This shot is from the Lucia celebration at my children’s school. On the 13’th they walk around with candles singing songs to the Italian saint Santa Lucia. For some reason she is very popular as part of the Christmas celebration on Scandinavia. Perhaps because she is associated with light at the darkest time of the year.
Tea lights in a Georg Jensen brass candle holder. This is what makes winter in Denmark bearable.
My local café, Ingolfs Kaffebar, has these little neon coloured plastic Christmas trees on the tables. I don’t know why I find them so charming, perhaps because I haven’t seen fake trees not trying to look like trees before.
Another shot of Magasin – the Christmas lit warehouse on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.
I realized that unless I want to share Christmas inspired photos way into January, I need to post twice a day for a little while. Fall pictures in the spring is okay but not Christmas in January.
The large department store, Magasin, is illuminated like this every Christmas. Probably not very original but I love the way it looks.
Right at the beginning of December I had the chance to spend an hour trying to capture the Christmas lights in Copenhagen. I admit that they are fairly modest but I also think there is a beauty to the understatement.
Nyhavn is one of the most photographed vistas in Copenhagen. Not really obvious from this shot but I wanted to capture the lights in the trees.
I’m not done with our trip to Ireland yet – not by half. But Christmas shots are going to look too out of place too far into January. So I’ve decided to be merry and celebrate the holiday for a while here on my blog – enjoy!
What I love most of all about Christmas is the lights. Here in Denmark it turns dark at 4 p.m. now and the sun doesn’t rise until 8 a.m. Maybe that explains my affiniation for Christmas lights and it has been especially fun this year to photograph them. This shot is from Strøget – the main shopping / pedestrian street of Copenhagen. I’ve just returned from London and see that our puny decorations must suffer from low self esteem but it’s what we’ve got. There will be some shots from London later on as well.
Sunset, you’ve gotta have a sunset! My 11 year old son was shaking his head as I rambled in the car on the way back about not having my camera with me. Fortunately home and my camera bag was not far away and the house is three stories high. He was still shaking his head when I came back down with a happy smile.
This link will take you to a YouTube video, playing “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone” while showing a number of shots from my series Reflection – a beautiful surprise from Peter.
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