Happy new year, everyone!!!

For my first blogpost in 2017, I chose some of my favourite pictures from last year, which somehow I never got around to show you. In late September, on a really warm autumn evening I met with Viktoria, a model based in Leipzig. She was for work in Berlin, so we decided to meet for a spontaneous photo session. We wanted to shoot at the Gleisdreieck Park, an urban park in the heart of Berlin, that somehow never got as popular as the Tempelhofer Feld.

However, we met around 6pm, we were really late with the sun seting around 7pm in September. In the end we had around half an hour to shoot, trying to catch the fading light. But sometimes half an hour is all you need... In the end all that matters is that you go out and make the best of it.

Model: Viktoria Kortenhof

desktop wallpaper // august

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My picture for August was taken in Lyon, France. I had the pleasure to work in this city for a few weeks some years ago. Since then I have constantly returned to Lyon, because I love this city and it's vibes so much. This picture, with the streets still in the dark while the roofs of the old french houses shining already golden in the morning sun perfectly sums up, what Lyon looked like on my way to work.

You can download this picture here: click or on my Flickr: click

Have a warm, golden and happy August ♥

analogue friday - summer vibes

Long time no analogue friday! But now I finally managed to get another roll developed! Come with me and get some summer vibes!

saying goodbye to Norderney... always a bit sad...

But then... Berlin... ♥

summer evenings ...

A relaxed friday afternoon walk with Esther - her blog has been on my reading list since the beginning! It's great! If you want, hop over to her via: http://inside-my-shell.blogspot.de

The following picture was not taken by me but by my camera. The strap on which she was hanging around my neck snapped and with a bang - that hurts the ears of everyone, who loves cameras - it bounced on the paving! And took this picture!

I didn't know if everything was alright - the exterior had some scratches but nothing serious. So I kept on photographing with her. And since the next picture was also the next on the roll, I think she's fine ;)

The same thing happened yesterday again with my Mamiya C330 (I'll never trust analogue camera straps again!)... I hope she's fine, but the roll is not yet full and developed. I'll keep you posted...

Fleamarket: selling some of my pictures :)

And, yes, this is Berlin, too:

My favourite of the roll - I bet it confuses you, too, ... ;) :

// all pictures taken with a RevueFlex SD I, 50mm 1.9, on a Kodak Gold 200 //

desktop wallpaper // july

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In June I posted not much here on this blog, but I already have some posts for July - starting with this wallpaper: one of the most beautiful that I've ever seen! This picture was taken in Menton, a city in the south of France, located between Monaco and Italy - both just minutes away. So you could wake up and chose between three countries to spend your day :)

You can download this picture here: click or on my Flickr: click

I wish you all a wonderful July full of sunshine and good vibes! ♥

One day in Nice

My wallpaper for this month already gave it away: I'm currently in the mood for France. Very much. And if I'm lucky I may be able to visit this beautiful country at the end of summer. But for now I'm satisfied with curing (or rather nourishing) my wanderlust with the pictures from the last trip southwards - and there are maaaaany pictures. So I decided to finally go through them and bring you a bit of summer (which is hard to find at the moment amidst all this rain and thunder...). 

During the last holidays we finally made it to Nice for some hours. Actually we were staying in Menton (pictures coming soon!), but by bus Nice is just an hour or so away. And this bus ride takes you along the beautiful coast, through high serpentines with wonderful views over the sea on the one side and the mountains on the other. You pass old villages whose houses are cramped around little churches on top of cliffs, as if they are afraid to fall over the edge into the sea if they let go of each other. Or the high-rises of Monaco, similarily close-packed at the cliffs, but with much more confidence as it seems. Contrasts and analogies. And Beauty.

In Nice, we arrived at the port and went on a boat tour that took us along the shore of Nice, and which I would definitely recommend to do. If you don't get sea sick easily. I have been on boats often but this was the one moment that made me greenish, when our boat left the port. The captain told us it is also called the washing machine, this passage, because it's like a spin cycle. And indeed, it is! But it does not take long and if you went through it, you will be rewarded with beautiful views that make you feel like you were catapulted directly into one of these old Côte d'Azur Hollywood films.

We had only some hours to explore Nice and this wasn't even nearly enough to get to know and approach this vibrant beauty with its rough edges. Nice made no false pretences, I loved it!

desktop wallpaper // June

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It's June, which means the official begin of summer, so I chose a wallpaper full of sunshine for this month. It's a view of Nice, which I only visited for some hours, way tooooo short a stay for this beautiful, vibrant city. Hah, Côte d'Azur, you Beauty!!

You can download this picture now: click or on my Flickr: click

I hope you enjoy this view as much as I - have a wonderful June! ♥

Fun in the sun

Two weeks ago I finally got myself the new lens I wanted for quite a while now, the Canon 24-70mm, that is fantastic, especially for weddings. And what better way to test it than with a patient sister and her boyfriend, parents' green garden, loads of sun, and family around as the lightning team?! Chaos and near-sunstrokes, but good memories and lots of laughter!