Silfver Creations — Fine Art Photography by Daniel Silfver

Parthena

What a wonderful woman she is!

First Barbecue

Taken during the first barbecue of the year, fourth of May.

Forest Tranquility

This is where I found him #10

It was one of those great days of spring where life kind of stops time for a while. The weather was constantly great, there was no wind and best of all – it’s this time of the year where there’s no mosquitos or annoying bugs. We where kids for a day again and it was awesome.

Paris

From my trip to Paris last week with my brother.

Lensbaby

I used my brand new Lensbaby that I got as a gift from the guys at uKontrøll! You can achieve some pretty cool effects with this lens.

Protester

From today’s protest against the demonstrations of Swedish party Svenskarnas Parti, 1st of May.

The Grids In My Head

When I’m composing a picture there’s some things I like to keep in mind. One of them is the The rule of thirds. In my head I picture a grid and then place the subject in one of the grid’s cutting points. This is probably one of the most known tricks in the book, but still not everyone thinks about it. It’s an easy way to make your photographs “heaver”. It can make them pop. Take a look at the picture to the left to see what I mean. I use this a lot when I’m cropping images too.

Photoshop tip: If you’re using Adobe’s Photoshop there’s a simple way to get a grid overlaying your images. Go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices. Use the following:

Press OK when you’re done. To display the grids press CTRL+’ (or go to View > Show > Grid).
On Mac it’s Command+’ (or go to View > Show > Grid).

However. Remember that rules are meant to be broken!

This Is uKontrøll #2

This Is Where I Found Him #9

There’s no doubt that my friends are a huge part of my photos. Yet again I find him while I’m on one of my strolls in the nature. Thank you Jonathan!

My Rolleiflex

Me and my broken Rolleiflex. Thanks goes to Staffan for helping out taking this. It’s for my website danielsilfver.se.