About me
I'm John — a Stockholm-based photographer with a background and interest in engineering and IT. I've always been drawn to both technology and visual expression, and photography is where those interests meet. The technical puzzle of getting a shot right — reading light, choosing the moment, choosing a focal length — is just as satisfying to me as the image itself.
I shoot with Fujifilm and tend to favour longer focal lengths, typically in the 50–85mm equivalent range. I find the compositions more interesting at those distances — you're forced to make deliberate choices about what stays in the frame and what doesn't, rather than pointing a wide lens at a scene and hoping it holds together. My editing philosophy is simple: do as little as possible. I'd rather spend my energy on getting the shot right in the moment than rebuilding it on a screen afterward.
When I'm not behind a camera, I work in IT. This site is where I collect the work I'm happy with. Have a look around.
My photography
A lot of my favourite shots come from moments I didn't plan — the half-second before or after someone is aware of the camera, where something genuine slips through. I'm drawn to available light, warm tones, and images that feel like they happened rather than were arranged.
Portraits make up the core of what I shoot, from close-up work in natural light to wider environmental shots. I sometimes use flashes and light boxes, but I usually work with the actual conditions of a scene than override them.
Colour is something I care about deeply. Getting tones right in camera — skin tones, the warmth of golden hour, the saturated chaos of stage lighting — is a challenge I genuinely enjoy, and a big reason I shoot Fujifilm. Their colour science has a well-earned reputation for rendering natural, pleasing tones straight out of camera, which fits perfectly with my minimal editing approach. When the colours are right at capture, there's very little reason to change them afterward.
The dog photography grew from genuine affection for the subjects — dogs don't pose, and the shots that work are pure reflex. This is also a nice way to meet the lovely dogs of Stockholm, and their owners. My Instagram account @stockholmdogscene is dedicated to this side of my work.
If there's a thread through all of this, it's that I trust the moment more than the edit. The images I value most are the ones where the light and timing aligned — and all I had to do was be ready.
