Category Archives: Photography
Friedrichshain – Part 2 (Monochrome)
by 53weeks
Leica M9; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Analog, Analogue, Berlin, Black and White, Business, entertianment, Family, Film, Food, Friedrichshain, Germany, Leica, Life, Party, Schwarzweiss, Tattoo, Travel, Warschauerstrasse
Friedrichshain – Part 1 (Colour)
by 53weeks
I spent a day in early spring walking around Friedrichshain (Berlin) and this is what I found….. I was accompanied by Daniel (https://stadtauge.wordpress.com) Leica M9; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Brandenburg, Cars, Entertainment, Food, Germany, Graffiti, Leica, Life, Photography, Sex, Strret, Suburban, Summicron, Summilux, Table Football, Travel
Home learning…
by 53weeks
I’m not quite sure he’s the most attentive pupil, but he’s doing his best…. Leica M9; Summicron 35; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Animals, bored, Business, Children, Corona, Culture, dog, Family, Food, Home, Leica, Lockdown, News, Pandemic, Piano, Pupil, School, Schooling, Summicron, Teacher, Travel, Virus, VSCO
Singapore Part 2
by 53weeks
Looking on the bright side of things, at least I have a little time to develop my pictures at the moment. Stay Safe! Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, Colleague, Coronavirus, Food, Gallery, Hawker, Leica, M9M, Museum, Singapore, Street Photography, Summilux, Travel
Singapore Part 1
by 53weeks
The decision to travel to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at the begining of February was not easily made. There were 30 odd confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Singapore when we left for south-east Asia, looking back 6 weeks later and Germany has just hit the 60,000 mark with the whole planet in dire stress….. Looking back I think we maybe should have stayed down there! Stay safe folks and take care! Leica M9; Leica M9M; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Asia, Business, Colleagues, Corona, Coronavirus, Culture, Fear, Flight, Food, Hawker, Kuala Lumpur, Lee Soon Yong, Life, New, News, Orchard Road, Singapore, South East Asia, Street Photography, Travel
Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin – Part 2
by 53weeks
Here’s the second part of the shoot…. reminds me of past times. Leica M9M; Leica M9-P; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Air force, Air Training Corps, Berlin, Business, Colleagues, Culture, DDR, Food, Friends, Leica, Life, Lightning, Luftwaffe, luftwaffenmuseum berlin gatow, M, Military, Royal Air Force, Russia, Summilux, Travel, VSCO
Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin – Part 1
by 53weeks
The current situation allows me to get around to all the things I’ve been wanting to do for ages…… so here’s the first post in the Corona crisis. Here are a few shots taken at the Luftwaffen museum Berlin which was formerly RAF Gatow until German reunification. There are lots of different aircraft and a lot of military equipment on view from both sides of the iron curtain. Leica M9M; Leica M9-P; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Air force, aircraft, Analogue, Berlin, Business, Colleagues, Coronavirus, Culture, dog fight, Film Photography, Food, Leica, Life, luftwaffenmuseum, luftwaffenmuseum berlin gatow, Military, Potsdam, Team, Travel
Portugal Part 1….
