Reptile Romantic

Thanks to the humid air in the “Bush”, the tropical display of the “Burgers Zoo” in Arnhem, Netherlands, there was a natural filter creating a romantic atmosphere.

Nostalgica

I used to live in Paderborn, a busy city at the edge of the Teutoburger Wald. Politically very conservative, but nevertheless a good place to live. I enjoyed some bad and many good years and found my first real home there. So I dedicated a whole photo book to my favorite places in this town. Here are some pages of it:

Cover with the coat of arms of Paderborn on it.

City hall and the tower of the cathedral.

The cloister of the cathedral and a store for devotional objects.

Gaukirche and Marktkirche.

I used original Polaroid 600 film in an SX-70 Polaroid Land camera with ND filter.

Harald Selke took a photograph while I was working on this project:

101 (Impossible) ways

The Impossible Project started a new project called 101 ways some weeks ago. I just thought some days about it and Eureka! I knew what to do:

A candle with no real fire but burning down as a real one by removing pictures. How it works? Have a look at my contribution: “Light it up and burn it down”, there can also be found more and detailed pictures.

 

Fisher Sur-Price

Fisher Price Kid-Tough is a recommended en well sold camera these days. This model is the second version of this camera sold in Europe.

Made for children it is used intuitively, the buttons are self-explanatory. This camera is the big brother of the famous analogue Fisher Price camera, it has two viewfinders and the flash between.

The quality of the results are very low, but that’s not what this camera about. This camera is pure fun. Children can use it almost everywhere, it is really build to resist.

Picture Resolution: 640 x 480 (1,3 MP)

Internal Memory: 8 MB SDRAM (approximately 50 pictures)

For additional memory (image storage) this camera accepts an SD card (sold separately and not included).

Lens: 4.8 mm, f = 2.6

Focus Range 1.22 m – infinity

Flash Range: 4 ft. – 7.5 ft. (1.22 m – 2.23 m)

Resume: If you like the low-fi photography and you like very special cameras this one is a must have, even if the results are… very special!

Uitwaaien

Uitwaaien means in the Dutch language to get fresh air, have a walk, let yourself go, switch off, take a breather, get some breathing space, take time off or whatever you need after a busy day.

It’s a beautiful word, I love it.

The best uitwaaien you can do at the sea, where the wind blows and pulls your shirt. Let your mind flow away from the daily life – on stormy days when you have to lean against the wind to get forward and see the foam of the sea is swirled around.

Dark days, but with interesting lightning.

The whole set on flickr.

Romantic shots with a ToLNe

A what?! Yes, a ToLNe. A toy camera published by Tomy Takara, never sold in Europe. Rumors say, it’s been a Superheadz camera. After sticking tape all over the camera no light leaks appear. After reading a few reports about this camera I should be lucky that the camera didn’t fall apart after shooting one film – due to the tape I guess.

I you want to read and see more of the camera’s possibilities please visit my German Fotospielzeugblog.

What I’d like to show here is the serious side of the camera: Very romantic pictures full of light.

 

 

For higher resolution please visit my ToLNe-Set on flickr.

Tell a story from an overexposed Polaroid

I had a walk with the Polaroid SX-70 and a 600 glossy film. Both know each other very well from former stories. But this time, it didn’t work at all, because the photographer, me I have to admit, didn’t take the time to check all adjustments carefully. So the pictures came out overexposed and I almost threw them away. But stop! I found exactly two stickers on my desk, they almost screamt: “Use us, use us!” So I did.

A bird’s tale:

Butterfly dream:

So I saved what could be saved from an overexposed Polaroid.

Dutch Golden Age

The painters of the Dutch Golden Age became famous because of their interpretation of light. I tried to catch this light in a still life and banned it on Polaroid paper:

Pokémon Places

A new, brightly colored camera I couldn’t resist because of one tiny detail: The little mole as shutter release must be pressed with every new photo back into earth. I love it!

Well, yes, it’s Pokémon, cost me quite an effort, but the results are beautiful:

I even can imagine to use this camera quite ofter after removing the “magic border” frame, because without firing the inner flash the extreme black corner look like an overdone vignette.

Or using the camera even for the bright white corners.

More photos can be found on my flickr or a review with detailed photos of the camera on my “Fotospielzeugblog” (in German).

Just before spring

Walking around with the Polaroid EE 100, just before spring. The trees are black, the landscape gray and life doesn’t seem to be there yet. Sleeping.

Waiting for the nature to explode in blossom and light.