The beginning of a new year has always reminded me to keep things simple. Maybe it’s the bareness of nature. It’s looking out of your window one morning and realising you can see so much farther when all the leaves … Continue reading
When would you guess these photos were taken? With film photography and a subject as timeless as Paris, it can be difficult to tell. All you need to do is pick detail shots or avoid a close look at cars … Continue reading
Inspiration can be such a fickle thing and strike you when you least expect it. Recently I went to a beautiful exhibition on how Japanese art influenced western European artists like Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet and Henri Rivière. (Initially, … Continue reading
Christmas markets are surely among Germany’s most favourite tourist attractions come December. In neatly organised buses, people from abroad are usually taken to the most famous markets to get expensive souvenirs and ginger bread hearts. Germans prefer those markets mostly … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I was invited to visit two friends living in Bonn, a lovely city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the former seat of government of West Germany. Autumn had just begun and the leaves were starting to turn … Continue reading
Here we go: the second part of the pictures taken in Brighton. If you want to read about them or even missed the first part, please look here.
If you ask people around you whether they prefer the seaside or the mountains, most of them will provide you with a quick and definitive answer. In most cases that answer will be „The seaside!“, to my experience at least. … Continue reading
Prague is surely among the most beautiful cities Europe has to offer, although it is very often underestimated. It has a very unique and sometimes contradictory atmosphere: ancient and yet modern, uncomplicated and yet whimsical. So when you wander about … Continue reading
Pictures can be so misleading sometimes. I finally made some lovely spring flower pictures including green leaves and a little stream. The full package. Simply judging by the pictures you would guess this was a wonderful trip to a peaceful … Continue reading
Sometimes with photography you find yourself ending up somewhere you didn’t even know you were going. You set out to shoot some lovely spring flowers with vibrant colours, blue sky and bumblebees and you do not even fail. But when … Continue reading
The first camera that I ever dared open up to repair (and the only one since for several reasons) was a Yashica 44 LM, a.k.a. Baby Yashica. I was glad I had no spare screws left over when the camera … Continue reading
The ancient Greeks have various beautiful stories. One of them explaining the change of the seasons on earth. It is said that Persephone, daughter of Demeter was once abducted by Hades, who had fallen in love with her. He took … Continue reading