Second part of Monochrom Schland.
Mannheim, nach dem gewonnenen Spiel gegen Argentinien.
Mannheim im WM Rausch. Habe mal die Farben rausgenommen weil mir das ganze Schwarz-Rot-Gold etwas zu bunt wurde. Man weiss es ja auch so. So feierte Mannheim nach dem Spiel gegen England am Sonntag am Wasserturm. Ein super Spiel bei dem sogar ich ständig vom Stuhl springen musste.
Somebody talked about this place in the woods with all this rocks. The next day I went there, it was raining but the water didn´t came through the leaves. It felt like we were in the rainforest. If you live around here, you should visit this place. Now I have to write in german because I am faster.
Das “Felsenmeer” liegt im Odenwald, genauer gesagt in Reichenbach. Das ist genau HIER. (Google-Maps Link). Der Weg nach oben ist nicht leicht, es geht steil bergauf, also vorher vielleicht mal ein paar Zigaretten weg lassen. Da ich nicht rauche, war der Fußmarsch kein grösseres Problem aber meine Lungen waren auf jeden Fall sehr gefordert. Ich habe dann auch mal einen kleinen Abstecher direkt über die Felsen genommen, bei der nächsten Kreuzung dann aber noch mal darüber nachgedacht und ein weiteres höchst forderndes Felsengekraxel sein gelassen. Meine Schuhe waren zu glatt an der Sohle, was auf den Felsen zu unkontrollierten Rutsch-Zuckungen führte. Der Rest der Strecke ging auf den beschilderten Wegen in Schlangenlinien nach oben.
Ich habe mich natürlich die ganze Zeit gefragt woher diese Steine kommen. Die kommen nicht etwa von oben. Nein, die kommen von unten. Genaueres kann man z.B. HIER lesen (Wikipedia). Ich hoffe der Inhalt dieser Seite ist wissenschaftlich korrekt. Ganz oben ist übrigens ein Restaurant. ADA´S BUKA. Afrikanisches Essen und Bier aus Windhoek wer mag.
Hier geht es zu weiteren Bildern
I really like this documentary about street photography. I get inspired every time I watch this. But be careful, this videos make you want to buy a Leica. I think a M6, MP or the new digital M9 is the best tool for this kind of photography. Im not a professional photographer and I don´t know much about flash and light installations, so for me one the biggest challenge is to learn which setting I need for the current light situation. You really have to know your camera. These guys in the video know how light works and they know how it looks later on film (or file). But there is more than that. There is a feeling for the right moment, an instinct to know what´s happening next or the chance that something could happen. They combine shapes and things or words and situations. I like this kind of documenting the real life on the street. It makes you look deeper into the chaos and it makes you finding or seeing moments that normally nobody would notice.
In this video you’ll see the work of the photographers Chris Weeks, Severin Koller, Frank Jackson and Mario Anzuoni, all with different perspectives for shooting street photography.
Some mixed pictures of the last weeks. Some pictures were made at the “Lichtmeile” Festival in Mannheim.
Every year in Mannheim we have a streetfestival in a part of the city that is called “Jungbusch”. There is livemusic, arts like paintings and performance or dance.
I modified this post and added the pictures of 2008. Last year I shot much more pictures. So, the pictures of Nachtwandel 2008 are posted after the pictures of 2009. Enjoy.
I went to a fleamarket last weekend. I had my Leica CL with me. Ilford Delta 400 film loaded. Not the best joice for a bright sunny day. But that´s the price you have to pay when you shoot analoque. Anyway, I walked through all these people selling all this stuff. A perfect place to find nice scenes. The problem for me was to filter good pictures out of this big chaos you can see all around. So I put my CL on F/16 and changed between 1/250 and 1/500. After I get back this film from the shop, I didn´t like all the bright white parts because they look overexposed. I don´t have much expierience in different film types so I have to try another one next time. Also my plan is to buy a scanner and develop my stuff on my own, because of the control of my negatives and because the CL eats my money! 4,50 € for the film, 7,00 € (!!!) for the scans. In case, I like the photographs and I see me in a big learning process which I very like!
