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Zerschmetter im Frieden

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While sorting through my folders, I found a picture I took last summer …

A double exposure blending a train station and one of Vienna’s flak towers. I kind of gave up on using my old Rolleicord after a few test rolls, as the camera was in desperate need of some repairs, upgrades, and general tinkering. The picture comes from my first test run after I got the camera, proving that the setup was capable of producing proper images after all.

But hacking and tinkering was still required, so I disassembled and cleaned the camera. And when all the new parts were acquired and the camera was back in one piece again, summer was gone. Freshly renovated, the camera sat on my shelf for a few months looking pretty – and waiting for better light.

Spring is in the air. There is sun. And enough light for daylight film, even in ancient cameras.

Now that my Rolleicord Art Deco even has a customized polarizer, it might be time to get it out again and start shooting.

Posted in Photography 06.04.2016
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Graz.

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So I was trying out Lomo 800 film. And I like the colours.

But wow. It is so incredibly grainy. It’s impossible to get even close to a proper black with that film. I mean I guess it could be considered “romantic” or something? But even if I did not want much in terms of saturation, I still want the colours to be slightly more even. Oh well.

I shot half of the film at “my” train station, and it kind of worked there – but I’m still a bit sad that I wasted a day with the best lightning ever on this film. Because “kind of worked” means that the saturation and colours are alright, but the graininess still sucks :P

But I do love the street lights at Jakominiplatz (above).

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Posted in Photography 03.03.2016
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first snow in 2016?

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Photowalk! First snow in 2016! First snow this winter!

Actually, that is not true. In the early hours of new year’s day, Vienna got a bit of snow as well. But as it was all gone when we woke up again, I will just declare this the first snow day of the season. Maybe because I really, really love snow and I don’t like the idea of having slept through the first potential snow experience in months ;)

Besides snow, I also love “my” railroad bridge. I don’t know how many pictures I have shot from up there over the years. The train station around it looks incredibly creepy and also very pretty in a disgusting way …

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This past weekend had another amazing snow day, and I shot a whole roll of film when we were out that day. But I messed up one of the settings, and the film I used also requires a different kind of developer that we first need to order.

Blah blah. It is going to take a while until I get to see how (or if) the pictures have been working out.

In other exciting news, the scanner in my apartment got new software, so we are not quite sure if the green tint is related to this new piece of software. It probably is, but I think that the light looks really nice in the pictures as they are – And I think it’s not too far off from the actual lightning situation.

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And the wonky bridge. The other one, much smaller and for pedestrians only. I have been trying to take a perfectly symmetrical photograph of this bridge-tunnel-thing for years now, and failing every time. I am almost convinced now that the bridge itself is the reason for my failure. It’s just not straight at all.

Maybe that is why I like it so much.

Posted in Photography 26.01.2016
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holidays? not so much …

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Too many cameras. Just enough fairy lights.

We don’t do christmas around here, or take part in any religous winter/end-of-year celebrations, so the end of the year usually only means that we get out loads of lights and candles to make the place a bit cozier.

I was not in any kind of holiday mood at all, but I did take a few nice pictures that capture the mood quite well.

pictures from the winter holidays in 2015

More lights.

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My roommate decided we would have a tree after all. It had zombies and a few developed rolls of film as a garland.

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And my beloved enamel watering can that used to be a coffee pot in it’s previous life. I bought it at the flea market quite some time ago :)

Posted in Life, Photography 24.01.2016
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still not over (roadtrip #2)

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As the weather is quite lame, and nothing particularly interesting is happening right now, I’m finally posting the last few autumnal roadtrip-pictures :)

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Posted in Photography 20.01.2016
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swan

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Hi blurry swan.

I really like autumn. Surprise.

You knew that already, didn’t you? Was it the seven billion pictures of colourful trees that gave me away?

Anyways … I was photo-skating (Like a photowalk, but on skates) at donauinsel, and I met a swan.

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Posted in Life, Photography 29.11.2015
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just pictures, again

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It seems the only remotely creative activity I can find the time and energy for recently is photography.

Outdoor photography to be exact.

And I think even that is mostly owed to it’s inherent quality of forcing me to take longer walks on a regular basis – In most cases even when the sun is still out. But it’s good to have something make me go outside and actually be outside rather than only rushing from one building to the other all day long.

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While it has been really warm in the sun, at least in the last few days, it was incredibly cold when I took those pictures. Maybe it’s time to accept that winter is almost here.

Posted in Photography 03.11.2015