Photography: Personal Favourites 2022 October
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Photography: Personal Favourites 2022 May
This and that
On my balcony, contemplating shapes and shadows and black and white vs. colour; a walk in Alt-Lübars; and some old photos that turned up while I was tidying up my harddrive.
On 26 May, I had actually planned to walk about 15 km from Alt-Lübars, along Tegeler Fließ, round Hermsdorfer See and back on Tegeler Fließ, to Alt-Tegel, but felt tired and got distracted by the prospect of lunch in a restaurant by a lake. Here is the route I ended up walking, but will go back and do more of Tegeler Fließ in the near future.
And some old photos – the first one from the good old days when the ABC art fair was still alive, although never really kicking:
Photography: Personal favourites 2022 April
A couple of random photos taken from home, and a street photography workshop
I attended one of the workshops on street photography offered by Willy-Brandt-Haus, mostly out of curiosity because that issue is so controversial and contentious in Germany, and perhaps especially in Berlin also sometimes confrontational.
We were told that as long as you insist that it is art, everything is allowed, accoding to a “Bundesgesetz”. Hmmm. That collides with the data protections laws which everybody refers to. In addition to the EU data protections laws introduced about ten (?) years ago, Germany has their own which are even stricter.
Anyway, I am not that interested in photographing people, but did take these during the workshop, which was interesting in other ways. It is always good to be reminded what to do, what not to do, and what to look for in terms of composition etc.
17 May Lehnin-Kolpinsee-Quellgebiet der Ermster-Ermster Schlau-Gohlitzsee-Kloster Lehnin with Berliner Wanderclub
Lovely walk organised and led by Margot Dietzsch.
Regional train from Berlin Central Station to Potsdam (I always forget that that only takes about 30 minutes) and then bus 580 to Lehnin bus station.
My walking route on Mapmywalk here.
(I left the group prematurely in order to be certain to make it home for my zoom course). Also, on the way home, Frank (the dogwalker) informed me that Max had a case of diarrhea and that I should take him out as soon as I got home.
I actually saw a cuckoo for the first time in my life. I was only able to identify it because it was flying overhead while cuckooing. Smaller than I thought.
I did not take my camera this time, so these are just some snaps taken with my phone:
Two exhibitions of art from Ukraine, and a walk along Fennsee
Ludwigslust Thursday, 5 May
Approximate route planned here.
Ludwigslust – about 75 minutes from Berlin on the ICE – turned out to be a very pleasant, if a little sleepy, town with a nice Thursday market and – probably most importantly to the locals, Ludwigslust Castle at the edge of its huge park. The park has a lot of the elements which you would expect from this type of park but fortunately some of the grounds are forest left almost to its own devices.
