Last week I was at a meeting in Berlin. I walked around a lot. I really enjoyed a visit to the zoo. I now only photograph meals for private use. It's good to breathe different air again. Other places inspire me.
Now I'm back at home.
Now I can get on with my projects.
Instead of photographing the world, I want to edit my pictures artistically.
Germany, Dec 2023, End of 2023
“Find what you love and let it kill you.”
Charles Bukowski.
Could this be a moto for 2024? Maybe.
Germany, Munich, Dec 2023 - Cosy Café
It had been raining all day. I left the house anyway with my camera around my neck. Rain is so much more atmospheric than sunshine. I'm glad that the cafés are open again and you can take a break.
It is snowing. If you wrap up warm, it's really fun to be outside and watch the dancing snowflakes.
The reality is sometimes so enchanting that you don't want to change a thing.
Time and again, I've taken off my gloves, pulled out my phone and captured winter moments.
A walk like this is an exercise in being attentive.
Germany in summer time 2023, Bakasana in the poppy field
Do not rot at home.
Go out.
Enjoy life.
Nature is there for everyone.
The sun. The rain. The wind.
Breathe.
Looking up, looking down.
Keep walking.
Stay relaxed.
Germany, Munich, Nov 2023 - Behind the window
Nothing is more adventurous than editing images in Photoshop. No matter what idea you start with, you end up with something completely different. How did that come about, you sometimes ask yourself.
Title: Back bending in stormy weather, Germany, Nov 2023
Time is running.
So much to do.
It’s a gift to live and to do things that are like a play.
Germany, Munich, parc, Jun 2023
Summer is here.
It's hot outside and sunny.
In the parks the predominant color is green. Green is not so my color. Then I prefer a black and white picture. It is more expressive.
This could be the beginning of a project: 30 days of black and white pictures. When the color is gone the light, the composition and the contrast is even more important.
Staying curious is important........
April 2023, nature in Bavaria
A new beginning……..
The hen, September 2022
Happy hen in the garden is curious.
Munich downtown, July 2022
Since more than 2 years people demonstrate for their basic rights of physical integrity. They demonstrate for the right to decide on their own which medical treatment they want and which not.
Thousands joined the protests everywhere on that globe.
The smoke in the picture is fun and it smelled of strawberries.
Nature, May 2022, Germany
Never forget you are the watcher. Osho
Nature brings peace, even when the weather is stormy.
These pictures were taken during the last week. I take long walks with my camera almost every day. The walk is often the same, yet the weather changes every day, my mood is different, the time of my walks change, so do the pictures.
Green is not so much my favourite color, so I changed the picture into black and white ones.
Berlin, Dorint Hotel, April 2022
It’s possible to travel again. I went to Berlin for a couple of days in April. I saw friends and walked around a lot. I like hotel rooms as a background. I was alone there, but I didn’t feel lonesome.
Happy and exhausted I’m sitting at my desk.
Today was another demonstration against mandatory vaccination. On Thursday will be the final vote at the parliament. So many people went out to demonstrate against this law that would violate our basic right of physical integrity. It was cold today. snow flakes fell from the sky. The atmosphere was fantastic. Drummers gave the rhythm. Many had whistles. The organisers played music.
At 2am the demonstration should start, yet the beginning was postponed. The organiser were still looking for security guards. They had to control that people wore masks. Finally everything was OK and we could go. The tour was great, it went through Schwabing. One must be fit. To walk two hours can be exhausting, but it’s doable. And it’s also fun to meet so many well-informed people. It’s easy to get in contact and to chat.
Thank you to everybody who joined today.
Germany, March 2022
Times are turbulent, almost revolutionary.
People fear infections. There is war at many places on that globe. Poverty is a huge issue. Times are unstable. I read the news every day for hours. Journalists are often inflamer. Conflicts is the business.
In order to relax I take long walks. My camera slows down my walks. I’m looking for atmosphere. Taking picture takes me out of my head into reality.
Walking around with a camera is an almost therapeutic practice.
Germany, Starnberger See, February 2022
It felt like spring today.
The sun shined the entire day. To get to the Starnberger See was not only our idea. It was crowded there. I had my camera with me.
Last year I shot almost all my pictures with my lens ‘lens baby’.
This year I want to use maniy the 35mm lens. It’s rather heavy, but I don’t care. To strive for laziness often means to get lazy results.
Germany, Bavaria, Jan 2022 - Landscape
I love to walk.
Usually I have my camera with me.
Being in nature calms the mind.
I always see beauty in nature. Everywhere.
When nothing seems possible, to walk around is always possible.
