Back from summer holiday.

Sunday the last evening of my summer holiday, so back to normal life and work tomorrow.
We had 14 fantastic days with absolutely great summer weather, which was so very lucky
as we had decided to spent most of our days in Denmark, where there is no garanti for good
weather. Usually we go to southern Europe with sun garanti.

We were going on three mini vacations - three long weekends and the rest of our days we would just
hang out in hometown Copenhagen.

Just before my holiday I gave in, I bought myself an iPhone, had refused it for so long, how stupid,
I simply love it now, particular the camera and all the nice photo apps. So nice to take a photo and
poste it right away..........sometime I am so thickheaded.

So now I am also on Instagram with following profile: http://instagram.com/tinabrokhansen#
It would be nice to see you following me there.

Well first trip we went to Jutland the mainland of Denmark, picked up my mother, who lives in
Ebeltoft and moved up to the absolutely top of Danmark to Skagen, where the two seas Kattegat
and North Sea meets. Fascinating and rough nature.

We stayed one night at the beautiful and very romantic Hjorths Badehotel at Kandestederne.
Great dinner where we celebrated my mothers birthsday.






Back again in Ebeltoft staying with my mother we visited this great museum, it was like stepping
back in time. In the old days they were dying and printing textiles at this little farm, and you really got a very good view in how they lived and worked then. And I with my phone and apps went photo
amok.





Next mini vacation was 4 days in lovely London, and it was warm............would like to go back soon.

I mannaged The London Eye despite my klaustrofobia, I actually enjoyed it, it was nice and cool inside the cabin.

Back in Denmark again we had a weekend in northeren Seeland at my favorite place Tisvildeleje.
Spent a couple of nights at the romantic Helenekilde Badehotel and had an absolute good dinner menu, would love to go again soon aswell.

A very nice summer holiday with a lot of impressions.

Favourite pictures from the garden fair in June "Mit Hjem er mit Slot" in Copenhagen.

It is funny how your focus changes, some periods it is green you focus on, next it is yellow, but this past garden fair "mit Hjem er mit Slot" in June it was brown and white that was pretty dominating in my focus. Also rustic vintage and antiques cought my eye this time.

Here are my absolutely favourite shoots from the fair, again this year I was hired to take pictures during the show, I love that job.

Best regards
Tina Brok

Petit Gilleleje - lunch in the fishing village.

These food shoots and pitures from the fisher village Gilleleje, north of Seeland, Denmark was
published yesterday in the new version of the Danish magazine Isabellas

Inge Bøggild, that runs the shop Petit Gilleleje, and her daughter Camilla Bøggild made the fantastic
lunch, with fresh fish from the harbour, salad, rosehip and apple chutney and homemade bread.
Camilla made the various sweets, the fresh strawberries glazed in sugar and the fantastic purple merinque served with passionfruit and chocolate creme and blueberries.

Find the recipe for the glazed strawberries at Clemmensen-brok.com

Best regards and a very fantastic summer to all of you.

Tina Brok

Petit Gilleleje - French vintage in Denmark.

 

These pictures have just been published in Isabellas Magazines webpage here

 

I shoot them in my girlfriend Inge Bøggils home in the fishervillage Gilleleje in North Seeland, Denmark. Inge is a stylist and runs the shop Petit Gilleleje. Several time a year she goes together with her husbond John to fleemarked in France and Belgium to find treassure for her shop.

 

She is a fantastic stylist with great rustic ideas, and her and her daughter Camilla made great food, that we also shoot that day. The food pictures will be published tomorrow in Isabellas Magazine, and I will present them later here.

 

Best regards

Tina Brok



The garden fair "Mit Hjem er Mit Slot 2013" is soon comming up in Copenhagen.

Last summer we made this years poster for the comming house and garden fair in Copenhagen.
I am going to work at the fair again this year, and are looking very much forward to shooting pictures of all the nice flowers, interieur, cakes and all the other fantastic things you can get at the fair.
For more details:

slotsudstillinger.dk

Best regards
Tina Brok

Kinfolk Magazine volume seven.

Now I finaly can buy my absolute favorite magazine - Kinfolk - in my local kiosk, they are
now distributing the magazine:

Kihoskh
Sdr. Boulevard 53
Copenhagen Westend
Denmark

Kinfolk volume seven really matches the outside of Kihoskh. Their tables and benches have just been paintet for spring in this great green color, and we are looking forward to warmer weather and cozy gatherings at the lawn infront of Kihoskh.

Best regards
Tina Brok

Danish Smørrebrød with a Canadian touch.

These pictures have just been published in the Canadian magazine Châtelaine

I have such a nice story to tell here. I have got myself a great new friend on the other side of the world - a Pinterest friend. Early last summer I was contacted by a guy from Pinterest - we had for some time been repinning each others pictures on our boards on Pinterest. So I got very surprised and very glad when he send me an e-mail. He is from Montreal and was going to spent his summer in Copenhagen - my city.

 

Blake Mackay, my new friend is a very talented food stylist and recipe designer, and works for a Canadian television channel and for various magazines. He asked if we should meet up in Copenhagen and do a food shoot together, some Nordic food with his Canadian touch.We went to my friends countryside house and had a very creative and fantastic day together.

 

Blake cooked and styled Danish Smørrebrød with his Canadien touch. In case you shouldnt know, Smørrebrød is an open sandwich. Slices of ryebread, buttered and here topped with smoked Macrel and eggs, lever pate with bacon and marinated beetroots, chopped fried beef with gurkins and egg york. We served it all with a classic green salad - grandmother salad, and for the sweet tooth we made a even more classic fruit dessert. Here are the Danish names:

 

- Ristet røget Makrel med æggestand og purløg.

- Pariser Bøf med syltede agurker, peberrod og rå æggeblomme

- Leverpostej med bacon, syltede rødbeder og rødkål

- Grøn salat med mormor dressing

- Rødgrød med fløde 

 

For the love of new friends.

 

Best regards

Tina Brok