Estación Mapocho
Time to revisit another place that was a favorite of mine last time around, Estación Mapocho, an old train station, now decommissioned, that once linked Santiago to Northern Chile. Built between 1905 and 1912, the station was constructed in time for the centennial celebrations in Chile, which also saw the construction of the Museo de […] Read More
Melbourne photo course
After 16 months, I finally invested some time into a little photo course. Well, not only a camera course, to learn how to handle all the buttons on my Nikon, but, at the same time, a walk through Melbourne’s lanes. Entitled ‘Photographing Melbourne: A Walking Tour with a Difference! Lanes & Arcades‘, our guide was […] Read More
Ganges walk
We woke up and headed over to one of the recommendations in the Lonely Planet: Brown Bread Bakery. They have a nice roof top restaurant, serve great breakfast – any German specialties from bread to Kässpätzle – and have a wifi. Which attracts the other tourists, too. There, we met up two other travelers, Ceres, […] Read More
Bangkok impressions
The week in Bangkok is already over. To my shame I have to admit I haven’t done much and explored only a few parts of town. In my defense, in 34 degrees and with that humidity, I simply could not be bothered. The pool seemed like such a great alternative. Even late at night I […] Read More
Skyline at night
I went to Kowloon to find the Water Front Park, to see the Hong Kong skyline at night. It’s still a bit of an adventure walk, as you have to crawl through construction sites of the future West Kowloon Cultural District A part of it is ready though, and it’s perfect to hang out on […] Read More
World Press Photo Award 2014
I love photography. You might have noticed with the number of pictures I take an put on the blog on some days. One of my yearly highlights is the World Press Photo Award. World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organization from Amsterdam, that holds the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. A jury selects the World Press Photo […] Read More
Photo session
Selfies suck, generally. Except for the fun factor. But if you want really good pictures of yourself, you just need a real photographer. I met Jean-Luc in Montréal and we did a session at Josée’s place. It was fun, and he made me forget I was posing. Here are a few results. I hope I get […] Read More
Kyoto (again)
I went back to Kyoto today, to see more of the Kyotographie exhibitions, especially the photographic exploration of Mars, as well as some interesting images of Japanese landscapes and homes, called ‘Where we belong‘. However, it was a bright sunny day with blue skies, so I went to see one more temple, Kinkaku-ji, the Golden […] Read More
Kyoto, with a difference
Honestly, after seeing temples and shrines in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nara, I wasn’t that keen on seeing Kyoto anymore. Call it temple fatigue. If JR had announced a major breakdown of their lines and I could not have gone, I wouldn’t have fussed about it…. But I went, nonetheless, and I have spent a whole […] Read More
Shibuya Ghosts
I spend a bit of time at the Shibuya pedestrian crossing at night, capturing some ghosts. PS: I was actually just trying to re-learn all the settings of my new camera, so much has changed from the days of the good old D40. Read More