it was pretty cold for skirts that short.
beauty knows no pain.

one of the nice things with a camera that knows no limits:
you start to shoot in ludicrous situations.

a dark alley. four legs coming my way. fast.
iso dialled up to 25k.
aperture f2.0.
exposure time 1/320 second.
let them walk by.
turn. syncing the steps.
three seconds later four exposures are done.
every exposure has the legs right on the ground.

at home i fed the D700 raw files to Bibble.
noise ninja did its magic. done.

unfavourable circumstances are a good training place.

linkes schild: “Freitag ist Ripperltag”
rechtes schild: “Heut gibt’s Bratwurst”
heute ist nicht freitag.

leicht aus dem obigem zusammenhang gerissen
bin ich nicht besonders gluecklich, dass spiegelreflexkameras
jetzt auch einen videomodus bekommen.
bald werden kameras nirgends mehr erlaubt sein,
weil jeder sich vor veroeffentlichten videos scheut.

“nein, ihre kamera muessen sie hier lassen, keine videos erlaubt.”

generations meet.
to celebrate. the birthdays – the old and the new.

share some good time, and go to the mountains the next day.
well, what do you expect from a party where around thirty 8000m+ climbs were present?

but first, take a look at the time.

ah, its now.
perfect.

soccer.
austria vs germany.
goals scored at half time: zero.

but still half the time to wait for a wonder, which didnt happen.
or as the austrian tv-host put it in reference to a famous saying:
“a game lasts 90 minutes and in the end the germans win.”

and the sunset over the roofs of berlin was marvellous.

i’ve been often down where the kid is.
looking up.
but i have never been up there before.
least cant remember.

good idea to reverse the angles.
think and see outside the usual box.
your personal box that is.

first step: realise the box.

going public transport.
playing with a little camera.

doing one thing while doing another.
talking to friends and taking a picture.
not the one that is going to save the world.

next time.

but i like her look here. caught off-guard.
distraction is the keyword.
thinking about something else than being photographed.
with image-conscious people there are two options:

great shot.
crappy shot.

and often the second take is better.
taken a split-second after the real photo.

and in real portrait settings it boils down to being patient.
especially with those camera-conscious people.

i have to know, i can feel a camera that is going to be pointed at me while its still in its bag.

be fast. or take your time.

we had to get some stuff for a videoshoot. fast.
you always need things fast when doing film/movie/video.
much faster than with photoshoots.
waaaayyy faster.

in the car, ignoring all speed limits,
cursing at all the other drivers that are so slow.
much slower than usual.
when you get there, run, run, rush.
people always standing in your way.
only there to annoy you.

we opted for the stuff on our list although they seemed to market the baby much more.