Offside – Lower League Football
This photo is from my ongoing series Offside. I try to capture the rough charme of lower league football. The series is not only about the players but also about the atmosphere in the smaller stadiums and about spectators. As I said earlier, I mostly use film for this series. Some of the lower league [...]
Dance the Football Ballet
And here’s another sport photo from the category of slightly comical scenes. As always in sports photography, it’s good to have the faces of the athletes visible and capture the ball as well – but it also helps to freeze extreme moves.
This Guy Really Has Balls
Yes indeed, lower league football has some charme. Although it’s sometimes a bit rough and not as glorious as the UEFA Champions League… Below is an older capture which I like because of it’s slightly comic pose and the pouring rain. Besides of the regular sports photos I am working on my series about lower [...]
At the Seaside
From the series “At the Seaside” with seascapes. Find it via my portfolio. Taken with a Hasselblad (very old, same age as me) and Planar f2.8/80mm, on Kodak T-Max 100 film developed in Kodak D-76.
Website Update
I have updated my website portfolio. XXL images!! Have a look… There are new images in the existing portfolios, and I have a whole new portfolio with new photographs. More about that later.
Surfing
Some more surfing… Tenerife. What always amazes me about the Nikon D3 is the dynamic range in the highlights. Kind of a “reserve” hat behaves almost like real film which prevents blowing out. Here it left me room to play with post-processing – ironically to let the highligths blow out…
Helmut Newton: Autobiography
Helmut Newton’s Autobiography tells the fascinating story of one of the most influential fashion photographers. I enjoyed to read about his youth in Berlin – he was always looking for girls and had a lot of fun… Later he and his family had to flee from Nazi Germany. He took a ship to Singapore where [...]
A Week’s Links
Polaroid Instant Films will be produced again in 2010. The Impossible Project. Polaroid PoGo pocket printer. Zero ink paper (ZINK). Pity it’s not compatible with Apple’s iPhone, as Apple does not enable Bluetooth connections other than headsets. Looks nice and petite anyway. New Nikon D3S. Has 12 MP, sensor cleaning, 720p movie and stunning 102’400 [...]
Adobe Lightroom
So far I’ve used Apple Aperture for archival of my photos because I like the interface and its mode of organizing the library. However, I find it has become slower and slower. Also, there seems to be a bug preventing me from using metadata templates. There are no global post-processing presets. In addition, the RAW [...]
Sleeping Dreams
Sleeping dreams… I was looking for old forgotten surfboards at the lake. When I drove home, I found these. A woman walking by said, “Oh, are you taking a photo of these beauties?”. Made with a Graflex Crown Graphic 4×5″ camera on expired Polaroid 79 film. Lens was an Optar f4.7/135 mm. Scanned from positive.
A Week’s Links
Another week’s links: Joni Sternbach: Surfers. Stunning 8×10″ tintype photographs. Dan Winters: Periodical Photographs (published by Aperture). A truely timeless book designed by Scott Dadich with so many careful details to discover. Irving Penn (1917-2009) was a student of Alexey Brodovitch, the legendary Art Director of Harper’s Bazaar where he initially worked as an illustrator. [...]
Fuel: Kite Surfing
A kite surfer in the North Sea.Part of the Surfing in Black & White series. For the border I have used a look through the viewfinder of an Argus by grittypix.
Mobile – iPhone Photography Series
The image below is part of my photo series Mobile. These photographs were made in trains, airports, and on the road. The photos are taken and processed with the iPhone.
Riders Portraits – Surf Worldcup Sylt 2009
Here are some of the surfer portraits in Black & White. Some of them appeared before on the blog, but here they are in consistent form. Yegor Popretinskiy Kiri Thode Quincy Offringa Kai Lenny Kauli Seadi
Impressions around the PWA Surf Worldcup Sylt 2009
Some impressions around the Windsurfing Worldcup in Sylt. So many sails and boards in the rigging area! Sometimes it’s better when justice is not blind. Judges must have clear vision… Kite surfboarders go where wind and waves are great. The famous beach chairs of Sylt.
Riders at the PWA Surf Worldcup Sylt 2009
The current leader of the overall slalom ranking and winner of the Sylt slalom, Antoine Albeau from France. Björn Dunkerbeck sailing back after the slalom semifinals. The 36-fold world champion finished on the 2nd place. He is starting for Switzerland where he has a leg in Silvaplana, besides living in Gran Canaria. Micah Buzianis from [...]
Rough: Surf Worldcup Sylt 2009
After waiting for wind, conditions roughened at the PWA Surf Worldcup in Sylt, Germany. Temperatures are colder than in Brazil… Rough times for Kauli Seadi. Yegor Popretinskiy heading for a ride. Quincy Offringa from Aruba waiting for the heat. Tough consitions in Sylt.