Bogensee…. from dictatorship to ruin…

August 31, 2019 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

Dackel Dolly….

November 18, 2018 by 53weeks

One of the children’s favourite actresses during a reading in Sanssouci…….  Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

Categories: Photography • Tags: Actor, Actress, Berlin, Entertainment, Family, Film, Food, Germany, Leica, Life, News, Potsdam, Read, Sanssouci, Summilux, Television, Travel

Fire Starter

August 18, 2018 by 53weeks

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

Knickers to you…..

April 24, 2017 by 53weeks

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

Sacrow….

March 20, 2017 by 53weeks

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

Behind the Facade…..

September 11, 2016 by 53weeks

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

Daniel’s Leaving…

September 7, 2016 by 53weeks

he’s moving on to bigger and better things….. Leica M2; Summicron 35; Kodak T-MAX 400

Categories: Photography • Tags: Administration, Artist, Berlin, Business, Colleague, Culture, Family, Father, Film Photography, Food, Kodak, Leica, Mate, Portait, Summicron, Travel, Work

Metamorphosis – Teufelsberg (Berlin)

August 30, 2016 by 53weeks

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…..

May 29, 2016 by 53weeks

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 Nine – A Right Royal Evening….

April 11, 2016 by 53weeks

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 Seven – Winter Havel…

March 7, 2016 by 53weeks

no snow but still pretty cold… Fujifilm X-T1; Fujinon 10-24mm f4; Lightroom

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Boats, Culture, Expat, Family, Food, Life, Maritime, Photography, Potsdam, Tourism, Travel, Water, Werder

Week Six – Fantasia….

February 10, 2016 by 53weeks

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….

February 5, 2016 by 53weeks

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 52 – Mike…

December 20, 2015 by 53weeks

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Dad, Day out, England, Family, Food, Grief, Love, Loyal, Potsdamer Platz, Travel

Week 51 – Daniel…

December 16, 2015 by 53weeks

Categories: Photography • Tags: Artist, Berlin, Business, Canteen, Coffee, Colleague, Culture, Food, Friend, Graffiti, Travel, Work

Week 49 – Zoltan…

November 26, 2015 by 53weeks

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Business, Culture, Food, Friend, Genius, Hungary, Languages, Portrait, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Travel

Week 45 – Lutz….

November 3, 2015 by 53weeks

Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Artist, Berlin, Black and White, Food, Leica, Photography, Portrait, Thuringia, Travel

Week 14 – Thomas

October 13, 2014 by 53weeks

Taken in the men’s sanatorium in Beelitz-Heilstätten. Fuji X-T1 Fujinon 56mm f1.2 Aperture & NIK  

Categories: Photography • Tags: Beelitz- Heilstätten, Berlin, Black and White, Derelict, Entertainment, Food, History, Portrait, Travel, Work

Week 53 – Finish as you mean to go on…..

January 23, 2014 by 53weeks

…. this is Dia, whom I had the pleasure of photographing last October. I’ve been saving the best till last so to say…. Thanks to Dia for her patience and staying-power (in the cold and very hostile environment) and thanks to Peter for his good advice! For more on the coming fifty-three weeks look here! Canon 5D Canon 24-105 f4; Canon 50mm f1.4; Lensbaby Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Aperture and NIK

Categories: Photography • Tags: Beauty, Berlin, Eisfabrik, Food, girl, Graffiti, Model, People, Portrait, Travel

Week 48 – Berlin’s Skyline….

December 29, 2013 by 53weeks

….or a view from a furniture store, nice isn’t it? What do you do after the stress of Christmas has finally passed, that’s right you go shopping…. Fujifilm X100 Fujinon f2 23mm  Aperture and NIK VSCO – Kodak Portra 160    

Categories: Photography • Tags: Argument, Berlin, Family, Food, Fuji, Kodak, Rangefinder, Shopping, Travel, VSCO

Week 46 – Not to be misunderstood….

