My name is Torben Jensen and I live in Denmark.
My father was an avid amateur photographer, but I didn’t get caught up in his hobby. The tedious darkroom work wasn’t for me.
I wasn’t caught until 1989. when I was cycling around Switzerland with my children with a pocket camera in my breast pocket.
My first experience with digital photography was in 1991 with a Canon ION camera. But with 0.2 megapixels and very poor light sensitivity, its usability was limited.
When I bought my first SLR camera (Canon EOS 500) just before a cycling trip around Corsica, I had to accept my fate.
After many cheap (and poorly) developed films in a photo shop, I finally got my first digital SLR camera (Canon EOS 300D) in 2004 just before a trip to Greece. It was 5 megapixels and very slow. But back then, the clients listened appreciatively to my excuse: “Wait a minute – my camera is saving the photos”.
Like all beginners, I have photographed many different genres. In my jobs, I have mostly worked with product and corporate portraits. I found it very boring – so in my free time I went after completely different genres. At first it was mostly nature/landscapes, and later it became macro photography – especially dragonflies and other insects. I was so fascinated by photographing insects that I traveled to Greece, Bulgaria, France, Andorra and Spain – solely to photograph insects.
In Barcelona, I became fascinated by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí and photographed his buildings in Barcelona and traveled north to photograph a garden at La Pobla de Lillet and his summer house in Comillas.
Later, I discovered Santiago Calatrava in Valencia, and that boosted my interest in photographing architecture.
After investing in studio lighting, I went through a period of model and portrait photography, including some amazing children. First in a photo studio and later on location both in the city and in nature.
After teaching layout for many years, I have focused on composition. Whether you are shooting with a mobile phone or a super professional camera, good composition can often greatly improve the image.
I use Capture One and Luminar NEO for RAW editing, Photoshop for batch editing, Photomatix Pro and Luminar Neo for HDR and post-processing.
However, it is most fun to be out there photographing than to sit at home and edit.
Feel free to contact me at tj@bellus.dk