italia I get the overwhelming feeling that the days just don’t have enough hours. I have so much developing and scanning to do, need to read, do my homework for language school and a million other ...
getting jumped Today I took my Rollei to the local cemetery and shot a roll of Velvia 100 with it. Alone from that you can already conclude that it was a very sunny day. It’s the second ...
kavo In my efforts to catch up with my excessive shooting habits – I have a problem, I admit it – I developed 4 rolls today, all pushed in Rodinal. I’m done now with all the ...
divided attention Despite all the various things I did today – language school and a tango lesson foremost – I somehow managed to edit a bunch of pictures and even more importantly, I finally finished the interview ...
too early After a couple of weeks of early starts I kinda know that title very well. The weather is so annoying and rainy that I hardly take any pictures either. It could be a good opportunity ...
old and new You know, I quite like taking pictures of traditions and collective behaviour, but I have to say that after hearing the same three marches repeatedly the whole day I’m actually sick and tired of it! ...
looking out Today I was freezing when I went back from a café along the river where I had a drink with some of the girls from the language school. Clearly I was a bit optimistic hoping ...
unhappy Is it me or are weekends unbearably short? I completely forgot what it was like to have an actual difference between weekdays and weekends, so my language course is kinda confusing me now. Tomorrow I ...
not how you do it This evening we went to a little exhibition of a local photographer together with some friends from the language school. I only took 4 pictures today myself, but I got the opportunity to speak to ...
tunnel vision I had a busy day and yet I managed to shoot a roll in between and scanned another one as well. Still, the day never seems to have enough hours and I always seem to ...
testosterone Although my health is a lot better these days because of a new supplement I’m taking, I still occasionally get bad days. Today was one of those days and so I decided to stay home. ...
the letter Today was definitely a photographically successful day, since I finished 3 rolls of film, one in the Leica, one in the XA and another one in the Rollei. It was actually my first time shooting ...
terminus Again such an early morning! I should really learn to go to bed earlier. If I don’t get at least 7h of sleep I tend to feel like a zombie (and the feeling might be ...
free hugs I actually posted this yesterday afternoon, but somehow it didn’t work. Since I was on my way out, I didn’t double-check. That’s what happens when you’re busy and do too many things at once! This ...
gossip Although I had already shot 5 rolls this week I couldn’t resist taking Nancy with me yesterday as well. This makes a total of 6 1/2 rolls this week and those will be the last ...
Kurdish protests in Düsseldorf Film has one disadvantage that I normally see as an advantage: Processing it involves more than just copy & paste. A lot of effort and skill goes into developing film and especially with black and ...
wheels I have been seized by a need to organise my film today and spent quite a bit of time looking over old rolls, adding some basic information to the negative sleeves with sticky labels. For ...
not allowed inside Finally I managed to take my Rollei out today and promptly a guy started talking to us on the beach, because he noticed that we were shooting with analog cameras. We started talking shop a ...
tea Despite the weather forecast it rained today and I didn’t get the opportunity to go out with my Rollei. I miss it though, so I decided to scan some older Rollei pictures. Tomorrow I might ...
vegetarian kebab Before the Dia De Los Reyes around here there is always a parade with floats, dressed up youths and animals. The kids gleefully go diving after the sweets that are thrown from the floats as ...