December 18, 2013 by 53weeks

I went out to Berlin with some colleagues to take some photos. I was pretty happy with the results, it wasn’t until my wife asked me whether everything was okay that the symbolism actually dawned on me. I can assure you everything is fine….. Canon 5D 1;2;4 – Canon 24-105 f4 3 – Lensbaby with Fisheye Optic Aperture and NIK and finally the building site on Alexanderplatz

Categories: Photography • Tags: Alexanderplatz, Berlin, City Life, Family, Ferris Wheel, Food, Night, Phallus, Television Tower, Travel

Week 41 – Uhlandstrasse

November 21, 2013 by 53weeks

I picked up my Yashica from the a CLA and had a little time to kill in the city, so I stopped by a photo shop to buy a roll of film. It was really dark, the Yashinon is not a very fast lens (f3.5) and with only having a HP5+ film @ ISO 400 I figured there was not much chance of getting any keepers. I shot the film at 1/15 (hand-held) and pushed the film during development to […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, City Lights, Dark, Family, Food, kurfürstendamm, mannequin, Motorbike, Night, Travel

Week 30 – Independence Day ……

September 5, 2013 by 53weeks

… remember the film? Looks similar doesn’t it? I’ve been here many times before and even blogged about it twice. This project never ceases to amaze me and there’s still no end in sight. (As you might have noticed the horizon was a little wonky today, nothing serious and it won’t shouldn’t happen again.) Fujifilm X100 Fujinon f2 23mm Aperture and NIK

Categories: Photography • Tags: Airport, Berlin, Car Park, Flying, Food, Problem, Project, Street Photography, Transport, Travel

Week 48 – Satzkorn

December 21, 2012 by 53weeks

Some of you might have noticed that I missed a week in between so as the year closes I’m trying to catch up. This was taken with a Zenza Bronica ETRS using a Zenzanon 1:3.5 f=150 mm lens. The film type was Lomography Earl Grey ISO 100, which was developed using Rodinal in a mixture of 1:25 for 5 minutes. Finally it was scanned using an Epson Perfection V500 and post processed in Aperture and Silver Efex Pro II. I’m pretty sure this won’t […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Brandenburg, Family, Grain, Industry, Life, Logistics, Rail, Train, Travel

Week 18 – Simply Mitte

May 21, 2012 by 53weeks

The middle of Berlin, nothing more and nothing less……

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Business, Fashion, Home, Lifestyle, Living, Pavement, Photo, Sidewalk, Travel, Vespa

Week 43 – Somewhere in Europe

November 1, 2011 by 53weeks

The title says it all really, this “street view” could be anywhere from Paris, London, Berlin or Budapest. Although it may not be as spectacular as some of the past posts, for me it somehow represents the oncoming winter evenings. f/8 20 Sec. ISO 200 @22mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Budapest, Door, London, Night time, Somewhere, Steps, Strasse, Street View

Week 33 – The first day of school

August 23, 2011 by 53weeks

Here in Germany they have a wonderful tradition for the first school day. The children have to go into school on a Saturday where they are able to meet their new school mates and receive a “Schultüte” (translates as “First-Day-of School-cornet” apparently). The “Schultüte” is normally filled with stationary and more importantly lots of sweets. This was Johanna’s big day, although I fear that she had to share some of her goodies with her mother. f/6.3 1/200 ISO 400 @30mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: Bench, Berlin, Canon, Expat, Family, first, Photography, Photos, School, Sigma 1.4 30mm

Week 32 – Sanssouci Rose

August 17, 2011 by 53weeks

This was shot during a rainy Sunday stroll through Sanssouci….. f/4 1/125 ISO 400 @30mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.4, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Canon, England, Expat, Family, Figur, Figure, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Preuss, Preussische Schloesser und Gaaerten, Project, Rose, Rosen, Sanssouci, Seat, Seconds, Sessel, Sigma, Sigma 1.4 30mm, Sitz, Statue, Stunden, Time, Weeks, Wife, Years

Week 31 – Polperro and Stonehenge

August 11, 2011 by 53weeks

These are the last two taken on holiday. The first one shows the lovely fishing village of Polperro which was just down the road from Looe (Cornwall) where we spent the second week of our England and Wales round-trip. The second picture was shot on the way back to Harwich at Stonehenge. f/14 1/125  ISO 400 @17mm f/14 1/250 ISO 400 @30mm Pol. Filter

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Atlantic, Atlantik, Auto, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Boats, Boot, Canon, Car, Chair, Cornwall, Cottage, English Channel, Expat, f1.8, Fähre, Ferry, Fishing, Fishing village, Foto, Fotos, Great Britain, Harwich, Haus, Hours, House, Humour, Looe, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Polperro, Potsdam, Project, Schiff, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Ship, Sigma, Sitz, Stonehenge, Stones, Stunden, Tourist, Touristen, village, Wales, Wasser, Water, Weeks, Wife, Years

Week 29 – Coming Home

August 8, 2011 by 53weeks

Some of you might have guessed that the project has not died, moreover everybody is entitled to a bit of a holiday sometime. After driving back through Germany and the Netherlands this was the view that greeted us on the Stena ferry taking us home. There will be more to come over the next few days to catch up. f/16 1/60 ISO 400 @17mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Blighty, Canon, Chair, Children, Deutschland, England, Expat, Family, Fähre, Ferien, Ferry, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Großbritanien, Hoek, Hoek van Holland, Holiday, Holland, Home, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Kinder, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Netherlands, Niederlande, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Sommer, Stena, Stena Ferry, Stunden, Summer, Summer holiday, Tamron, Time, Urlaub, Weeks, Wife, Years, Zu Hause

Week 28 – Don’t you just love blondes…….

