April @ Warehouse District, Peoria, IL
2018-06-08
Peoplephotography
Thanks April for this fantastic shooting in Peoria, Illinois. AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 and AgfaPhoto APX 400
Volksbad Nuremberg on Illford Delta 3200
2018-05-12
Miscellaneous
The Volksbad (peoples bath) in Nuremberg was build between 1911 and 1913 and is a beautiful art nouveau building. The construction cost approximately 1.8 million Reichsmark. It’s opening was on January 2nd, 1914. The bath consisted of three indoor swimming pools, 66 bathtubs, 14 showers, a steam bath and barber rooms. During World War I it was closed for three months. In World War II the bath became heavily damaged. The reconstruction was finished in 1959. The Volksbad has beenRead More
Tales of an Bavarian Winter
2018-03-04
Peoplephotography
SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH: It is cold outside. Damm cold! Ben said it is a good job. I hope it is really worth leaving my warm flat, today. I am driving into the city. A brown SUV hangs on my bumper. Someone told me to take care of brown SUVs. Can’t remember why. The driver must be drunk. Maybe all Jeep Grant Cherokee drivers are drunk. After a shot drive, Janna opens the door. She wears almost nothing. It’s hot outsideRead More
ahTour 2017 – Cortiiana Hotel Munich
2017-08-16
Peoplephotography
In this post, I will report from my latest workshop participation in Munich. Photographer Alexander Heinrichs offered this workshop as part of his ahTour 2017. Within the tour, he is traveling with two awesome models from city to city and keeps several workshops. The workshop took place in the Cortiiana Hotel, directly in the centre of Munich. We had two rooms were we have practised on-location lighting. Our models where Madeleine Handle and Franzy Balfanz. Both are very experianced models.Read More
Tag der Bundeswehr 2017 at Penzing Air Base
2017-06-10
Planespotting
Since 2015, the German Armed Forces organize an annual open day called “Tag der Bundeswehr”. The forces open their doors for the public at several sites all over Germany. This year, one of the sites was Penzing airbase, home of Air Transport Wing 61 (Lufttransportgeschwader 61, LTG 61). The wing is equipped with the Transall tactical transport aircraft. It was also the last year of the LTG 61 as the wing is going to be disbanded at years end. GermanyRead More
Break at the River
2017-06-09
Peoplephotography
Lili had a break at the river Lech on their way back to Prague. She relaxed on the waterside and enjoyed the sun. Birds were circleing above her and ducks paddled through the water. It was a lonely place and the landscape remembered her to Canada or Alaska. Just a salmon fishing brown bear was missing to make the illusion of the wild north perfect. A fresh breeze gave her goose pimples and it could have been a little warmer.Read More
The Gentlewoman from the Slaughterhouse
2017-05-15
Peoplephotography
Nice ladies, smart guns and cool hats are typical elements of Film Noir. In the classic period of Film Noir (1941-1958), movie critics mocked of these low-budget B movies. Important movies of this period were, for example, The Maltese Falcon (1941), Double Indemnity (1944) or D.O.A. (Dead On Arrival, 1950). However, in the meanwhile Film Noir became a major style in movie making. Neo Noir brought us great movies like Taxi Driver (1976), Blade Runner (1982), Pulp Fiction (1994), KillRead More
Roads of Vietnam
2017-01-08
Miscellaneous
Roads in Vietnam are very strange if you come from a western country and have never been in South-East-Asia before. Thousands of scooters and motorbikes thrust their way through the streets and at busy times also through the walkways. It is loud and the air smells of twin-stroke engines. Waiting for a gap to cross a street is almost hopeless. But if you have the courage to walk straight through the traffic, you will imagine the traffic flowing around youRead More
Fashion Shooting with Gina
2016-11-12
Peoplephotography
We did some autumn fashion shoots, today. Gina digged the perfect OOTD for this shooting out of her wardrobe. I especially like the texture of her pullover or poncho or whatever it is (I don’t know how it is called) and that black hat. Good light, cool clothes, and a really not so bad (notice the understatement) model resulted in very great photos. But have a look on them by your self…
Photokina 2016
2016-09-21
Miscellaneous
Here are a few impressions from the Photokina 2016. A lot of new equipment like, e.g., the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. But also many shows and presentations. Martin Krolop spoke on their Roadtrip to France, Felix Rachor taught how to set light, and Christian Altengarten did several life shootings on the Tamron stage. Beside the Photokina, I visited the city centre of Cologne. The Cologne Cathedral is the second tallest in the world and one of the biggest GothicRead More