October 2010
3 posts
the social network san francisco time-lapse scene
Just watched the social network - quite entertaining flick. But what really stuck me was one scene in the middle, and of cause it didn’t even have the slightest thing to do with the caracters on the movie. It is right in the middle, where things move to San Francisco - you see an amazing perspective and time-lapse from sunset to the night.
This really pumped me by it’s visual power....
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September 2010
1 post
what to do, what to do.
As you may have noticed, everything has been quiet during the last few weeks. I haven’t taken a real picture since June, and this is really annoying me.
I might have made success too dependent on technology, and thus ended up with a nice equipment on one hand but with a seizable size of debt on the other. I thought, if I could produce good images in the best attainable quality, then the...
June 2010
1 post
My top 3 and bad 3 Seoul experiences
Hello,
as you may have known I have been to seoul for a week to shoot the city on large format and add footage to my 100 Cities project.
Here are my top and bad 3 about the city:
TOP
The air is super clean, I suspect this is due to the massive amount of trees spread all over the city - there are so many forests, you just need to take a quick stroll and you feel like there is no megacity...
May 2010
1 post
Status Update
Hey my dear fellows,
I have been terribly busy the last couple of weeks. This is of course due to my need for constant money from a daytime job. Anyway, I have some cool Months ahead of me.
13th of May - 17th of May I will be in St. Julians, Malta
22nd of May - 30th of May I will be in Seoul, South Korea.
19th of June - 27 of June I will be in Hong Kong, China.
If anyone wants to meetup and...
March 2010
1 post
my final equipment
I did some calculations and defined the final equipment I will need to perfectly produce super large prints of urban landscapes.
I made the following observations:
I like 8x10 and it is a good way to achieve my goals. But after trying different print sizes I get the feeling, that 1,50m by 1,20 meter is the largest I can go and still have unlimited sharpness - meaning you can go as close as you...
February 2010
2 posts
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Inspiration from My Bookshelf #2 - Peter...
Inspiration from My Bookshelf #2
TODAY: Peter Bialobrzeski - Neontigers
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(this series is about books I have in my bookshelf that inspired me a lot)
I don’t even know how I first took notice, but when I discovered the Neon Tiger works of Mr. Bialobrzeski, I was instantly hooked. It didn’t take long for me to buy the book. It is at least something, since I could never afford a...
lets get down to earth
I have a cold.
So I have a lot of time, lying in my bed and thinking about the things to come, the things I had planned. Everything has been on schedule up to now to start with 1000ppp on April. But suddenly it struck me like lightning. My plan has absolutely no room for failure, there is no time for beeing sick, no time for another hour of sleep and no time for any more hour for my daytimejob....
January 2010
12 posts
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Things to do before 04/06/10
This is a short Reminder for myself about the things I have to do before I can start my 1000ppp project on 04/06/10. Let’s build up some social pressure to really accomplish these.
- prepare 30 publishable images, to have some advance to work with (finish by 04/05/10) - cleanup studio, It really is a mess right now, wouldn’t want to invite any gallery owner over for a visit…...
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Inspiration from My Bookshelf #1 - Floriane de...
Inspiration from My Bookshelf #1
TODAY: Floriane de Lassée - Night Views
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(this series is about books I have in my bookshelf that inspired me a lot)
A friend of mine once strolled through galleries in Bejing and told me, he saw a Photographer that was doing stuff like like I do. So I researched a bit. It was at the Paris Bejing Art Gallery and it turned out to be a female french urban large...
dammit, I have strained some muscle in my back
and I can’t do much about it. It just hurts and keeps me from doing important things. Hopefully this will be gone by the end of the week.
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100 Cities I want to take Pictures of by the end...
The list is sorted alphabetically by country, then by city. The Number indicates the Population within the metropolitan area, as found on Wikipedia. I can’t wait to put checkmarks on every single city on the list!
Algiers Algeria Africa 3.500.000
Buenos Aires Argentina South America 12.925.000
Dhaka Bangladesh Asia 10.190.000
Brasilia Brazil South America 3.559.000
São...
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the 1000 published pictures in a 1000 days project
Hello my dear readers,
as you read the title, you may think “what a pussy, I take a 1000 pictures on one day, so what kind of challenge is that?”. Well, as you know I shoot 8x10 large format, which requires analog film and a lot of caring for every single photo. (Read my last post to know what it takes).
So what is a 1000 published pictures in a 1000 days about?
Simply put:
I...
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8x10 - My Large Format Image Production Process
This post describes my process of creating an 8x10 image in urban surrounding in detail. It is not a quick read, but mainly a resource I can quote to answer the questions about my working process.
I will shoot a video for every single step in the future and put up a direct link here, so that you can see me work eye to eye.
So here we go:
find an area of interest - when I travel, I constantly...
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my kind of photography
After reading my theory on what is a good photo, it is quite interesting to find how different one can perceive a picture. For myself, I love shapes and Colors of many forms, whereas the meaning is often irrelevant or the picture transforms some feeling of tranquility at best. Other people love meaning above everything, see the lomo lovers, they dwell in feelings allone.
See my favorites or my...
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The meaning of photography for me.
Photography is everywhere. When I walk through the streets of Berlin on a saturday afternoon, I have the impression that half of the population owns a digital SLR and the other half some kind of point and shoot camera. And everyone is snapping happily away. You can see the results on flickr.
Most of these images don’t mean anything to me. They may mean something to the people that have been...
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my goal
After reading my last post about how to become a millionaire, I think the most important aspect is, to never start the process with the number in mind in the first place. So my goal is not to become a millionaire. What for, it’s just a number - if I reach it one day, fine, if not - it depends.
My primary goal is to be able to do what I want in my life. I don’t want to be forced to...
how to become a millionaire
Since I was little, I dreamed of becoming a millionaire. I always fancied the lifestyle and the carefree living as seen on TV. Despite that I grew up in modest circumstances and seldom experienced luxury first hand.
In the last 15 Years I thought about countless ways to fulfill that goal. I studied countless biographies of the Richard Bransons and Donald Trumps of the world. Some of the people...
December 2009
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hello, let's go.
Today I will start my blog on urban photography.