July 18, 2011 by 53weeks

and this one is a very special example…… meet the aptly named Bonny. She is a very obedient, patient and easy going girl, quite prepared to have her pictures taken in the rain sitting next to her favourite treat without complaint. A real low maintenance girl…….. f/4 1/80 ISO 100 @30mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.4, 1.4 30mm, 30, 30mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Bitch, Blende, blond, Blonde, Bombshell, Bonny, boulette, burger, Canon, Chair, complaint, dog, easy, easy going, England, Expat, Foto, Fotos, Germany, girl, Golden haired retriever, goodie, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Hund, Images, low, low maintenance, maintenance, Minuten, Minutes, obedient, patient, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Pin up, Pin_up Girl, Potsdam, Project, Rain, retriever, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sigma, Sitz, snack, Stunden, Time, treat, Weeks, Years

Week 26 – Kim Wilde and the Siblings

July 4, 2011 by 53weeks

The Economist was recently titled “The man who screwed an entire country” accompanied by a picture of Silvio Berlusconi. In Potsdam it isn’t a single man but more a political morass of people who were on the payroll of the regime before the fall of the wall. One of the latest victims has been the local public services company which hosts the annual music festival in Potsdam. This year’s roll call included Simple Minds, Robin Gibb and Kim Wilde. The […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: "The Economist", 50mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Berlusconi, Bicycle, Blende, Canon, Chair, Communism, Economist, Energy, England, Expat, f1.8, Fahrrad, Family, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Geschwister, Great Britain, Humour, Images, Kim Wilde, Kommunismus, Lustgarten, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Morass, Pfaffhausen, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Pleasure Garden, Potsdam, Project, public services, Public services company, Robin Gibb, Screw, Seconds, Secret Police, Sessel, Siblings, Sigma, Silvio, Simple Minds, Sitz, Socialism, Sozialismus, Stadtwerke, Stadtwerkefest, Stasi, Stunden, Time, Utilities, Weeks, Years

Week 25 – Verena and Paris

June 25, 2011 by 53weeks

This week’s picture is a tribute to a great Frenchman, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry both an aviator and a children’s author. Second only to that man Eric in French history….. This was shot with kind permission of Verena under the plaque commemorating Saint-Exupéry in the Panthéon (Paris) during a recent business trip. f/5 1/125 ISO 800 @29mm Verena in the Panthéon (Paris)

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Air show, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Business, busy, Canon, Chair, Colleague, Der kleiner Prinz, England, Expat, Foto, Fotos, France, Frankreich, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Kollege, Le Borget, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Panthéon, Paris, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Stunden, Tamron, The little Prince, Time, trip, Verena, Weeks, Years

Week 23 – Rainy Milano

June 13, 2011 by 53weeks

This is Uli, my colleague on a very wet day in Milan. We went from a glorious nearly 30°C in Berlin to a miserable 18°C and rain in Milan. Still I got to see the San Siro from the outside so all in all not bad for a day’s business trip. The first picture (above) is a crop of the second (below), as usual I couldn’t decide so I’m hedging my bets once again. Both (of course) f4 1/1250 ISO […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 30mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Canon, Chair, England, Expat, Family, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Italia, Italien, Italy, Mailand, Milan, Milano, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Project, San Siro, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sigma, Sitz, Stunden, Time, Uli, Ulrike, Weeks, Years

Week 22 – Schloss Lindstedt

June 5, 2011 by 53weeks

as above ……… f8 1/50 ISO 800 @50mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, 50mm, Allee, Aperture, Architecture, Architektur, ASA, Bank, Beauty, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Canon, Castle, Castle Lindstedt, Chair, England, Expat, Family, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, ISO, Lindstedt, Manor House, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Palace, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Preussen, Preussische Schlösser, Project, Prussia, Schloss, Schloss LIndstedt, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Weeks, Years

Week 21 – Back to basics…..

