Friedrichshain – Part 3 (Street art)

Posted on September 13, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Art, Berlin, Family, Food, Friedrichshain, Germany, Graffiti, Kunst, Leica, Life, Summicron, Summilux, TravelLeave a comment

Leica M9; Summieren 35; Summilux 50; VSCO

Friedrichshain – Part 2 (Monochrome)

Posted on August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Analog, Analogue, Berlin, Black and White, Business, entertianment, Family, Film, Food, Friedrichshain, Germany, Leica, Life, Party, Schwarzweiss, Tattoo, Travel, WarschauerstrasseLeave a comment

Leica M9; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO

Friedrichshain – Part 1 (Colour)

Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Berlin, Brandenburg, Cars, Entertainment, Food, Germany, Graffiti, Leica, Life, Photography, Sex, Strret, Suburban, Summicron, Summilux, Table Football, TravelLeave a comment

I spent a day in early spring walking around Friedrichshain (Berlin) and this is what I found…..

I was accompanied by Daniel (https://stadtauge.wordpress.com)

Leica M9; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO

Home learning…

Posted on April 14, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Animals, bored, Business, Children, Corona, Culture, dog, Family, Food, Home, Leica, Lockdown, News, Pandemic, Piano, Pupil, School, Schooling, Summicron, Teacher, Travel, Virus, VSCO2 Comments

I’m not quite sure he’s the most attentive pupil, but he’s doing his best….

Leica M9; Summicron 35; VSCO

Singapore Part 2

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Colleague, Coronavirus, Food, Gallery, Hawker, Leica, M9M, Museum, Singapore, Street Photography, Summilux, Travel1 Comment

Looking on the bright side of things, at least I have a little time to develop my pictures at the moment.

Stay Safe!

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO

Singapore Part 1

Posted on March 29, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Asia, Business, Colleagues, Corona, Coronavirus, Culture, Fear, Flight, Food, Hawker, Kuala Lumpur, Lee Soon Yong, Life, New, News, Orchard Road, Singapore, South East Asia, Street Photography, TravelLeave a comment

The decision to travel to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at the begining of February was not easily made. There were 30 odd confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Singapore when we left for south-east Asia, looking back 6 weeks later and Germany has just hit the 60,000 mark with the whole planet in dire stress…..

Looking back I think we maybe should have stayed down there!

Stay safe folks and take care!

Leica M9; Leica M9M; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO

Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin – Part 2

Posted on March 24, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air force, Air Training Corps, Berlin, Business, Colleagues, Culture, DDR, Food, Friends, Leica, Life, Lightning, Luftwaffe, luftwaffenmuseum berlin gatow, M, Military, Royal Air Force, Russia, Summilux, Travel, VSCOLeave a comment

Here’s the second part of the shoot…. reminds me of past times.

Leica M9M; Leica M9-P; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Luftwaffenmuseum Berlin – Part 1

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air force, aircraft, Analogue, Berlin, Business, Colleagues, Coronavirus, Culture, dog fight, Film Photography, Food, Leica, Life, luftwaffenmuseum, luftwaffenmuseum berlin gatow, Military, Potsdam, Team, TravelLeave a comment

The current situation allows me to get around to all the things I’ve been wanting to do for ages…… so here’s the first post in the Corona crisis.

Here are a few shots taken at the Luftwaffen museum Berlin which was formerly RAF Gatow until German reunification. There are lots of different aircraft and a lot of military equipment on view from both sides of the iron curtain.

Leica M9M; Leica M9-P; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Portugal Part 3….

Posted on March 13, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Before Corona, Children, Driving, Family, Food, Holidays, Porto, Portugal, Relax, Stress, Time, Time off, Travel, Vacation, WorkLeave a comment

This is mainly Porto

Leica M9; M9M; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO

Portugal Part 2….

Posted on March 7, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Afife, Beach, Before Corona, Europe, Family, Food, Porto, Portugal, Spain, TravelLeave a comment

These were taken up the coast in Afife and the surrounding region…

Leica M9; M9M; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; VSCO

Portugal Part 1….

