amor vincit omnia

Am Anfang war die Skepsis.

Nun ist sie definitiv überwunden.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass alles so läuft wie es nun mal ist?

…mehr Pessimist als Optimist – zumindest realitätsnah.

Aber jetzt, jetzt fühl ich mich zu Hause. Zu sehr, sodass ich nun eher eine Art Heimweh verspüre.

Jetzt wo du wieder weg bist. Dreihundertirgendwas Kilometer.

Aber es hat tatsächlich etwas Gutes. Lehrte, die Zeit zu schätzen. Egal ob Liebe, Lachen oder Streit.

Immer etwas Besonderes. Egal, ob hier oder da. So ist das.

Man lernt, mit den Umständen zu leben.

Erst zwei Tage…

noch ein paar mehr abwarten bis zum nächsten Wiedersehen. Aber was sind schon ein paar Tage, oder ein paar mehr Tage gegen 365 Tage und mehr, oder dreihundertirgendwas Kilometer?

Nichts. Stimmt.

♥

Look me in the eye

EM-5, 20 mm, f1.7, ISO 800, 1/25s

EM-5, 20 mm, f1.7, ISO 1000, 1/40s

These two shots are part of a series I did one night on a german airport near Frankfurt. I had to oversee the loading into one of the airplanes and used the spare time to take some photos. It was a very unique experience and I was able to get shots which normally are not that easy to take.

– Hendrik

Eye of the Storm

EM-5, 9-18 mm, f4, ISO 200, 1/2000s

This is another shot from my trip to London, England earlier this year. It was my first time in London and my trip lasted just one day. So I tried to see as much as possible starting with a ride in the London Eye right at the Westminster Bridge. Fortunately I bought a ticket online and skiped the line and did not lose much time waiting for the ride.

It took 30 minutes and the view at the top was amazing as you can see on the picture. You get a good sense just how big London is. I was able to catch some good shots up there but the relfection of the other people in the glass is distracting on some shots.

– Hendrik

Mouse

EM-5, 75 mm, f1.8, ISO 800, 1/15s

This was one of my first shots with the EM-5 from November 2012. I took this one with the 75mm M.Zuiko. Normally I would not consider this the ideal street photography lens but the result blow me away every time. The lens’ image renderings are always super sharp, detailed, contrasty with a lovely bokeh which this shot displays very well. With this shot you can see how well the IS system in the EM-5 works. With a 75mm lens (150mm full frame) you would normally need a shutter speed of 1/150s to get sharp images, with the EM-5 clearly 1/15s are sufficient. Amazing stuff 🙂

– Hendrik

Dark

EM-5, 20 mm, f1.7, ISO 200, 1/40s

This shot was part of a little low-key serie I took from myself. I just got my second flash and wanted to try it out. On youtube I found an interesting video on low-key photography and wanted to test it myself. For this I used an all black background that absorbed all the spreading light from the flashes and underexposed the shot to eliminate the remaining available light. With this settings I could work on the lighting setup and end up using one flash shooting at a 45 degree angle from the reight and one flash shooting at my back creating the seperation between me and the background. In post I darken it a bit and put in some claritiy as well as sharpness to create this grittier look. Hope you like it. Every comment appreciated 🙂

– Hendrik