May 31, 2011 by 53weeks

This was taken early in the morning whilst on my way to work on that “sit up and beg” style Dutch bike of mine that I have mentioned previously. The view is from the Havelstrasse across to the Hans Otto theatre in Potsdam. I’ve finally gone full frame, albeit analogue. This was shot with a Pentacon 50mm f1.8 (effectively a Meyer Oreston 50mm f1.8) lens on a Praktica MTL3 camera which were last produced around 1984. The MTL3 is completely […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.8, 50mm, Analog, Analogue, Aperture, Azor, B&W, Bank, Belichtung, Belichtungsmesser, Bench, Berlin, Black and White, Blende, Chair, DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Digital, Dutch, Dutch Bicycle, Dutch Bke, Expat, Exposure, f1.8, Family, Film, Foto, Fotos, GDR, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hans Otto Theater, Havelstrasse, Holland, Hollandrad, Hours, HP5, Humor, Humour, Ilford, Ilford Hp5, Images, Light, Light Meter, Meyer, Meyer Oreston, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Pentacon, Photo, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Praktica, Project, Schwarzweiss, Seat, Seconds, Sessel, Sit up and Beg, Sitz, Stunden, theater, theatre, theter, Time, TTL, Weeks, Years

Week 20 – The Avenue

May 24, 2011 by 53weeks

This is the avenue that runs between the Orangery and the Dragonhouse (Belvedere) in Sanssouci. I seem to have suffered a creative block this week, considering my L.O.F.T. it’s astonishing that I can be susceptible to such a thing. f10 1/125 ISO 100 @30mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.4, 1.4 30mm, 30mm, Allee, Aperture, Avenue, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Canon, Chair, Expat, Family, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Neues Palais, New Palace, Orangerie, Orangery, Park Sanssouci, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Sanssouci, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sigma, Sitz, Stunden, Time, Weeks, Years

Week 18 – The Lady by the Lake

May 9, 2011 by 53weeks

…… on a sunny May afternoon in Neuruppin (1923). f4 1/800 ISO 200 @19mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, 1920s, 1923, 50mm, anonym, anonymous, Antique, antiquität, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Brandenburg, Canon, Canon 40D, Chair, England, Expat, Family, Foto, Fotos, Frau, Frühling, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Lady, Landscape, Mai, May, Minutes, Monate, Months, Neuruppin, Old, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sepia, Sessel, Sitz, Spring, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Weeks, Wife, Woman, Years

Week 17 – The Pleasure Garden

May 2, 2011 by 53weeks

….. or in German the “Lustgarten” which somehow has a more appealing ring to it …….. f14 1/200 ISO 200 @30mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, 30 mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Bild, Blende, Canon, Deutschland, Expat, Family, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Image, Images, lust, Lustgarten, Monate, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, pleasure, Pleasure Garden, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sigma, Sitz, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Weeks, Wife, Years

Week 16 – Have a break….

April 25, 2011 by 53weeks

have a, well it’s not a KitKat that’s for sure but I think she’s enjoying it anyway. It’s been a long time coming but spring has well and truly arrived in the capital. f5.6 1/50 ISO 200 @25 mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Allee, Aperture, Avenue, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Berlin Mitte, Berliner, Canon, Chair, Family, Foto, Germany, Gold, Golden Ratio, Goldener Schnitt, Great Britain, Hackischer Höfe, Hof, Humor, Humour, Minuten, Minutes, Mitte, Monate, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Ratio, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Spree, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Wife, Yard, Years

Week 15 – Nonuplets (Neunlinge)

April 18, 2011 by 53weeks

This is Uta…… and Uta, with Uta in the background, Uta in front of Uta, beside them is Uta, by the side of her is Uta, with Uta and Uta in the distance. (From left to right). Thanks to erm ….. that’s right Uta. f 10 1/250 ISO 200 @17mm

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, BUGA, Bundesgartenschau, Canon, Chair, Flower show, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Mehrlinge, Minutes, Monate, Months, Neunlinge, Nonuplets, Photo, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Uta, Weeks, Years

Week 14 – The Class of 2011

April 9, 2011 by 53weeks

It’s 21 years ago this Spring since I sat my A-levels and these ladies 20 years my junior will be studying hard as I write to make sure they get the grade for Uni. I certainly don’t envy them in the slightest. Without wanting to sound like the pompous “old git” that I really am, I’d like to say to them “make the most of it all and above all enjoy it!”, I know I did (and do). The picture […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, A-Level, Abitur, Alena, Anika, Anne, Antje, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Canon, Carolin, Chair, Class, Deborah, Exam, Examination, Expat, Family, Fine, Foto, Fotos, Franzi, Germany, Goethe Gymnasium, Goethe Gymnasium Nauen, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Isabell, Jenny, Klausur, Kristina, Lessons, Minuten, Minutes, Miriam, Monate, Months, Music, Nauen, Nora, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Prüfung, School, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Sixth Form, Sophia, Stunden, Susi, Tamron, Teacher, Time, Weeks, Wife, Years

Week 13 – Beer Benches to You!

