Monthly Archives: May 2010

Portrait of a circus elephant in black & white

Elephant portrait

Black & white portrait of a circus elephant. I really like the circus – it always has great options for nice photos. Unfortunatly I don’t like how they treat animals – I think an elephant should absolutley not be carried around europe in a van! … Read More

Boy with elephant in front of circus

Circus life

Oh, this circus life. Traveling, performing, living with the wild beast… What a joy – what a drag Oh, this circus life. This is photo is my entry for the blipfoto Unstaged 2010 competition The Theatre of everyday life

Duck-Tales

Duck Tales – photofriday.com challenge winner

This photo is a voted winner of the photofriday.com challenge!!! Thankx everyone! Been out to take photos of some young ducks close to our home. There a two mothers with 6 and 7 baby ducks each in this lake. An old lady told me, that … Read More

Girl in a field of yellow flowers

Fields of joy

Let’s wander slowly through the fields Slowly slowly through the fields Through fields of joy Fields Of Joy – Lenny Kravitz

Blackwhite photo of turntable with vinyl

Spin the black circle

I made a photo of my turntable and the vinyl I am lisiting to quite often right now. For everyone interested, its the new Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy album, which is called ‘The wonder show of the world’. I think the name alone would qualify for … Read More

Zeche Nordstern Gelsenkirchen

Zeche Nordstern Gelsenkirchen

I visited my parents in Gelsenkirchen for the weekend and took the chance to shoot one of the local coal mines. This one shows the headframe of the mine Zeche Nordstern. It was put out of service in 1993. In 1997 the park of Zeche … Read More

Cello - Portrait of a friend (No. 1)

Cello – Portrait of a friend (No. 1)

First shot of a new photo series containing portraits of some of my friends. This time my friend Cello is featured, shot again on our balcony. I think his sunglasses and his retro-cap give this photo a special touch.

Portrait of my girlfriend

Girlfriend portrait no. 1

This time I took the chance to make a portrait of my girlfriend. The light outside was quite good and therefore we shoot on our balcony. I think it is quite nice, but there is still a lot of room for technical improvment. The focus … Read More