www.gudrun.cc

My blog has been ebbing out. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, google+ and so on. I am trying to gather some of it in just one place, please visit my site, you are very welcome.

Happy New Year

Foggy Day in CPH

Life is Good

Still here, not blogging much though. From a trip to the island Ven this summer.

Long Time No C

Actually more than a year, but I am here and not idle, just not dropping by here at all. I upload photographs on Ipernity and then there is Facebook, and I guess there is only so much you can get around doing on the Internet, at least I would rather not spend more time here than I do.

Icelandic on line

We are starting the second term at Tungumálaskólinn - The Language School if translated to English. We are very pleased with the first term and our students seem to be of the same opinion, and that is of course extremely important to us.
To learn Icelandic at Tungumálaskólinn, you only need a computer and to be on line. There are no expensive books you have to buy or costly software. We use Skype and MSN and both can be downloaded from the Internet, free of charge. All the teaching material is on our site.
You find us at www.skoli.eu

My Shot on Times Square in New York

I sent this shot in to Kodak's picture of the day, and many months later I got a notice from them, saying that this one had been chosen as Picture of the Day for October 27th. and would appear on their screen on Times Square that day. As luck would have it, my son in law was in New York on that very day and he took these shots for me. The shot is from inside a building in downtown Copenhagen, a house called Axelborg.


Seeing my shot was strange enough, but having my name up there surreal.

LEARN ICELANDIC ON THE INTERNET - A NEW SCHOOL

Gígja, Egill and yours truly have opened a language school on the Internet; the doors were opened on October 9th. On skoli.eu you can learn Icelandic via the Internet. All you need is a computer, an Internet connection, headphones with a microphone, Skype and MSN. It does not matter where in the world you live, how much formal education you have or how little Icelandic you know, we will be able to teach you the basics and get you going. For those that have taken courses in Icelandic, we have more advanced courses. If you think your pronounciation is not good enough, you can have a special course in pronounciation, with the help of a teacher via Skype. The same goes for practising your writing skills, that can easily be arranged, using MSN.
Our students learn Icelandic by talking to your teacher and fellow students using Skype, writing and doing exercises in Icelandic, listening to dictation and reading Icelandic texts. All exercises are read and corrected by a teacher (not software). We have tought Icelandic on the Internet for 8 years and it is our experience that our teaching methods work. You are welcome to visit us at www.skoli.eu
At lære islandsk via Internet - Du kan lära dig isländska på webben - Íslenska sem erlent mál á netinu.

Butterfly on a Napkin

More Summer, still in the country.

Enjoying Summer

Rhubarb is part of Summer, and I love it. Yesterday's dessert - it tasted as good as it looks. Hope you are enjoying your Summer too.

There are filters on flickr now and I have decided to leave

Since flickr (yahoo) now has put up filters and is thereby censoring content, I have removed all but two of my shots from my flickr-page and have gone over to ipernity.com
Freedom of speach is a fundamental human right. My "place" on flickr now looks like this
I have not been blogging much lately, but still taking some photographs. I hope you are enjoying the summer.

In Langvad with Rebekka Sóley & Janke

Young Gardner
Our paradise
Melita Asrid Ana
Mina Fred & Zoran Luka, Melita's parents.

SCAE Coffee Fiesta, Antwerpen

Four busy days in Antwerpen with lots of coffee and excellent baristas. Here below, Ásta in action, representing Denmark. The others are the Icelandic participants. Iceland ended up with the most points when all the different competitions were over.

Rebekka Sóley

I picked her up from play-school Thursday and we went to a friend's birthday party in the evening. Then the usual fun with water and bubbles in the bathtub untill she collapsed into bed.

Reflections from the Canal in Nyhavn, Copenhagen

Summer or Spring

The calendar says that it might just be Spring, the weather outside tells me that it actually is Summer. Global Warming ladies and gentlemen.

Black & White

This one is from last year. He had a hard time climbing the steps but seemed very patient and was actually busy too, shoelaces needed attention, cigaret to be lit too. The climb took a long time but apparently he had all the time in the world.
I don't do much converting from colour to black & white, but I always thought this one would turn out ok in b&w, just never got around to it, until now that is.

Friluftsmuseet has Opened for the Season.

Spring is here really early this year and last week we went to Friluftsmuseet that opened for the Summer. A wonderful place to stroll and take photographs. The weather was beautiful and a lot of children looking for clues in a game the museum had planned for them - it was all about finding Easter eggs.
I used this shot for a challenge on dpc, the subject was Anachronism. That fire extinguisher sticks out like a sore thumb.

Hard to Focus

It is terribly difficult to focus on a spiderweb. There was almost no wind, but it moved all the time. I used the macro-lens and was up very close and personal. To make it worth putting on my blog, I used a lot on contrast in photoshop and usm too (unsharp mask). I love the colours. If you look closely that is our car there in the backgrounds, you can just make out one of the wheels.This is how it looked with less contrast and only a little usm.

My Left Foot

Just fooling around :)