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Looking for the Wulver

sea-wolf, Wolfburn

I’ve heard a lot of the famous Wulver (Sea-Wolf) living in the Scottish Highlands. “Wolfburn’s (remark: a whisky distillery in Thurso) motif depicts a creature found in both Scots and Norse mythology. According to ancient lore, the sea-wolf  ‘did liveth both on sea and land.’ Walking on water is not its only gift: the sea-wolf also brings good luck to all those fortunate enough to see it.” (Source: Wolfburn whisky distillery in Thurso, ‘the most northerly whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland’).

Does this old famous creature really exist?

I wanted to find out and travelled to the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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favourite #2. no one loves – but me

favourite #2. no one loves - but me.

Here is the making of another image no one loves – at least it seems like that! – but me. It is one of my favourites.

In one of my previous posts I started my series ‘favourite #[number]. no one loves – but me’, which shows the making of one of my much beloved, but rather “difficult” images – “difficult” in terms of “no one loves” or better “not pleasing everybody” – but nevertheless beeing one of my favourites. For me it is essential to have my own photographic style – my images do not have to please everybody.

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Main station of Berne – a short image comparison.

Berne Main Station

Yesterday I’ve been to Berne for a coaching lesson – and as always I was quite early and therefore had plenty of time to enjoy my two french croissants and to discover our small capital. Here are some of my images of the main station of Berne in the early morning sun.

I am still not sure which image looks best to me. What do you think – which one do you like most? I am curious to hear your opinion. Thank you a lot!

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favourite #1. no one loves – but me

Apple Blossoms

Today is a very special day – I am going to write about the making of one of my special favourites, which no one loves – but me.

As I mentioned in one of my latest articles it is most important to develop and keep your own style in photography (and everywhere else as well – by the way!) – so (for me as a keen photo enthusiast) it is not important if everyone likes my images – but it is most important, if I like them, and what I am feeling looking at them. I would like to show you the “making of” of one of those “rather difficult” images – it is one of my favourites.

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Black shadows or shadow details?

Pure black shadow

Some photographic thoughts about contrasts, highlights and shadows.

Many modern contemporary fine art street photographs and cityscape photographs are characterized by strong contrasts between the deepest shadows and the brightest highlights – which makes them very attractive in common. Pure black shadows and pure white highlights predominate – in between there is only a small range of greytones; contrasts are high.

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28 mm focal length

Ricoh GR II, Zurich
Indoor. Office. Zurich.

Photoessay. Late April 2018. Zurich and Ehrendingen, Switzerland.
Ricoh GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8.

18.3 mm focal lenght (APS-C) corresponds to 28 mm (in 35 mm full frame).
DNG (RAW), Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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