58 yrs old Hasselblad 500 C vs. RICOH GR II

Despite my love for my RICOH GR II I still shoot film, recently even more. This blogpost shows two images of the Cima di Fojorina (Southern Swiss Alps), made with the Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400 (120) and the RICOH GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8.

Cima di Fojorina
Cima di Fojorina, Switzerland. April 15, 2019, 11 a.m..
Hasselblad 500 C, Carl Zeiss Planar f=80 mm 1:2.8, Kodak Portra 400.
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Afterwork. Summer Solstice 2019.

June 21, 2019. Photoessay. Berne, Switzerland.

Afterwork.

Savouring a fine glass of B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal Stout and a small plate of this delicious sushi of Piedmontese beef at the Biercafe ‘Au Trappiste’; afterwards enjoying the delicious icecream (two cones with fior di latte and nocciola, and joghurt and lavender – what a dream!) at the Gelateria di Berna (Marzili); then I chased the late evening light on the skyline at ‘Zytglogge’ in Berne, before my check in at Fleury’s. What a beautiful and intense day!

Summer Solstice 2019.

 
Skyline. Berne. Zytglogge.

Berne. Zytglogge. June 21, 2019.

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Moments

Making an image reveals, how rich a moment can be.
Christian Speck

Photoessay. Ehrendingen, Switzerland. June 12, 2019.

Calm
Calm. Ehrendingen, Switzerland. 2019.
SOOC .jpg. Effect[Positive Film] (Saturation 3, Contrast 3, Sharpness 6, Vignetting Off). No further editing in post.
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Reach more by doing less

Valuable creative breathers

A few years ago I spent every minute on my job; I was working hard and hardly ever had a break or allowed myself to have a breather – there was no time for any sort of timeout.
Always running, having my Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone with me helped me to keep organized and to work for my customers whenever and wherever I was – this is mobile computing at its best and highly efficient! – and all around the clock. If there was some time between two coaching units or two meetings – well, I knew what to do. It was the time when I founded my company, and in the startup time I created a solid base for it’s future development.

As my company grew rapidly over the last few years I learned to be even more productive – but not in the traditional sense by producing more, organizing better or working even harder, but by doing less – and taking frequent creative breathers.

Let me explain.

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