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What do manhole covers and Sushi have in common?

A déjà-vu with the Sushi manhole covers.

About 12 years ago near Nîmes (F) I photographed the asphalted cobblestone road and two beautiful manhole covers brightly shining in the backlit. I was fascinated by the strong contrasts and deep shadows. In my eyes it was one of my favourite images of all our trip.
But I was alone with my opinion. My wife Arlette called it the “Sushi manhole covers”. What do manhole covers and Sushi have in common?

Unfortunately the original film negative has never been printed – the image is still eagerly waiting for it’s rediscovery in better times.

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Hidden by the dark

When I finally decided to change my location for the long exposure of the old Tremola I picked up my tripod and camera and slowly followed the dark path below the new Gotthard pass road back to the Gotthard hospice. Passing by the dark pillars of the road (it’s some kind of open tunnel) and the scary deep black hollow spaces between them I heard silent footsteps behind me, probably my own echo? – and some waterdrops falling down from the road above. It was like a creepy demonic vampire horror movie! Probably due to my darkest fears and nervousness I turned around every now and then – admittedly at least every ten meters – to make sure there was nobody or nothing behind me.

And there it was.

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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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