I love doing long photowalks. I don’t plan them. I choose a wider location, seldom a specific one. I love the “inspired while walking”-mood. This photographs are from such a day. Enjoy.
faith
heimat loves you
philosophy
All pictures were taken with the Olympus Digital Pen E-P1 and the M.Zuiko 17mm. Nice combination. Fits perfect in my winter coat.
On last weeks wednesday my friend pete and me take a walk to the Zähringer Burg. It was one of the hottest days of octobre since many many years. Our photowalk took us up the hills, into the trees.
the wooden cross. Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
I was also happy to try out the new Pentax K-7 which is a fine tool, but Changing Focus Points and shiftings on the small Mode Dial are a bit annoying because you have to press here and there a button before getting access to a function you need. Normally i use a Pentax K10D DSLR which is more easy to operate. But as you see the K-7 did a wonderful job in terms of imagequality and exposure.
I enjoy to walk around and look how the sunlight falls into the forrest.
the warm light. Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
get close. Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
Peter with his camera.
Since a few months Peter has also an own DSLR. Some years ago he made a photography workshop. So it’s not all new to him. And when he asks, i’m there to explain. He has a good view and also a philosophical opinion regarding photography.
A hundreds metre before reaching the castle we saw a place where they do archeology work.
some archeology. Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
history. Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
I like very much how nice and complex the roots are. They become one with the ground and other plants. And trees are very important! One of my Facebook contacts, Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is funder of more trees.org. You should go there more-trees.org. “Even in this moment, a mass destruction of forests is taking place, and human civilization will be at stake as it’s long-term consequence.”
wild wood | Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
another root | Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
trees at work – reducing co² | Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
keep an eye on trees, they also do on us | Pentax K-7 with Pentax DA 35 Lim.
After an afternoon using the K-7 i am impressed in terms of imagequality. The real advantages are better metering and faster AF and a slightly better handling of High ISO Noise, now less and structured like film grain.
I hope you readers are inspired to go into the trees. Enjoy your forests and keep an eye on trees. With or without a camera.
EDIT: Meanwhile Mr. Ryuichi Sakamoto has visited this blog entry and commented over twitter: ” beautiful forest. beautiful lights!! thank you!” So i am looking forward to hear and see him tomorrow at his Heidelberg Gig “Playing The Piano 2009″. Reports here. Xeb.
Gebräu 1, Freiburg | “very appreciated in our small town” |
A bit late but i planned to do some nice writing about this Photo Exhibition: Gebräu 1. At Sept. 18th i went to the Exhibition Opening. I have to say that i very appreciate exhibitions of this kind here in our small freiburg. Normally it’s rare here. So thanks to all the people who managed and grounded this exhibition. Joscha Bruckert from Dortmund did a fine job. Not only the artists work ,which i link later this article, but also the location is not what you will usually expect from such an exhibition. The pictures are hanging in rooms from our local beer brewerie “Ganter”. I am not a fan of their beer but it’s nice to see that they opened up some rooms for art.
contrast, an old bureau has space for art [Magdalena Fischer “Junior Athletes”]
One of the most amusings is the fact that some of the photographies are put on stacks of beer crate! But what about the art? You will see the work of thirteen artists from germany, austria and suisse. The range goes from more experimental work to concrete themes. For me the most exciting works are Petra Warras “Glencheck”, a series about a man who has a fictive fight with himself, than Andreas Till’s “Sunday”. For one Till was going out with his Mamyia 7 every sunday, simple to photograph people on sundays. Than i was impressed by the portraits from Christian Breevaart. He photographed a series of students from the Bachelor. They show their feelings after the first semester. Breevaart also chatted a bit with us about his and the others work and how much time and enthusiasm they spend for the exhibition.
Christian Breevaart (left) while his report | “for weeks we worked hard”
Other artists to look through are Anja Schori, Anne Schwalbe, Daniela Droz, Harald Roser, Jana Voigt, Jörg Brüggemann, Joscha Bruckert, Magdalena Fischer, Marlon Kowalski [who is also one of my flickr contacts] & Michael Lämmler. And now some more photos from the exhibition.
charm | art alongside an old machine
view from the bureau | guests impressed
simple | installations at gebräu 1
go there!
It was nice and an evening that inspired. Gebräu 1 is up to the 9th of Octobre, so if you are in Freiburg or want to come over go there. http://gebraeu.info/
If I find the time i will visit again.
XebastYan.
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