Posted on March 1, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Afife, Beach, Business, Entertainment, Europe, Family, Film, Food, Holidays, Leica, Life, Porto, Spain, Travel, VSCO, WeatherLeave a comment

Casting back to the summer holidays of 2019. These were taken on two trips to Porto and to Afife including the surrounding area (even with a day trip to Spain thrown in as well) . Well worth a visit if I may say so…..

Leica M9; M9M; Summicron 35; Summilux 50; Elmar 21; VSCO

Israel Part Four (Colour) – Jerusalem

Posted on February 25, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Divided, Entertainment, Family, Food, girl, Israel, Jerusalem, Life, Market, Middle East, Soldier, Travel, Wall, WarLeave a comment

If don’t do this everyday then you make mistakes. The girl in the gallery is a young Israeli soldier, I was so nervous that I made a mess of the camera settings and basically forgot everything I know about photography so the shot wasn’t as good as I hoped for.

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Israel Part Three (Monochrome) – Jerusalem

Posted on January 4, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Colleague, Culture, Family, Food, Israel, Jerusalem, Leica, Life, Photo, Politics, Trade, Travel, VSCO, Western wallLeave a comment

I did have some qualms about taking pictures at the Western Wall, however I wasn’t there on the Shabbat and no one is recognisable so I don’t think anyone will be offended…..

Leica M9M; Summilux 50; Summieren 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Israel Part Two (Colour) – Tel Aviv

Posted on January 1, 2020 Posted in PhotographyTagged Army, Business, Family, Flag, Food, Israel, Middle East, Soldier, Tel Aviv, TravelLeave a comment

Still lucky….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Israel Part One (Monochrome) – Tel Aviv

Posted on December 31, 2019 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Family, Food, Israel, Life, Road, Tel Aviv, Time, Travel, Work1 Comment

Lucky me once again….. I don’t travel that much these days so this was really special….

Leica M9; Leica M9M; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; Elmar 21; VSCO

Christmas is banned……

Posted on July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Posted in PhotographyTagged 2019, banned, Bike, Christmas, Döner, Food, Germany, Kebab, Kebap, Leica, M9, Monochrome, Potsdam, Summicron, Summilux, Walk, Waschhaus, WinterLeave a comment

As the temperatures soar above 30°C, I catch up with those winter pictures…. a (mild) winter walk in January.

Leica M9M; Summicron 35mm; Summilux 50mm; VSCO; Lightroom

A Sunday afternoon in Munich….

Posted on December 28, 2018 Posted in PhotographyTagged Audi Quattro, Bike, Black and White, Business, Coke, Cycling, Expo Real, Family, Food, Gallery, Germany, Leica, Life, Miniture, Munich, Museum, News, Space, Summilux, Travel, Work2 Comments

just wandering around town…

Leica M9M; Summilux 50; Lightroom & Silver Efex Pro

Dackel Dolly….

Posted on November 18, 2018 Posted in PhotographyTagged Actor, Actress, Berlin, Entertainment, Family, Film, Food, Germany, Leica, Life, News, Potsdam, Read, Sanssouci, Summilux, Television, TravelLeave a comment

One of the children’s favourite actresses during a reading in Sanssouci…….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

The end of Summer….

Posted on September 23, 2018September 24, 2018 Posted in PhotographyTagged Beer, Business, Culture, environment, Family Home, Farming, Food, Harvest, Health, Home, Life, Lifestyle, Technology, Thanks Giving, Thanksgiving, Travel, WorkLeave a comment

Apparently when the combine harvesters arrive, the summer comes to an end…..

Leica M9; Summicron 90mm; VSCO

Fire Starter

Posted on August 18, 2018 Posted in PhotographyTagged Artist, BBQ, Berlin, Bird, Circus, Culture, Entertainment, Event, Family, Fire Breathing, Fire Eating, Food, Foto, Germany, Hot, Life, Photo, Potsdam, Sex, Street, Street Festival, Time, TravelLeave a comment

Hot lady….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

Singapore Part One….

Posted on April 4, 2018 Posted in PhotographyTagged Analogue, Art, Business, CineStil, Current Affairs, Entertainment, environment, Family, Film, Food, Home, Humour, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, News, Photography, Photos, Places, Politics, religion, Singapore, Sports, Summilux, Technology, Travel, ummicron, WorkLeave a comment

My son said “I dare you to take just film to Singapore” so I did. Here are the results…..

