EDMONTON, CANADA. (December 2009). Wintertime in the city. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 ASPH lens (50mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/50s f2.5, ISO 200, 3648 x 2736 pixels, RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (November 2009). For available-light photography and thin depth of field, there's no substitute for fast lenses. Here's a test shot from my new Panasonic Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4, one of the few truly wide-aperture options available for Four Thirds cameras. Somewhat rare, this was a difficult lens to track down. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 ASPH lens (50mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/60s f1.4, ISO 100, 2671 x 3535 pixels (after crop), RAW.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. (October 2007). Stopping to capture a Halloween moment on Drottninggatan in central Stockholm. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm lens at 42mm (84mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto Tundra NGTT1 tripod, wireless remote control, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1.3s f8, ISO 100, 3648 x 2736 pixels, RAW.

SIMRISHAMN, SWEDEN. (May 2009). Simple. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm lens at 9mm (18mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, aperture priority, matrix metering, 1/800s f6.3, ISO 100, 3606 x 2705 pixels (after crop), RAW.

LUND, SWEDEN. (September 2008). Geocentrum ivy. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Tamron Adaptall-2 28mm f2.5 (56mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, manual focus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/640s f2.5, ISO 100, 3648 x 2736 pixels, RAW.

NICE, FRANCE. (February 2008). Two for the view, awash in Mediterranean blue. Version of picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm lens at 21mm (42mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto Tundra NGTT1 tripod, wireless remote control, manual focus and exposure via LiveView, matrix metering, 2.5s f8, ISO 100, 2636 x 1695 pixels (after crop), RAW.

LUND, SWEDEN. (April 2009). Spring magnolia. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro lens (180mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, manual focus, manual exposure, spot metering, 1/1600s f2.5, ISO 100, 2828 x 2121 pixels (after crop), RAW.

HJÄRUP, SWEDEN. (January 2009). Follow your star. Picture available for sale as prints and stock. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm lens at 14mm (28mm, 35mm equivalent), handheld, single autofocus, manual exposure, matrix metering, 1/80s f6.3, ISO 100, 3648 x 2736 pixels, RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (October 2009). Five pencils, as seen through the elements of the OM Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro, my latest lens acquisition. I didn't really need another macro lens but for only US$28, I just couldn't pass the deal up. Picture available for sale as prints. Original photo properties: Olympus E-410 dSLR, OM Zuiko MC Auto-Macro 50mm f3.5 lens (100mm, 35mm equivalent), Manfrotto Tundra NGTT1 tripod, manual focus and exposure via LiveView, spot metering, 1/3s f5.6, 3599 x 2658 pixels (after crop), RAW.

EDMONTON, CANADA. (October 2009). And now for something a little different. Wanting to experiment a bit with film photography, I decided to splurge on a Olympus Trip 35 refurbished by the Trip Man. The retro rangefinder-type cam is much different than shooting with dSLR, but it definitely isn't any less fun. Original photo properties: Olympus Trip 35 solar-powered camera with fixed D.Zuiko 40mm f2.8 lens, FujiColor Superia X-TRA400 film (converted to black-and-white in post-processing), negative scanned to JPEG by processing lab.