by 53weeks
Casting back to the summer holidays of 2019. These were taken on two trips to Porto and to Afife including the surrounding area (even with a day trip to Spain thrown in as well) . Well worth a visit if I may say so….. Leica M9; M9M; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; Elmar 21; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Afife, Beach, Business, Entertainment, Europe, Family, Film, Food, Holidays, Leica, Life, Porto, Spain, Travel, VSCO, Weather
Israel Part Four (Colour) – Jerusalem
by 53weeks
If don’t do this everyday then you make mistakes. The girl in the gallery is a young Israeli soldier, I was so nervous that I made a mess of the camera settings and basically forgot everything I know about photography so the shot wasn’t as good as I hoped for. Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, Divided, Entertainment, Family, Food, girl, Israel, Jerusalem, Life, Market, Middle East, Soldier, Travel, Wall, War
Israel Part Three (Monochrome) – Jerusalem
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I did have some qualms about taking pictures at the Western Wall, however I wasn’t there on the Shabbat and no one is recognisable so I don’t think anyone will be offended….. Leica M9M; Summilux 50; Summieren 35; Elmar 21; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, Colleague, Culture, Family, Food, Israel, Jerusalem, Leica, Life, Photo, Politics, Trade, Travel, VSCO, Western wall
Bogensee…. from dictatorship to ruin…
by 53weeks
Quoting Wikipedia: “Bogensee is a small lake near Wandlitz in the German state of Brandenburg, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Berlin city limits. Bogensee is known for the nearby former summer retreat of Nazi minister Joseph Goebbels, located approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) northwest of the shore. The premises were dedicated to Goebbels by the Berlin city administration on the occasion of his 39th birthday in 1936; he had an extended country home erected at the site until 1939, including a private cinema, a bunker, and adjacent SS barracks. Co-financed by the UFA film […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Brandenburg, DDR, Dictatorship, Elmar, FDJ, Germany, Goebbels, History, Leica, Monochrome, Nazi, Rühmann, Reunification, Soviet, Stalin, Summilux, UFA, Wandlitz, Wende
Leica M2
by 53weeks
At the beginning of the year I had my old Leica M2 from 1961 CLAed in Wetzlar. Here’s the first result…… Leica M2; Elmar 2.8 50mm; Kodak Portra 400
Categories: Photography • Tags: 50mm, adjusted, Avenue, Brandenburg, CLA, Cleaned, Elmar, Germany, Kodak, Leica, lubricated, Potra, Winter
Christmas is banned……
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As the temperatures soar above 30°C, I catch up with those winter pictures…. a (mild) winter walk in January. Leica M9M; Summicron 35mm; Summilux 50mm; VSCO; Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: 2019, banned, Bike, Christmas, Döner, Food, Germany, Kebab, Kebap, Leica, M9, Monochrome, Potsdam, Summicron, Summilux, Walk, Waschhaus, Winter
Last autumn….
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I’ll try and catch up half a years’ worth of posts in the next few days…… Leica MM; Summilux 50mm; VSCO; Silver Efex Pro 2
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Brandenburg, Landscape, Leica, Monochrome, Summilux
North Laine…
by 53weeks
The second feature on Brighton…. Leica M2 & M6; Summilux 50 & Summicron 35; Kodak Portra & T-Max
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Blogging, Brighton, Business, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Humor, Humour, Kodak, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, Music, News, Photography, Photos, Places, Travel, Visit England, Work
Brighton Beach…..
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Taken on our summer hols…. Leica M2 & M6; Kodak Portra 160, 400 & T-MAX 400
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Blogging, Bright, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Family, Fun, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, News, Photography, Photos, Places, Politics, Pride, religion, Sun, Travel
The end of Summer….
by 53weeks
Apparently when the combine harvesters arrive, the summer comes to an end….. Leica M9; Summicron 90mm; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Beer, Business, Culture, environment, Family Home, Farming, Food, Harvest, Health, Home, Life, Lifestyle, Technology, Thanks Giving, Thanksgiving, Travel, Work
Fire Starter
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Hot lady…. Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Artist, BBQ, Berlin, Bird, Circus, Culture, Entertainment, Event, Family, Fire Breathing, Fire Eating, Food, Foto, Germany, Hot, Life, Photo, Potsdam, Sex, Street, Street Festival, Time, Travel
Happy Birthday Hanna…
by 53weeks
I hope you have a great one! These were taken on a business trip to Singapore in February…… Leica M6; Summilux 50mm; Elmar 21mm; CineStil 800 & Kodak Portra 400
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Blogging, Business, CineStil, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Family, Humor, Humour, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, M6, News, Office, Photography, Photos, Places, Politics, Portra, Singapore, Sports, Sun, Technology, Travel, Work
Singapore Part Two….
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I bet you guessed there was more to come…..here’s a little more of analogue Singapore… Leica M6; Summilux 50mm / Elmar 21mm / Summicron 35mm; CineStil / Portra 800; Reflecta ProScan 7200
Categories: Photography • Tags: Analogue, Art, Asia, Business, CineStil, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Film, Fotoimpex, Humour, Leica, Life, M6, News, Office, Photos, religion, Singapore, Travel, Work
Singapore Part One….
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My son said “I dare you to take just film to Singapore” so I did. Here are the results….. Leica M6; Summilux 50mm / Elmar 21mm / Summicron 35mm; CineStil / Portra 800; Reflecta ProScan 7200
Categories: Photography • Tags: Analogue, Art, Business, CineStil, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Family, Film, Food, Home, Humour, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, News, Photography, Photos, Places, Politics, religion, Singapore, Sports, Summilux, Technology, Travel, ummicron, Work
Cool Dude…..