Leica M6; Summilux 50mm / Elmar 21mm / Summicron 35mm; CineStil / Portra 800; Reflecta ProScan 7200

…and then it was all over….

Posted on December 26, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air show, Aperture, Business, Culture, Dubai, Entertainment, Family, Food, Humour, Leica, Life, Photography, Portrait, Project, Time, Travel, WeeksLeave a comment

But here’s something to chase away those post-Christmas blues…..

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

’twas the night before Christmas Eve….

Posted on December 23, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air show, Art, Blogging, Business, Current Affairs, Dubai, Emirates, Entertainment, Family, Food, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, News, Photos, Places, religion, Travel, Work2 Comments

….so I thought I’d post this….

Leica M9; Summilux 50

Frau B aus O…..

Posted on December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air show, Amsterdam, Art, Bokeh, Business, Current Affairs, Dubai, English, environment, Film, Food, Humour, Leica, Life, Photos, Places, Politics, Presentation, Sports, Travel, WorkLeave a comment

I hope you like it….!

Leica m9; Summilux 50; VSCO

Cool Dude…..

Posted on November 26, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air show, Art, Black and White, Dubai, Entertainment, environment, Food, Humour, Leica, Life, Lifestyle, Monochrome, Music, News, Photos, Places, Politics, Portrait, Summilux, Technology, Travel, VSCOLeave a comment

One from the Dubai series……

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

Auntie Londa….

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Art, Blogging, England, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Germany, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Travel, UniversityLeave a comment

Auntie Londa and Super Allen came visiting….. (more of him some other time)

Leica M9; Summicron 90; VSCO

Emirates Girls….

Posted on November 19, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Air show, aircraft, Aperture, Beauty, Bokeh, Business, Culture, Desert, Dubai, Emirates, Family, Film, Food, Gorgeous, Leica, Life, On the road, Photography, Portrait, Sadness, Travel, UAELeave a comment

After a rather difficult period I’m rekindling my love of photography. Returning to visit Dubai has undoubtedly helped, offering me a host of different motifs that I just couldn’t resist. Watch this space for more from this place and elsewhere….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Lightroom; VSCO

Knickers to you…..

Posted on April 24, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged ADOX, Analogue, Animal, Art, Berlin, Blogging, Cafe, Camel, Coffee, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Graffiti, Hackischen, Humour, Knickers, Leica, Lifestyle, Market, News, Sahlep, Sexy, Stall, Tea, Tourist, Travel, trip, Underwear2 Comments

or a visit to the Hackischen Höfe (Berlin) with a rather surreal analogue film.

Be sure to scroll through all the pictures. Strange sights, strange film, I particularly like the camel with a camera…..

Leica M6; Summicron 35mm; ADOX Color Implosion

The last of Winter….

Posted on March 27, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Art, Blogging, Depression, environment, Food, Germany, Humour, Landscape, Life, Mood, News, Photos, Places, Season, Sledging, Snow, Sports, Thüringen, Thuringia, Travel, WinterLeave a comment

Now that Spring has arrived I can keep posting those depressing shots of Winter…..

Leica M9; Summilux 50 & Sumicron 35; VSCO

Sacrow….

Posted on March 20, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Berlin, Church, Culture, Current Affairs, environment, Family, Food, Germany, Ice, Lake, Life, News, Photography, Potsdam, religion, Travel, WinterLeave a comment

in the Winter….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

The rest of Autumn….

Posted on March 8, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Analogue, Avenue, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Germany, Kodak, Life, Park, Potsdam, Road, Rolleiflex, Transport, Travel, TreeLeave a comment

This was taken with the old Rolleiflex and a very particular high definition film from ADOX with 12 ISO.

Rolleiflex 3.5f; Planar 75mm f3.5; ADOX Film and Kodak Portra 400

And then there was Toulouse…

Posted on February 21, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Airbus, Art, Business, Cafe, Culture, Europe, Flying, Food, France, Fuji, Graffiti, Life, Street Photography, Toulouse, Travel, VSCO, WeatherLeave a comment

….the last trip of the year in fact.

