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October 2, 2008

New! Music!

Music is such a big part of my life. I listen to it when I edit photos, when I’m in the car, when I’m walking the beaches looking for something to shoot, you name it, I listen to music all the time.

So, starting today, I thought I’d share some of the music I love, here on the blog. I know this is supposed to be about my photography, but some music can’t hurt, right?

I will pick new music, but also older stuff I think people should love.

So, where do we begin?

Well, for me the album of the year so far is Bon Iver’s “For Emma, Forever Ago”

Bon Iver – Re: Stacks (mp3)

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If you haven’t heard it, you can find some other tracks here. If you scroll down on that page you can actually download a newly released EP for free.

I also want you to hear this from Danish Katrine Ottosen.

I think it’s pretty great.

CALLmeKAT – Bug In A Web (mp3)



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October 2, 2008 - 5:27 pm

Lotta - Ja, jag får väl blotta strupen då, hoppas inte bara det är jag som är så här oinsatt. Men, kan man inte längre så där enkelt ladda ner dina musiktips till sin egen iTunes? Förut var det ju så lätt att t.o.m. jag klarade det, men nu händer inget om jag högerklickar på låten…. CALLmeKAT var ju störtskön! Tack för ipset.

October 2, 2008 - 5:37 pm

Jonas - Try again :)

October 2, 2008 - 6:06 pm

Lotta - JAA, nu funkar det! Det var inte jag som var korkad va? Du har fixat till det på nåt sätt…

October 2, 2008 - 7:05 pm

Sofie - Tack, det var fint!
Ytterligare en förgylld dag på kontoret.

Tack för bra bloggar förresten.

October 3, 2008 - 7:32 am

Linda - Thank you for sharing your wonderful music taste!
Lovely to listen to a rainy night in Sweden, like this…
Kram Linda

October 3, 2008 - 2:08 pm

Pernilla - Bon Iver-låten var grym. Nu vevas den om och om igen här… ;)

October 7, 2008 - 5:23 am

Matilda - ALL musik du har lagt upp har varit exakt min smak. Så då kanske du kan hjälpa mig med svaret när någon frågar vad man har för musiksmak. Kan jag bara säga “silverfisk” eller har du något bättre namn? :)

October 7, 2008 - 8:41 am

Ben Helton - Jonas . . . I love your photography — some of your work is just flat out amazing.

Thanks for sharing the music with us — I especially enjoyed Bon Iver

October 15, 2008 - 6:57 pm

Karolina - En så fantastisk poplåt! Har lyssnat på den 7 gånger på kontoret. Känner igen hans röst, har han spelat i andra konstellationer? Blir att ta en repa förbi skivaffären efter jobbet och hoppas på det bästa.

October 16, 2008 - 5:09 pm

Kate Chiapello - Love it Jonas! I am missing you and Jacqui and Noah. Love and kisses for you all. See you next week! xxx

October 29, 2008 - 12:41 am

Helene - Skön låt! Påminner mig om Stina Nordenstams låtar. Underbar blogg som ger mig uppslag till en massa ny musik på köpet. Fortsätt så:)

October 1, 2008

The infinite sadness

There’s something very wrong about zoos. I know they do good things, but there’s something about the animals. The monkeys look at you with sad eyes through thick glass, often they even face the other way, so they don’t have to look you in the eye.

It feels like they are ashamed.

Or maybe I’m imagining things.

Maybe they’re as happy as happy can be, just waiting for the park to close, so they all can get their samba gear on and party like it’s 1999.

Somehow I doubt it though.

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October 1, 2008 - 8:25 pm

Sara - usch, jag klarar inte av djurparker. Så sorligt :( Väldigt fina bilder dock

October 1, 2008 - 9:30 pm

Kerstin - Visst är det sorgligt när man tittar in i deras ögon, men som du säger, djurparkerna gör lite nytta också. Men det känns inte rätt att se djur instängda som ska springa fria i sitt landskap.
Vackra foton! :)

October 2, 2008 - 5:10 am

Frida - Älskar bilden på “handen” den ser stark ut men ändå mjuk.

October 2, 2008 - 8:25 am

THE PARSONS - WOW! first, thanks so much for your comment on our blog – how did you find us? second, you inspire us, your work is beautiful, and we love the way it makes us feel. don’t be a stranger! oh, and thanks to you, we now own one of the Explosions in the Sky albums. :)

October 2, 2008 - 8:30 am

Stina - Den sista bilden på handen är så fantastisk att den liksom nästan tar andan ur mig, den är fantastisk, du är riktigt bra på att se fotografier och sen även ta dem. åtminstone verkar det så i dina fotografier, jag måste säga att du är fantastisk och helt klart en av mina största inspirationskällor till mina egna fotografier, så tack.

