Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk 2013

Today I attended the 6th annual Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk in Trondheim. Like last year, we spent about two hours walking around in the city, and like last year I spent too much time on the first part of walk, and could not fully explore the final parts. I guess some things never change 🙂

Since I knew a bit more about what I got into, I had mentally prepared better this time, and was able to focus more on grabbing shots with potential while walking, knowing that I could sort and choose when I got back to my laptop.

The first two photos are taken at Bakklandet, the old part of Trondheim. Known for its picturesque houses and lots of details, it is a photographic heaven of opportunities. However, I had already been there and done that so I had to look outside my “norm”.

Can you escape?
Can you escape?

I had brought the “big stopper” to take some photos of the river and the docks along the side. Note how the leaves floating in the river creates small stripes in the water.

Fall over Nidelven
Fall over Nidelven

As usual, there were also a lot of little details to be found in shop windows and the like

_5M37661As we passed over the river and back into the city centre, we could hear shouting. and went to investigate. It was two groups of demonstrators shouting at each other:

Having an opinion
Having an opinion

After watching the demonstration for some time, and seeing that it would not lead to a full-blown riot (how disappointing… 🙂 ), we headed over to Solsiden to meet the other photo walk participants. There I spent some time exploring the old crane and machinery before heading in for pizza.

Cable Drum
Cable Drum
Gears
Gears

 

 

 

 

Lego day at work (again)

This weekend we had a lego day at work. Just as with last year’s event, the company brought in tons of lego for kids to play and build with.

Help me, I'm drowning
Help me, I’m drowning

In addition to the large amounts of regular lego, we also got to play around with Mindstorm robots. One of the competitions was to see how close you could get to a lego man without toppling him.

Who can get closest
Who can get the closest

Another challenge involved a lot of programming to get the robot to complete a series of tasks.

Programming Mindstorm robots
Programming Mindstorm robots

As usual, the creativity displayed by the kids was mind-blowing.

Checking the plane before flight
Checking the plane before flight
Aiming
Aiming
Growing city
Growing city
Lots of action
Lots of action