Darling
I know Valentine's Day is approaching and some of you will be desperate...just to make sure: you'll need the NZ country code to make the call.And for my part: it's 10:30 pm and I just ate half a bag of jumbo peanut-doodles - I guess that means I'm in a happy long term relationship.
Late Night Hike
As blessed as I felt about enjoying summer temperatures in New Zealand just a couple of days ago, as much am I sad about missing out on the New York snow storm. You cannot have it all, I guess.
First Row Seats
Still in New Zealand...
South Island Exploration
Happy 2016!I hope you are having many plans, ideas and dreams to work on!For me there are at least two exciting endeavors this year:- the photo gallery I just opened in Germany is thought to give me lots of opportunity to try out new things, and- in a couple of weeks I'm going to found a software company with a product that might be interesting to many people. However, it's not photo-related so it won't be a big topic on this website.and for now: it's travel time!Travelling into the new year...one could almost call it a tradition of me and Steffi now. This year we are on the South Island of New Zealand. This is a typical Queenstown image. Just had to do it before getting the heck out of it. When in Queenstown they say you either love it or hate it. We definitely belonged to the latter group - at least when it comes to the touristic city center which seemed to be flooded with hyper adrenaline-addicted adventure seekers.I noticed that I cannot make out a favorite spot in New Zealand. My favorite is being between places when on the road. It's like a never ending slide show of impressive postcard-like images. My tip for your NZ journey would be: just turn on the right music and get lost!
The Teleporter
I’ve always found it hard to find interesting subjects or compositions in German cities. To me personally America is still one of the places most inviting to dive into photography. All those fruits and problems of unleashed capitalism and individualism make it tempting for a German small-town guy to explore and get lost. The US offers a good balance between ‘easy’ and ‘interesting’: the culture is western and familiar while most things are a little off in German eyes - which seems to cause a constant tickle in those brain regions that process little weirdnesses.Anyway, back to Germany. Unless this is exactly what you are trying to capture, Germany is too tamed and regulated to show an interesting surface to the brain-tickle-spoiled random walking camera man.It must be the fact that everything is so extremely in order and taken care of. When roaming German streets it becomes visually evident that efficiency, practicality and conformity rules the German mind. That’s all fine, but how do you take stills that tell interesting stories or set a certain mood in such streets?One way could be to deliberately misinterpret the things you see and turn them into something mysterious. Maybe I will try this more often. Is this artistic or a survival strategy? Is it a Burning Man withdrawal symptom, or is spending your evening with a phone booth the next step to insanity? Whatever it is, it can be fun. Fun as long as you manage to deal with the lurking German eyes behind the window curtains that keep hiding every time you look up.