April 4, 2011 by 53weeks

And lots of them! Apparently the official translation is “Ale-Bench” although I’ve never heard of this expression and I find the literal translation of “Bierbank” somehow more pleasing, even if it isn’t correct. Sunday evening and the very last minute, with the inspiration once again coming from elsewhere (the usual source). All rather hurried in every respect as well, sorry for that and I hope you like it anyway. f 8 1/5 ISO 200 -1 ev 26mm  

Categories: Photography • Tags: "Ale-Bench", "Biertischgarnitur", 17-50mm, Aperture, Bank, Beer, Bench, Berlin, Bier, Bierbank, Bierbänke, Blende, BUGA, Canon, Chair, England, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Minuten, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sitz, Stunden, Tamron, Time, Weeks, Wife, Years

Week 12 – Katharinenholz

March 28, 2011 by 53weeks

Thanks to Antje for this week’s entry, I was definitely in need of some inspiration for one reason or another. Spring hasn’t quite made it yet, even if the clocks have gone forward this last weekend. It is however “in the air” as they say. This was taken at Katharinenholz in Bornim (Potsdam) f10 1/160 ISO 400 30mm  

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.4, 30mm, Aperture, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Bornim, Brandenburg, Canon, Chair, Forest, Forst, Foto, Fotos, Germany, Great Britain, Holz, Hours, Images, Katharinenholz, Landscape, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sessel, Sigma, Sitz, Stunden, Wald, Weeks, Wife, wood, Years

Week 11 – Park Babelsberg

March 21, 2011 by 53weeks

Here we are back in not so exotic territories but home nonetheless. Many thanks to Tom for this week’s suggestion and of course to the unknown cyclist who rounded off the picture nicely. It was taken from Park Babelsberg overlooking the Havel River to the city of Potsdam. Thanks also, to those readers who pointed out that I have been living abroad for too long and that my blog should be named “53 Weeks on a bench” rather than “53 […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 1.4, 1.4 30mm, Aperture, Babelsberg, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Blende, Canon, Chair, Family, Foto, Fotos, Geordie, Germany, Great Britain, Havel, Hours, Humor, Humour, Images, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Newcastle, Park, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Potsdam, Project, Seat, Seconds, Sekunden, Sessel, Sheep, Sigma, Sitz, Stunden, Time, Weeks, Wife, Winter, Years, Yorkshire, Yorkshireman

Week 4 – A Blast from the Past

January 31, 2011 by 53weeks

Karlshorst (Berlin) is the latest “in” urban location for the alternative “new” Berliners (after Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain). Whilst the infrastructure, amenities and general standard of living begin to improve, and the rents increase, it is easy to forget that the district has a very special past. After the unconditional surrender was signed by Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel on the 8th of April 1945 in Karlshorst, the war in Europe came to a close. On the 10th of November […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Aperture, Ausstellung, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Canon, Capitulation, Chair, DDR, Denkmal, East Germany, Exhibition, Foto, Fotos, GDR, Great Britain, Hours, Images, Karlshorst, Memorial, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Panzer, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Russian, Russisch, Seat, Seconds, Soviet, T-35, Tank, Time, War, Weeks, Winter, WWII, Years

Week 2 Potsdam – “The-Bread-Roll-Run”

January 18, 2011 by 53weeks

I think you may have to get used to a number of these banks being within the boundaries of the city of Potsdam, as well as being taken at the last possible moment during the week. The more observant of you will have noticed that this was taken on a Sunday, hence it was taken on the first day of the new week. This is correct, unless you live in Germany, where the first day of the week is a […]

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Week 1 Dallgow Döberitzer Heide

January 18, 2011 by 53weeks

“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.” – David Bailey – In “Face,” (London), Dec 1984. It is with this in mind that we set off on our 53 week photographic journey. There are few things more ordinary than a bank, so in […]

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