Fujifilm X100; Fujinon 23mm f2; Lightroom and VSCO

It’s been a while….

Posted on February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 Posted in PhotographyTagged Analog, Analogue, Autumn, Beauty, Belrin, Business, City, Family, Film, Food, Fun, Germany, Herbst, History, Kodak, Leisure, Nature, Park, Portra, Potsdam, Rolleiflex, Sanssouci, Season, Travel, ZeissLeave a comment

….since I last posted anything. To be honest I’ve been searching (as ever) for a little inspiration for a new project lasting 53 weeks and I can’t seem to settle on that “one” subject. It’s not for the lack of ideas it’s just that that simply I don’t want to confine myself to one type of motive or one medium or one of whatever…..

Therefore the next few posts will be of things that I’ve been shooting over the past three months. While you read these I’ll be racking my brains for that new “one” subject…..

This is late autumn in Sanssouci….

Rolleiflex 3.5F; Carl Zeiss Oberkochen Planar f3.5 75mm; Kodak Portra 400

The Seaside…. Part Two

Posted on November 21, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Child, Cooking, Culture, Death, environment, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Holidays, Humour, Life, Lytham, Mother, Politics, religion, Saddness, Sand, School, Sea, Seaside, Son, St Anne's, TravelLeave a comment

Lytham St. Annes – It would have been such a lovely place to live…..

The Seaside…. Part One

Posted on November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Autumn, Children, Cooking, Culture, Death, environment, Family, Fear, Food, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Grange over Sands, Health, Jenny's Brown Point, Life, Offspring, Parents, Passing, Passion, Politics, religion, Sadness, Seaside, Season, Technology, Time, TravelLeave a comment

Back to Jenny Brown’s point to visit Muffer……

Salford Quays

Posted on November 7, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged 1980s, BBC, Culture, Deprevation, England, Family, Food, Industry, Leica, Manchester, Media, Photography, Politics, Regeneration, Restructuring, Rough, Salford, Shopping, Television, The North, Travel, Up North, VSCOLeave a comment

It’s changed a little bit since my first visit in the 1980s…..

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Lightroom

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho…..

Posted on November 1, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Asia, Big Site, Business, Culture, Current Affairs, Family, Food, Japan, Leica, Metro, religion, Summilux, Sushi, Technology, Time, Tokyo, Travel, VSCOLeave a comment

it’s off to work we go, albeit in a rather spectacular neighbourhood….

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

The twenties film star….

Posted on October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Action, Black and White, Bokeh, Business, Colleague, Culture, Film, Food, Leica, Monochrome, Photography, Portrait, Studio, Summilux, Thriller, TravelLeave a comment

in the late afternoon…..

Leica M9; Summilux 50mm; VSCO

When September comes….

Posted on October 7, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Autumn, Black and White, Culture, environment, Family, Food, Haystacks, Landscape, North German Plain, Oder, People, Photography, River, Road, Sorrow, Summer, Travel, TreesLeave a comment

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO

A Walk in the forest….

Posted on September 28, 2016September 28, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Autumn, Beauty, Blonde, Business, Colleague, Culture, environment, Europe, Family, Food, Forest, Fuji, Germany, girl, Kodak, Leaving, Life, Mother, Photography, Portrait, Rolleiflex, Season, Travel, TreeLeave a comment

with Ulrike!

Rolleiflex 3.5 F (Mark III / IV); Carl Zeiss Planar 3.5f; Fuji Pro 400H; Epson V500

Late Summer in Eastern Germany….

Posted on September 25, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Case, Crop, Culture, Family, Farming, Food, Hunting, Leica, Life, Photography, Season, Shadow, Sky, Summer, Summicron, Summilux, Thüringen, Thuringia, Tractor, Travel, Tree, VehicleLeave a comment

Leica M9; Summilux 50mm; Summicron 35; VSCO

Behind the Facade…..

Posted on September 11, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Berlin, Birthday, Car, day, Family, Food, KDW, Memorandum, Memory, Multi-storey, Park, Sadness, Shopping, Special, Store, TravelLeave a comment

In the car park behind Germany’s most exclusive department store on a very special day…..