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One from the Dubai series…… Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Air show, Art, Black and White, Dubai, Entertainment, environment, Food, Humour, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, Monochrome, Music, News, Photos, Places, Politics, Portrait, Summilux, Technology, Travel, VSCO
Emirates Girls….
by 53weeks
After a rather difficult period I’m rekindling my love of photography. Returning to visit Dubai has undoubtedly helped, offering me a host of different motifs that I just couldn’t resist. Watch this space for more from this place and elsewhere…. Leica M9; Summilux 50; Lightroom; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Air show, aircraft, Aperture, Beauty, Bokeh, Business, Culture, Desert, Dubai, Emirates, Family, Film, Food, Gorgeous, Leica, Life, On the road, Photography, Portrait, Sadness, Travel, UAE
Knickers to you…..
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or a visit to the Hackischen Höfe (Berlin) with a rather surreal analogue film. Be sure to scroll through all the pictures. Strange sights, strange film, I particularly like the camel with a camera….. Leica M6; Summicron 35mm; ADOX Color Implosion
Categories: Photography • Tags: ADOX, Analogue, Animal, Art, Berlin, Blogging, Cafe, Camel, Coffee, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Graffiti, Hackischen, Humour, Knickers, Leica, Lifestyle, Market, News, Sahlep, Sexy, Stall, Tea, Tourist, Travel, trip, Underwear
The last of Winter….
by 53weeks
Now that Spring has arrived I can keep posting those depressing shots of Winter….. Leica M9; Summilux 50 & Sumicron 35; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Blogging, Depression, environment, Food, Germany, Humour, Landscape, Life, Mood, News, Photos, Places, Season, Sledging, Snow, Sports, Thüringen, Thuringia, Travel, Winter
Sacrow….
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in the Winter…. Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Church, Culture, Current Affairs, environment, Family, Food, Germany, Ice, Lake, Life, News, Photography, Potsdam, religion, Travel, Winter
The rest of Autumn….
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This was taken with the old Rolleiflex and a very particular high definition film from ADOX with 12 ISO. Rolleiflex 3.5f; Planar 75mm f3.5; ADOX Film and Kodak Portra 400
Categories: Photography • Tags: Analogue, Avenue, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Germany, Kodak, Life, Park, Potsdam, Road, Rolleiflex, Transport, Travel, Tree
It’s been a while….
by 53weeks
….since I last posted anything. To be honest I’ve been searching (as ever) for a little inspiration for a new project lasting 53 weeks and I can’t seem to settle on that “one” subject. It’s not for the lack of ideas it’s just that that simply I don’t want to confine myself to one type of motive or one medium or one of whatever….. Therefore the next few posts will be of things that I’ve been shooting over the past […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Analog, Analogue, Autumn, Beauty, Belrin, Business, City, Family, Film, Food, Fun, Germany, Herbst, History, Kodak, Leisure, Nature, Park, Portra, Potsdam, Rolleiflex, Sanssouci, Season, Travel, Zeiss
The Seaside…. Part One
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Back to Jenny Brown’s point to visit Muffer……
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Children, Cooking, Culture, Death, environment, Family, Fear, Food, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Grange over Sands, Health, Jenny's Brown Point, Life, Offspring, Parents, Passing, Passion, Politics, religion, Sadness, Seaside, Season, Technology, Time, Travel
Salford Quays
by 53weeks
It’s changed a little bit since my first visit in the 1980s….. Leica M9; Summilux 50; Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: 1980s, BBC, Culture, Deprevation, England, Family, Food, Industry, Leica, Manchester, Media, Photography, Politics, Regeneration, Restructuring, Rough, Salford, Shopping, Television, The North, Travel, Up North, VSCO
The twenties film star….
by 53weeks
in the late afternoon….. Leica M9; Summilux 50mm; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Action, Black and White, Bokeh, Business, Colleague, Culture, Film, Food, Leica, Monochrome, Photography, Portrait, Studio, Summilux, Thriller, Travel
When September comes….
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Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Black and White, Culture, environment, Family, Food, Haystacks, Landscape, North German Plain, Oder, People, Photography, River, Road, Sorrow, Summer, Travel, Trees
A Walk in the forest….