October 2, 2008 - 7:02 pm

Emma - Amazing photos.
I use “Looking For Tigers” as desktop background on my laptop at work.
Brings a smile on my face every morning, even on a rainy, cold monday.

October 5, 2008 - 7:13 am

Emma - Jonas.
Jag har följt din blogg i flera år nu. Jag har i stort sett sparat varje låt du har rekommenderat och det är väldigt sällan som jag har blivit besviken. Många av dessa har jag spelat om och om igen i min ipod och det får mig alltid att komma tillbaka till din blogg för att se om du har skrivit något klokt eller länkat till en ny låt. Jag måste även erkänna att jag har blivit rörd till tårar av några av dina inlägg, och det är något väldigt ovanligt när det kommer till mig och andra människors bloggar. När jag läste att du skulle börja ha musiken på fotobloggen och att man nu får hålla koll på två ställen så måste jag erkänna att jag var skeptisk, mestadels för att det innebar några extra knapptryckningar för mig (otroligt jobbigt..) Nu inser jag självklart varför du har lagt upp bloggandet på detta viset och jag kommer nog vänja mig snart. Din karriär och din utveckling är både spännande och otroligt inspirerande. Med allt detta svammel ville jag mest ha sagt att, sluta inte blogga. Du är otroligt talangfull och du lyser ofta upp min vardag.

Emma

October 5, 2008 - 12:09 pm

Amber Hughes - Wow! Jonas, I can’t believe I’ve never discovered your blog before now! You’re an amazing photographer and every shot on this page shows that. Love these shots… very touching. You can definitely see the sadness and it’s very well captured.

You’re going in my inspirational blog list I’ll have you know… looking forward to your future posts! :)

October 5, 2008 - 12:11 pm

Tabitha - These pictures are just wonderful!

October 6, 2008 - 3:28 am

Nicola - These are beautiful shots – I believe you really caught the “emotions” of the animals. My sister, a biologist, has told me that a lot of zoo animals are depressed. That’s why they often rock back and forth. I haven’t been to a zoo since she told me that.

October 7, 2008 - 8:33 am

shawna - stunning. absolutely gorgeous work.

October 14, 2008 - 7:37 pm

klara - Jösses så vackra!

November 8, 2008 - 6:10 pm

Fredrik Schreiber, Sweden - Wonderful pictures you have published. I love the dramatic picture with two rainbows and the dark cloud as well as the lion picture.
I am an amateur photograph with my interest in photography kicked off as a 10 year old boy. Now 31 years later I have the luxury to invest in my first DSLR camera system (Canon EOS) and I am very happy about it.

Regards from a rainy Sweden
/ Fredrik Schreiber

December 12, 2008 - 4:39 am

Emma - Otroligt vackra och gripande bilder.

September 29, 2008

2009 is looking good

I’ve been in Byron Bay for almost a week, where we hung out with some of my favorite people in the world, Jim and Nettie. As always, paradise is deceptive. I managed to catch a severe cold with all the bells and whistles and now I’m tucked up in bed with a high fever.

I couldn’t figure out why I got five wedding requests in one day last week, but hey, I’m not complaining. All of them sound really cool and hopefully some of you decide to go with me in the end. A very smart choice if I may say so *cough, cough*. When I got back to Brisbane I realized why people are finding my blog all of a sudden.

I’m on the first page of google for several search phrases.

I owe all and everyone who reads my blog and likes my pictures a huge kiss drink.

Your support means a lot and I’m forever grateful.

Just before I left Byron Bay to go back to Brisbane, I got an email from the US. It turns out one of my photos has won a prize in a competition and it will be published in National Geographic early next year. It may not do a lot for my wedding work, but for me personally it’s kind of amazing. I’ll write more about the whole thing later.

Well, back to Byron.

I love Tallows Beach.

Always have.

Always will.

It doesn’t even matter if the weather is crap.

To me it’s still one of the best places in the world.


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September 29, 2008 - 7:03 pm

Frida - Congratulations, you’re worth it. The “Looking for tigers” picture is wonderful and the title and text that goes with it adds to that fact. You’re a big inspiration to me.

September 30, 2008 - 10:50 am

cynthia - great perspective and lines in this photo – really draws you in. your blog is a pleasure. good luck with the wedding photography business.

October 3, 2008 - 3:34 am

Anna - Vackert, helt enkelt beautiful!

October 12, 2008 - 4:32 pm

Mel - Wow, congrats on the publication/award! That is amazing work.
Nick and I are hopeful that you will be able to do our wedding on the 12th of September next year- Jac is going to send through your pricing list but we’re looking forward to signing off on it with you guys as we just adore your work and can’t wait to be the subject of some of your beautiful shots!
x

October 31, 2008 - 5:04 am

k - I love this photo! The perspective, the colors are so wonderful. The sand on the beach almost looks as if it were a rock with cracks. Keep up the great work!