Went to Hamburg at Christmas. There are some experimental shots of the Christmas Market. Experimental in that I wanted to catch the spirit without showing the people in an identifiable way. Hence some of the shots are movement blurs, and not Parkinsons as some may think! 🙂 Many of the visitors had had TOO MUCH
Speicherstadt is the collection of storehouses and warehouses in the dock area of Hamburg. The buildings are brick, suffered greatly from the bombing in WWII, but have been restored and modernised. For photographers this is a wonderful backdrop. I was not doing Street Photography at the time, but with hindsight I realise the environment for
Using the Quenox adapter with in-built lens for M42 to Nikon F-Mount with Mamiya SX AUTO lenses provides some interesting results. Both in colour saturation and bokeh. In this video there are 3 sample pictures for each of the 28mm f 2.8 and the 105mm f 2.8 Mamiya SX Auto lenses. I just wanted to
Nikkor-Q 135mm f 3.5 (Converted) – The following are sample pictures from the lens in various conditions. This, in my opinion, is the best lens I have and it cost only €49 second-hand. As usual the images are direct from camera, no crop, adjustment etc., Only exception is the blur for a surfer’s face… Alex.,
Königsplatz, I have done a video of pictures before, but this is a little more. In this video you accompany me on a walk with street photography, a look at the architecture, finding cafes on the route and photographing art & sculpture. I got a VTIN €50 Action Cam because I wanted to create a
In this second part, I talk about the benefit of talking to the band, learning their expressions and movement, the benefit of manual aperture control on the lens and the benefits of manual focus lenses. – Counter intuitive perhaps, but it works for me, and perhaps you too… Alex.,
An old monastery that is now owned and operated by the Bavarian Government. Quite out in the sticks, but the walk around the lake and the scenes are typical Bavarian; relaxed and calming. The pictures are quite representative of the opportunities here. If this type of scene, architecture and objects interests you then the visit
Claimed to be the “Longest” castle complex in the WORLD!? I don’t know if this is true, but it is long as the last picture shows. WIKI: “Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world (1051 m) […] Guinness World Record […]” It is actually a walled in collection
