Streets of Berne, Switzerland. 2018-June-08. Photoessay. #ricohgrii.
Here are three of my today’s images of the centre of Berne, Switzerland.
Tram and Bus Station, in the background the SBB Main Station, Berne
Monochrome Train Stations
Monochrome Train Stations. Paris, France; Basel, Switzerland; Bédarieux, France.
2018-April and 2018-May. Photoessay.
Basel, Switzerland
Back in my old film days I was processing my black and white negative films in my own darkroom – working on the finest 35 mm and 6×6 and 6×7 cm medium format negatives, and afterwards spent a lot of time in the positive darkroom to finally get fantastic fine art black and white prints on silver rich baryta paper.
Today I still love to shoot in black and white or even more in monochrome color using my modern digital cameras.
Here is a bunch of my recent monochrome images of three epic train stations in Basel, Paris and Bédarieux. I love the analogue film look of the images.
Paris – La Tour Eiffel, Eiffel Tower
La Tour Eiffel – Eiffel Tower. Paris. 2018-May-11. Photoessay.
Ricoh GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8, Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) with YASHICA Lens, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
We decided to take the stairs. Stair A – to be accurate – just because of the form of the ‘A’ – it is quite similar to the Eiffel Tower.
white on white
daisy (marguerite (botan.)), 2018-May-13, photoessay.
Ricoh GR II, GR Lens f=18.3 mm 1:2.8, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
(click to enlarge to full resolution)
favourite #1. no one loves – but me
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.
Black shadows or shadow details?
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.
28 mm focal length
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.
Evening Streets of Berne, Switzerland
Evening Street Photography in Berne, Switzerland. Photoessay 2018-Mar-16. #museumsnacht
Gear: OLYMPUS E-PL7, Panasonic LUMIX G 20 mm F1.7 II ASPH. Handheld and minimally processed in Snapseed.
Fujifilm X100F, Haoge LH-X49B 2in1, thinkTANK Mirrorless Mover® 5
I wanted to simplify my camera gear and go minimal, that’s why I was looking for a minimal bag for my Fujifilm X100F with mounted Haoge LH-X49B 2in1 lens hood. Would the thinkTANK Mirrorless Mover® 5 fit?
Sauðárkrókur – more hairdresser’s studios than women habitants?
According to the novel Rokland by Hallgrímur Helgason there are more hairdresser’s studios than women habitants in Sauðárkrókur in Northern Iceland – is he right? We decided to check it out. Iceland, October 2017.