Photography from a rather technical perspective.
Finnish Lapland in winter. This winter is long, approximately seven months. Average temperatures are between -9 and -17 °C in February. That means occasionally they will drop well below -20°C.
Daylight is available for roughly 5-6 hours per day. So, why go there for vacation, right?
But the answer is rather easy: The northern lights! For me definitely one of the things from my photography bucket list. … Continue readingFinnish Lapland & Polar Lights
Mauritius is an island nation. So, technically you are visiting a paradise island and you can cross off another “country visited” from your bucket list. The island is located off the southeast coast of the African continent, right in the Indian Ocean. It is very beautiful. But as with most paradise islands there is more to it than just the paradise. Let me explain. … Continue readingMauritius Island
It makes sense to start writing this post on April 26th – the day Ernst Leitz was born in 1843. A Leica is a special camera, somehow this is what people
Well, actually it is only 0.85 square kilometres. And to be 100% honest: It is not really my front yard. But living close to the Olympiapark in Munich will give
I recently stumbled over an advertising (yes, I know, they got me) for a Zomei “Premium Close Up Macro Filter” that for some reason caught my attention. This might have
After visiting Plitvice lakes (see this post) I was excited to take more shots like the ones in that post. I was wondering if it would be possible to go
Small towns, especially very old ones, do have a certain attraction to photographers. Structures, old architecture, people and “street photography” are on their various bucket lists around the world. However,
The extended possibilities you get by using an ND filter as a photographer have been discussed on the web intensively and I don’t want to add anything to that. Basically, whenever you need a slower shutter speed in bright daylight: You need a filter. The wikipedia page even mentions the “wish to photograph a waterfall” as example for using an ND filter. And I had that wish: To take pictures of waterfalls. So I actually went chasing waterfalls (in contrast to what TLC suggests). … Continue readingPlitvice Lakes: Do go chasing waterfalls.
Frank Gehry once famously said that “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”. The city of Bilbao seems to achieve this goal with every day passing by. … Continue readingBilbao: A Basque Experience à la carte
So I got a mirrorless full frame camera. The EOS R from Canon. But this is actually not supposed to be about the EOS R (only a bit), but the camera may help to make a point here: It is about photography. … Continue readingOn Photography: The Canon EOS R