following the joint

March 30, 2013 in 35, architecture, b+w, backlight, bermatingen, bokeh, building, contrast, corridor, darkness, facility, germany, grain, historic, home, indoors, light, monument, nex 7, night, pattern, personal, sel, shadow, sony, door, floor, cobble, stone

there are always two sides of the medal: unfortunately our time in the historic flat here at lake constance won't be everlasting, where the change will probably bring along a lot of new opportunities. so it's high time for me to document the characteristics of the more than 300 years old building more often now, before we will have to leave this place in the near future.

1712 - waiting spread-eagled

December 17, 2012 in 50, b+w, back, dinner, feet, floor, fun, germany, glass, home, kitchen, light, nex 7, night, pattern, personal, portrait, reflection, sel, sony

sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | f2.0 | ISO1600 | 1/50

sometimes tina doesn't realise when i watch her doing anything funny in daily life. she is a great, first-rate amateur chef, not just since she prepares our dinners with much more blood, sweat and tears than some years ago. on that issue she does not even flinch from surveying the food while it is stewing in the oven, not even if she has to wait spread-eagled on the kitchen floor.

fortunately my nex7 is always ready to shoot scenes like that one.

3010 - end of these particular work days

October 30, 2012 in 50, animal, blur, cat, cobble, door, floor, garden, germany, grain, home, light, nex 7, nila, old photo, personal, sel, shoes, sony, vintage

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO640 | 1/80 | lightroom 4.2

some things will never change: coming home from work on night duty days of tina is pure heartache for me because i'm anything but a person who enjoys his own company.

so i hurl myself into rituals: coming home; cuddling nila, the cat; exercises, taking a hot shower, dinner, extensive practising. sleep.

no matter if the year is 2005 or 2015: this was and will be the same as it ever was in our relationship.

cu, trshptr

0309 - orange

September 03, 2012 in 50, bathroom, bokeh, bottle, brown, colour, contrast, flag, floor, germany, glass, home, light, nex 7, orange, reflection, sel, shadow, sony, still life

setup: sony nex 7 with sel 50 f1.8 | 50mm | f1.8 | ISO250 | -1.0ev | 1/80 | lightroom 4.1

while i was cleaning up my workroom today in the afternoon an empty flacon attracted my attention. every now and then tina beautifies not only our social areas but also "my private" room with useless but decorating stuff, as probably every wife in the world does. i've always liked the odour of the citron fluid in that flacon but today it unfortunately appeared empty and scentless.

till i'll have got anything appropriate to refill this nice, little bottle, a mix of rum and aperol had to satisfy for the daily pic. although this cocktail doesn't smell as good as an orange tree, it definitely looks as orange as the original fill had looked.

cu, trshptr

0708 - skylight

August 07, 2012 in 30, abandoned, architecture, b+w, building, contrast, corridor, decay, door, facility, flight, floor, germany, glass, mittenwald, nex 7, sigma, sony, window

setup: sony nex 7 with sigma 30 f2.8 ex dn | 30mm | f3.2 | ISO320 | 1/60 | lightroom 4.1

during the current course we are accommodated in brilliant located grounds that are really ancient though. the interior was already modernised years ago but some rooms and especially the floors are still in the shape of 1930 or maybe even earlier. however i find that quite charming, the old architecture and the timeless mountains are a very good match.

my daily pic shows the abandoned exit corridor of the auditorium. right from the first moment i saw this part of the building, i've fallen in love for the great skylights that illuminate the floor in a fascinating way.

cu, trshptr