Tag: Family
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
Brighton Beach…..
by 53weeks
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
Fire Starter
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
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 One….
by 53weeks
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
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
Sacrow….
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
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
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….
by 53weeks
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…..
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
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 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 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 One – Bornim
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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
Week 46 – The One….
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‘er Indoors!
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Colour, Everything, Family, Food Travel, Friend, Glamour, Leica, Partner, Portrait, Sexy, Wife
Week 31 – Theresa the bear…
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or how to fund your globetrotting addiction…. I had some pretty strange jobs as a student but I never dressed as a teddy bear, not in public anyway… Fujifilm X100 Fujinon 23mm f2 Lightroom, NIK & VSCO
Categories: Photography • Tags: Congress, Fair, Family, Food, girl, Job, Money, Student, Teddy Bear, Trade Fair, Transport Logistic, Travel
Week 24 – The Applicant
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Just a quick shoot for a job application with a bit of a difference…. Fujifilm X-T1 Fujinon 35mm f1.4 Lightroom & NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, Family, Food, Generation, Interview, Job, Monochrome, Potrait, Travel, Youth
Week 22 – The Boy Wonder
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This is Friedrich on the trail of Sebastião Salgado in Berlin. Fujifilm X-Pro1 Fujinon 35mm f1.4 Lightroom
Categories: Photography • Tags: Christmas Market, Cinema, Family, Friend, Genius, Photographer, Portrait, School, Student, Travel
Week 18 – Dr. Rolf
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A few years ago after a press conference we held somewhere in Asia, an article was published in one of the local leading newspapers. It was mistakenly accompanied by a picture of me with the title “Dr. Rolf”. Well I’m here to put the record straight, meet the real Dr. Rolf! Fujifilm X-T1 Fujinon 56mm f1.2 Lightroom & VSCO Fuji Pro 400H
Categories: Photography • Tags: Business, CEO, Economic development, Family, Food, Fuji, Hamburg, Portrait, Travel
Week 16 – Cowgirl
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The things parents will do for their kids….. Fuji X-T1 Fujinon 56mm f1.2 & Fujinon 35mm f1.4 Aperture & NIK ….like spending a whole day of the holidays in Brandenburg’s Wild West Town El Dorado at the cold end of Autumn. (It really is well worth a visit by the way!)
Categories: Photography • Tags: Cowboys, Cowgirls, El Dorado Templin, Family, Food, Holidays, Portrait, Things to do, Travel, Wild West
Week 9 – Eva
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I don’t know if you happened to notice, but I’ve been a little bit busy lately….. Here’s Eva to make up for things! Canon 5D Lensbaby Composer Pro with Edge 80 Aperture, NIK and VSCO (Kodak Portra 160C)
Categories: Photography • Tags: Beauty, Berlin Air Show, Edge 80, Eyes, Family, Food, Lensbaby, Politics, Portrait, Work
Week 8 – How to sell an aeroplane in the 21st Century…..
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Here are few pictures of some Eastern European girls I met at the air show in Friedrichshafen. I know I’m fishing for cheap hits but beggars can’t be choosers…… Fuji X-Pro1 Fujinon 25mm f 1.4 Aperture & NIK I think the guy in the background really distracts from this shot….. but decide for yourselves. 😉
Categories: Photography • Tags: AERO, Air show, aircraft, Entertainment, Family, Flying, Food, Girls, Sexy, Travel
Week 6 – Svenja (Part II)
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I had another opportunity to shoot Svenja (can I actually say that without getting into trouble?) a couple of weeks ago. Some were taken with the Edge 80 which is a marvelous lens, even if it is a bit of a b*gg#r to focus manually without “Liveview”. You can see more of Svenja here! Canon 5D Canon 50mm f1.4 & Lensbaby Composer Pro with Edge 80 Aperture and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Beautiful, Family, Food, Lensbaby, Movie Star, Portrait, Stars, Travel, TV, Unter Uns
Week 5 – Girl i’th’ Wood…..
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…. I was going to call this week’s post “Little red riding hood”, but she’s not wearing anything red, there’s no hood, there are wolves in Brandenburg but not here, and finally I’m not sure Ulrike would have appreciated the connotations of the fairy tale. Fuji X-Pro 1 Fujinon 35mm f1.4 Aperture and NIK VSCO (Fujicolor PRO 400H) and Rolleiflex 3.5 F (Mark III / IV) Carl Zeiss Planar 3.5f Kodak Portra 400 Epson V500
Categories: Photography • Tags: Fairy Tale, Family, Food, Forest, Kodak, People, Photographic Film, Portrait, Travel, Wildlife
Week 4 – Tom….
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…. you’ve met before. Fuji X-Pro 1 Fujinon 35mm f1.4 Aperture and NIK VSCO (Kodak TRI – X 400)
Categories: Photography • Tags: "Black & White", Analogue, Family, Film, Food, Friend, Intelligence, Portrait, Travel, VSCO
Week 2 – Hassan….
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It’s always good to get home for a few days, especially when you get to meet up friends you’ve not seen for a long time. Thanks for the lovely evening and of course the excellent food! Fujifilm X-Pro 1 Funjinon 35mm f1.4 Aperture and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Culture, England, Family, Food, Friend, Hospitality, People, Portrait, religion, Travel
Week 51 – Meet the Family….
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….or gotcha. I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that I don’t really like to post pictures of my family on t’internet. But I thought I’d make an exception here. Canon 5D Lensbaby Composer Pro with Edge 80 Aperture and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Children, Education, Family, Fear, Food, Life, Marriage, Shadows, Surprise, Travel
Week 50 – Experimenting….
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…. and practicing. I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time, and when the opportunity arose I snapped it up. The Lensbaby “Edge 80” certainly is very different from anything I’ve ever used before and it should help my diminished creativity for the coming 53 weeks….. (There’s a hint in there somewhere) Anyway I’d better get practicing….. Canon 5D Lensbaby Composer Pro with Edge 80 Aperture and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Architecture, Church, Construction, Edge 80, Family, Food, Lensbaby, Potsdam, religion, Travel
Week 48 – Berlin’s Skyline….
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….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….
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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 45 – Window Shopping….
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It’s getting close to Christmas…. Fujifilm X100 Fujinon f2 23mm Aperture, PS Elements and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Animal, Christmas, Decoration, Family, Festive, Food, religion, Shopping, Travel, Weihnachten
Week 41 – Uhlandstrasse
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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 40 – Kontrollpunkt Dreilinden–Drewitz (Checkpoint Bravo East)….
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….or what’s left of it. There is a museum here now to try to document the pain and the anguish as well as the hope, it lies in the middle of an industrial estate. Canon 5D Lensbaby with Sweet 35 (1,3) and Fisheye (2,4) Aperture and NIK
Categories: Photography • Tags: Cold War, Current Affairs, Family, Food, German Democratic Republic, History, JFK, Oppression, Travel, Weather
