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
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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
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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
by 53weeks
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
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
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
by 53weeks
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
by 53weeks
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
by 53weeks
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
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
by 53weeks
It didn’t seem a day since we last met….
Categories: Photography • Tags: Air Training Corps, aircraft, England, Food, Leica, Military, Old Friend, Portrait, Prime, RAF, Sanssouci, Scotland, Travel
by 53weeks
‘er Indoors!
Categories: Photography • Tags: Autumn, Colour, Everything, Family, Food Travel, Friend, Glamour, Leica, Partner, Portrait, Sexy, Wife
by 53weeks
Categories: Photography • Tags: Art, Artist, Berlin, Black and White, Food, Leica, Photography, Portrait, Thuringia, Travel
by 53weeks
Categories: Photography • Tags: "Black & White", Beauty, Birthday, Food, Friend, Germany, girl, Glamour, Leica, Monochrome, Party, Portrait, Travel
