How-To: Perfect Exposure
Last update: 30 April, 2013 Setting exposure optimally is quite straightforward in the digital era, and this article will help you nail it every time. Part 1: The Histogram A finished image (displayed… Continue reading
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Great Light Doesn’t Last Long
We are on a week-long trip to the Alps, and frustratingly we haven’t had any good light yet. The forecast for today was even worse than for the last days: lower temperatures, higher… Continue reading
Photographing People
I’ve been photographing seriously for about 13 years now and until March of 2008 I would have said that I’m absolutely not a person photographer. I used to take extra care to avoid… Continue reading
Parallel Lines and Angles
Here is another one from the recent trip to the Hafencity in Hamburg. I find the parallel lines and the angles formed by the building on the lower left, the metal sculpture on… Continue reading
Manhole cover
I’d like to think that this image is well balanced, even though it contains only opposites: warm red and cool blue colors, tight circles and long curves, metal and stone, man-made bricks and… Continue reading
Pavement Patterns
I was walking down the street and noticed the broken up asphalt of the pavement. It was so unusual — there had to be an image there! So I pulled out my new… Continue reading
"Henri Cartier-Bresson"
I’ve put the name in quotes because I’m talking about the documentary that’s currently running in the program cinemas in Germany. The film itself was nothing extraordinary, but seeing and hearing Cartier-Bresson talk… Continue reading
Church Abstract (2)
Here is another one from the church from last weekend. How do you like the repeating arches and the light-dark-light repetition? I know, I know, I should have moved 5 cm to the… Continue reading
"May I Take Your Picture, Please?"
On my way to work today I had to stop at a traffic light. Right next to me was a gas station where a man in overalls was pumping the waste water from… Continue reading
Descending into the Unknown
For a while now I’ve been planing to take a photographic trip through Hamburg’s subway stations. Most of them are quite old-fashioned, with lots of ceramic tiles, neon lights and metal railings. If… Continue reading
Dock 17
One of Hamburg’s attractions is the water and to some extent the industry and ship repair docks on the south side of the river. I’ve been to this popular location (Landungsbrücken) many times,… Continue reading