Wow, the last few weeks I shot more photos (and learned more) than in a whole year, at least that’s how it feels.
First and foremost I got a new lens for my birthday. The Canon EF-S 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 IS. This was meant as a replacement for the rather basic 18-55mm that came with my 400D [...]
A polfilter (pol for polarizing) can give you all kinds of nifty improvements in your outdoor pictures. Here is a little preview. I expect to achieve much more drastic differences come summer:
Left: No filter (or at least filter turned towards “normal”). Right: Filter set to the right angle. Make sure you check out the full-sized [...]
Just like the post on the Streulichtblende (sorry, german only) I thought I’d build my own Softbox before actually buying one (and the flash that goes with it ;). What’s a Softbox? Well, put simple it’s a device to distribute light/the flash evenly over a big surface, so that the resulting light and especially the [...]
Without anything spectacular to blog about I fall back on my trusty photostream to keep you guys interested ;) You can find photos from my weekend-trip to Munich (including a short visit to the TU in Garching) as well as impressions of my holiday in France. We’re planning to continue the hiking season next weekend [...]
Yep, it’s time for another photo-only post. Enjoy!
By the way, you should try the Eifelsteig.
Trying to take a shot of my new cell-phone (after all it’s raining today so there’s nothing to photograph on the other side of my window), I lacked sufficient natural lighting and the few lamps in my room don’t amount to much when it comes to object photography. A flash is the only logical choice [...]
When I was younger I hated the summer (or let’s say I preferred winter). That was because in winter you had a reasonable explanation why you would sit in front of your PC all day long instead of going outside to play with the other kids or generally to “get some fresh air”. Now that [...]
Was ist eine Streulichtblende? Eine Streulichtblende sieht so aus (Foto von fensterbme), man kennt den Anblick von jedem Profi-Fotografen. Also eine Blende die man vorne auf sein Objektiv steckt. Und was hat man jetzt davon? Wenn man Leute fragt die schon so eine Blende haben hört man dass die Fotos dadurch einen besseren Kontrast haben [...]
Since I really don’t have anything else to write about (and since some people complained about the lack of non-techie topics here recently) I’m just gonna post a few pictures and a link to my Flickr-Photostream. I’m sure some of you haven’t checked it out yet, but photography is a hobby of mine so it [...]
Since I’ve been more active again on flickr lately I was interested if any photos of mine have been used in the web. I release my photos under the Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. This means that people can take my photos, alter them, use them (even commercially) as long as they refer to me and [...]
