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Sivert Almvik Photography – Street and documentary photography
Street and documentary photography
Street and documentary photography
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All cameras are exactly the same. What matters is how they make you feel.
3.3.2025 15:14Why you don’t need the latest camera to take great photosI shoot street photography almost every day here in Oslo. Sometimes I'm on holiday and a tourist. Still, I think like a street photographer. The result is that I often come home from holiday with pictures of strangers instead of pictures of old buildings or beautiful nature.
19.10.2024 08:35How street photography has ruined me[…] make it faster for me to take photos that mean and are interesting to me (and others, of course). That’s why I don’t care about ISO. Almost all ISO values on my cameras produce excellent […]
24.8.2024 14:02Comment on Auto-ISO: Free yourself from noise and embrace the moment by Hyperfocal distance – faster than the world’s fastest autofocus – Sivert Almvi...Artificial intelligence, eye tracking, pet mode, follow focus. Yes, there's no shortage of ‘magical’ autofocus aids for the modern photographer who needs to get images sharp in no time. When it comes to shooting street photography, I prefer to make it even easier and even faster. The solution is hyperfocal distance.
24.8.2024 14:02Hyperfocal distance – faster than the world’s fastest autofocusIn 2017, I travelled to the exclusion zone around Chornobyl. I spent two days inside the zone, seeing the areas around the power plant and the abandoned town of Prypiat.
4.8.2024 14:36That time I went to Chornobyl and Prypiat in UkraineTen years ago I bought my girlfriend a small camera: the Fuji X20. She's not using it that much anymore. It is time for me to give it a go, and use it to boost my creativity.
2.8.2024 08:02Mixing things up with the Fuji X20Recently I found a box with old negatives in my shed. When I moved to Oslo in 2010, we had a break in and the thieves stole all my old negatives. I had several suitcases filled with folders with old negatives in them. It was a big loss for me since I hadn't bothered to digitise all of them.
17.7.2024 09:22I found some old negatives from a film shootThere are empty nitrous oxide containers all over the city scape here in Oslo. They are left behind after people have finished getting high.
11.7.2024 05:59#Oslove – leftovers after consumption of intoxicantsStreet photography is all about capturing the fleeting. A flash of light, an unexpected composition, an emotional expression - all can disappear in the blink of an eye. In this quest for the perfect shot, I've noticed that there's one thing that often keeps photographers worrying: the fear of noise.
11.6.2024 07:34Auto-ISO: Free yourself from noise and embrace the momentOnce you notice them, they are everywhere. Drawings of penises, cocks, dicks.
5.3.2024 19:15The cocks of OsloNorwegians love shopping in Sweden. Certain types of food, alcohol, tobacco and sugary drinks are cheaper in Sweden because they have a different tax system. This means that many Norwegians cross the border to shop for cheap food.
14.1.2024 14:20Weird border – work in progress photos from Svinesund in Sweden