I think I just liked the light and the lines……

Leica M9; Summilux 50; VSCO

Daniel’s Leaving…

Posted on September 7, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Administration, Artist, Berlin, Business, Colleague, Culture, Family, Father, Film Photography, Food, Kodak, Leica, Mate, Portait, Summicron, Travel, Work2 Comments

he’s moving on to bigger and better things…..

Leica M2; Summicron 35; Kodak T-MAX 400

Weißsee Austria

Posted on September 6, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Alps, Challenges, Children, Climbing, Commemoration, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Friends, Holiday, Leica, Politics, Sadness, Summicron, Summilux, Tourism, Travel, VSCO, WalkingLeave a comment

A week in Austria – lovely place!

Leica M9; Summilux 50; Summicron 35; VSCO

Week Twelve – The grass is always greener…..

Posted on May 29, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Agriculture, Analogue, Berlin, Brandenburg, Culture, Family, Film, Food, Germany, HexarK, Jealousy, Landscape, Life, onica, Photography, Spring, Travel, TreeLeave a comment

Spring in Brandenburg….

Konica Hexar; Konica 35mm f2; Fujichrome Provia 400X

Week Eleven – Sleepless in Seattle…

Posted on May 13, 2016August 30, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Culture, Family, Food, Leica, Life, North America, Port, Seattle, Travel, USALeave a comment

Just a short trip, hence the sleeplessness….

Leica M9; Summilux 50mm; Lightroom & NIK

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Week Ten – Singers….

Posted on May 1, 2016May 13, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Business, Culture, Economics, Food, Germany, Hawker stalls, Life, Marine, Singerpore, Street Food, Trade, TravelLeave a comment

I’ve amended my blog just a little to include not only the place I call home but also some of the more interesting locations that I’ve come across this blogging year. To kick this off I’ve found a place that couldn’t be more different from Brandenburg!

(Best viewed full size!)

Leica M9; Summicron 50mm; Lightroom

Week Nine – A Right Royal Evening….

Posted on April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged 35mm, Berlin, Culture, Family, Food, Glow, Heritage, Kaisers, Kings, Leica, Neues Palais, New Palace, Photo, Photography, Potsdam, Royalty, Sanssouci, Spring Season, Summicron, Sunshine, TravelLeave a comment

Neues Palais during the early evening sunset…..

Leica M9; Summicron 35mm; Lightroom

Week Eight – Renewable….

Posted on April 5, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Art, Culture, Ecological, Energiewende, Energy, Food, Landscape, Leica, Lightroom, Lines, People, Photography, Portraits, Renweable, SocietyLeave a comment

There’ll come a time soon when I won’t find a landscape without one of these……

Leica M9; Summicron 35mm; Lightroom

Week Seven – Winter Havel…

Posted on March 7, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Berlin, Boats, Culture, Expat, Family, Food, Life, Maritime, Photography, Potsdam, Tourism, Travel, Water, WerderLeave a comment

no snow but still pretty cold…

Fujifilm X-T1; Fujinon 10-24mm f4; Lightroom

Week Five – The Forger….

Posted on February 5, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Asparagus, Berlin, Brandenburg, Countryside, Culture, Expat, Food, GDR, Germany, Gransee, Horse, Shopping, Tourism, TravelLeave a comment

Find the forger….

Leica M9; Summilux 50 / Summicron 35; Lightroom / NIK

Week Four – Life for Rent….

Posted on January 31, 2016February 2, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Building, Construction, Dido, Eminem, Family, Food, Free Time, Home, Industry, Late, Lease, Leisure, Night, Pop Music, Rent, Road, Travel, WinterLeave a comment

….!

Leica M9; Summicron 35; Lightroom

Week One – Bornim

Posted on January 15, 2016 Posted in PhotographyTagged Agriculture, Countryside, Death, dog, Family, Food, Home, Hurt, Pain, Photography, Reflection, Sadness, Travel, Tree, WalkLeave a comment

I pass this tree on those long evening walks with the beast of an animal. It is then that I take the time to ponder and reflect on the past few months.

Fujifilm X100; Fujinon 23mm f/2; Lightroom & NIK