/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/19/blue-mosque/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:11 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1320 This is the place where the worshipers perform wudu (purification) before praying.  Outside every mosque, or just inside the entrance, there is a place where worshipers can remove and leave their shoes, there is also a place where they can carry out the ritual washing required before prayer. This is outside the Blue Mosque in [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/19/blue-mosque/feed/ 20 http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/17/the-mystery/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/17/the-mystery/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:35 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=807 This is a mystery because we don’t know what this is. Obviously:  it is a small flying insect (size about 0.5-1 cm/0.2-0.4 inches) sitting on a blueberry plant (not an American blueberry plant, but the small one that grows  in the mountains in Norway). None of the books we checked have given us any clues. [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/17/the-mystery/feed/ 22 http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/16/soccer-2/ http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/16/soccer-2/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:45 +0000 framedandshot http://framedandshot.com/?p=1299 A comment on our last post raised the question “Where is the keeper?”  Well, here he is, not in the same situation, but outmaneuvered. A note on “Auto-ISO”: Nikon’s implementation of this feature is still active when Manual exposure is selected.  We like to use this feature for “action photography” under changing light conditions (as a soccer [...]]]> http://framedandshot.com/2009/11/16/soccer-2/feed/ 15