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with Ulrike! Rolleiflex 3.5 F (Mark III / IV); Carl Zeiss Planar 3.5f; Fuji Pro 400H; Epson V500
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Beauty, Blonde, Business, Colleague, Culture, environment, Europe, Family, Food, Forest, Fuji, Germany, girl, Kodak, Leaving, Life, Mother, Photography, Portrait, Rolleiflex, Season, Travel, Tree
Behind the Facade…..
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In the car park behind Germany’s most exclusive department store on a very special day….. I think I just liked the light and the lines…… Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Birthday, Car, day, Family, Food, KDW, Memorandum, Memory, Multi-storey, Park, Sadness, Shopping, Special, Store, Travel
Metamorphosis – Teufelsberg (Berlin)
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The Teufelsberg is an artificial hill in the middle of Berlin. It is made up of the rubble that was cleared out of the heavily bombed city after the war. It is the highest point in Berlin and lies in the former British sector. The British and the Americans built a listening post on the top so they could intercept messages far into the eastern sectors. After the wall came down the occupying powers withdrew and the numerous investment projects […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Allies, Art, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Britain, Cold War, Culture, DDR, Exchange, GDR, Graffiti, History, Iron Curtain, Music, Politics, Rave, Russia, Spy, Subculture, Travel, USA
Week Twelve – The grass is always greener…..
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Spring in Brandenburg…. Konica Hexar; Konica 35mm f2; Fujichrome Provia 400X
Categories: Photography • Tags: Agriculture, Analogue, Berlin, Brandenburg, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Germany, HexarK, Jealousy, Landscape, Life, onica, Photography, Spring, Travel, Tree
Week Ten – Singers….
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I’ve amended my blog just a little to include not only the place I call home but also some of the more interesting locations that I’ve come across this blogging year. To kick this off I’ve found a place that couldn’t be more different from Brandenburg! (Best viewed full size!) Leica M9; Summicron 50mm; Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, Culture, Economics, Food, Germany, Hawker stalls, Life, Marine, Singerpore, Street Food, Trade, Travel
Week Nine – A Right Royal Evening….
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Neues Palais during the early evening sunset….. Leica M9; Summicron 35mm; Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: 35mm, Berlin, Culture, Family, Food, Glow, Heritage, Kaisers, Kings, Leica, Neues Palais, New Palace, Photo, Photography, Potsdam, Royalty, Sanssouci, Spring Season, Summicron, Sunshine, Travel
Week Eight – Renewable….
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There’ll come a time soon when I won’t find a landscape without one of these…… Leica M9; Summicron 35mm; Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Culture, Ecological, Energiewende, Energy, Food, Landscape, Leica, Lightroom, Lines, People, Photography, Portraits, Renweable, Society
Week Six – Fantasia….
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Nothing is as it seems…. Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Lightroom & NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Culture, Dwarf, Entertainment, Fantasia, Friedrich, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Garden, History, Kingdom, Landscape, Leica, Music, Pfaueninsel, Photography, pop, Potsdam, Royalty, Travel
Week Five – The Forger….
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Find the forger…. Leica M9; Summilux 50 / Summicron 35; Lightroom / NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Asparagus, Berlin, Brandenburg, Countryside, Culture, Expat, Food, GDR, Germany, Gransee, Horse, Shopping, Tourism, Travel
Week Three – A little ditty about…..
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Jack and Diane… Randy and Evi…. A Brandenburger winter at its best…. Konica Hexer AF; 35mm f2; Kodak T-Max 400
Categories: Photography • Tags: Agriculture, Air Traffic control, Airport, Analogue, Asparagus, courting, Culture, Family, Going Out, Love, Power Station, Randy, Schönefeld, Snow, Travel, Weather
Week Two – Nuthetal….
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Heading south on a crisp Winter’s day…. Leica M9; Summilux 50; Lightroom
Categories: Photography
Week One – Bornim
by 53weeks
I pass this tree on those long evening walks with the beast of an animal. It is then that I take the time to ponder and reflect on the past few months. Fujifilm X100; Fujinon 23mm f/2; Lightroom & NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Agriculture, Countryside, Death, dog, Family, Food, Home, Hurt, Pain, Photography, Reflection, Sadness, Travel, Tree, Walk
