Nocturnal Photographers-Night Owl's-Festival of Lights
Photography
is light... light is
Photography.
Festival
of Lights, Berlin
The
site is in German and English
Fancy some real night photography, then this
article in English and German may be just right for
you. I have received this interesting info from my
brother Bernd in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin lights up during the month of October, the
next light show is in 2008, if it happens and you
travel in Europe why dont you swing by Berlin, watch
the show and if you feel up to it try your skills on
some real night photography. There is also a photo
competition, check out the website for all the
details, see the provided links. or click on the
image above, the site in in English and German.
Thanks a lot Bernd for sharing this with us, cool
shots.
GD
Photo Courtesy ©
2007 Bernd Deichmann - Berliner
Dom
The Festival
Also this year, the FESTIVAL OF
LIGHTS™
turned Berlin into a sparkling metropolis with a
firework of illuminations and events for two weeks
from 16 to 28 October. World-famous historical
landmarks and spots in Berlin, e.g. the Brandenburg
Gate, the TV or radio tower, was staged impressively
by means of light, events, projections and fireworks.
Complementary to the festival there were numerous
cultural events dealing with the subject “light”.
The City Foundation Berlin, the Union Investment Real
Estate AG, the light artist Andreas Boehlke and the
festival director Birgit Zander with her agency
Zander & Partner Event-Marketing are the
initiators and organisers of the festival.
The lights of the festival are extinct for this year,
but next year they will enchant Berlin again in the
last weeks of October (from 14 to 26 October).
Visit Berlin! Enjoy this unique festival!
Here you can find the best hotels and low priced
rooms.
www.visitBerlin.de
Festival of Lights site:
http://www.city-stiftung-berlin.eu/index.php
Gunther
Deichmann's website::
http://www.deichmann-photo.com/
Photo Courtesy ©
2007 Bernd Deichmann -
Oberbaumbrücke
Das Festival
Mit einem Feuerwerk an Illuminationen und
Veranstaltungen verwandelte das FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS™
auch 2007 wieder die deutsche Hauptstadt zwei Wochen
lang in eine einzigartige Glitzermetropole.
Weltberühmte historische Wahrzeichen und Orte
Berlins, wie das Brandenburger Tor, der Funkturm, der
Berliner Dom und der Fernsehturm, wurden spektakulär
mit Licht, Events, Projektionen und Feuerwerk in
Szene gesetzt. Begleitet wurde das Festival von
zahlreichen Kunst- und Kulturveranstaltungen rund um
das Thema Licht.
Initiatoren und Organisatoren des Festivals sind die
City Stiftung Berlin, die Union Investment Real
Estate AG, der Licht-Desginer Andreas Boehlke sowie
Festivalorganisatorin Birgit Zander mit ihrer Agentur
Zander & Partner Event-Marketing.
Für dieses Jahr sind die Festivallichter erloschen,
aber im nächsten Jahr werden sie wieder in den beiden
letzten Oktoberwochen vom 14. bis 26. Oktober Berlin
von Neuem verzaubern.
Besuchen Sie Berlin! Erleben Sie dieses einmalige
Festival!
Die besten Hotels, die günstigsten Zimmer finden Sie
hier.
A
very happy New
Year -
prost Neujahr - bonne année - onnellista uutta vuotta
- gelukkig Nieuwjaar - ath bhliain faoi mhaise -
selamat tahun baru - godt nytt år - szczliwego nowego
roku - feliz ano novo - gott nytt år manigong bagong
taon - sawatdii pimaï - kung hé fat tsoi - xin nian
kuai le / xin nian hao - godt nytår - eutichismenos o
kainourgios chronos - felice anno nuovo, buon anno -
S novim godom - sreno novo leto - Cung Chúc Tân Xuân
yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
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Photography Workshop in Palau
©
Gunther Deichmann, Palau... pearls of the
pacific
Just picked
up this Blog from our friends at Fins Magazine.
Photography Workshop in Palau
Join FiNS Magazine Associate Editors
Gunther Deichmann and Tony Wu from 22 to 27 April
2008 for a fun-filled, action-packed and unique
photography workshop in the Micronesian paradise
of Palau.
This special event will be hosted by Sam’s Tours, and
will include opportunities to learn about both
topside and underwater photography.
Palau is world-renowned for its spectacular scenery
both above and below the waves, so there’ll be no
shortage of subjects to pick from, and both Gunther
and Tony will diligently devote all their attention
to addressing your questions. :-)
More details on the workshop to come shortly. In the
meantime, email Dermot Keane of Sam’s Tours for booking
information.
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I hope for a greener New Year!
Religions must serve humanity, not the other way
around.
Mother planet is showing us the red warning light. Be
careful, she is saying. To take care of the planet is
to take care of our own house.
The
Dalai Lama
Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year
from Gunther and
family.
Welcome
to 2008
A
very happy New Year -
prost Neujahr - bonne année - onnellista uutta vuotta
- gelukkig Nieuwjaar - ath bhliain faoi mhaise -
selamat tahun baru - godt nytt år - szczliwego nowego
roku - feliz ano novo - gott nytt år manigong bagong
taon - sawatdii pimaï - kung hé fat tsoi -
xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao - godt nytår -
eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos - felice anno
nuovo, buon anno - S novim godom - sreno novo leto -
Cung Chúc Tân Xuân yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
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A very good Aperture tip...
David Schloss from Aperture User Professional Network (AUPN) has beaten me to it, thanks David and I have to admit, this is one of the better and useful Aperture tips in a long time. Straight to the point and no blah, blah.
Thanks for sharing.
There is also another interesting one on the new Nikon D3, good reading.
Making good use of projects on the road
( posted by David Schloss on Yesterday, 03:09 PM )
We talk a lot in our Road Tour classes about the workflow needed to keep a Library on a desktop and a laptop system up to date, but truth be told, I rarely bother with any of that.
When I'm traveling for a shoot, I usually don't need to have my existing Library file with me—it would be easy to take it with me, all my images are referenced and so my whole Library is relatively small—because images in previous shoots rarely have bearing on my current shoots... more also on the new Nikon D3 very interesting report for all your Nikon fans.
This is great for all your travel photographers, go and check it out @ http://www.apertureprofessional.com/
This is NOT a Photo tip... this is a sad reality!
From 30,000 feet above (my last Blog)to 100 feet
below or more...
the ugly things I have to shoot
sometimes.
We
are again at the end of the year, wow how fast this
one past... but then not as fast then the
disappearance of our animal species.
The
species extinction rate has increased to one species
a day.
Lets make the coming years more greener and protect
our environment.
Think!
Mother
planet is showing us the red warning light. Be
careful, she is saying.
To take care of the planet is to take care of our own
house.
Dalai
Lama
Confiscated shark fins... eating the soup...yuk...
when the slurping stops... the killing will
too.
Embryo
shark... mother and child got killed... for?
Nothing!
An
endangered animal or plant is a species that is
considered in immediate danger of becoming extinct.
Its population is very small and it needs active
protection to survive. In many countries, hunting of
endangered animals is not allowed. Neither is
importation of their meat, fur, tusks, blubber, or
other products.
Extinction has happened throughout history, but in
modern times the rate has increased dramatically.
There is a link between the increase in the
extinction rate and the growth in human population.
The worldwide human population was 1 billion in 1600,
1.5 billion 100 years ago, and is over 6 billion
today. At the same time, the species extinction rate
has increased to one species a day. If this
continues, it will cause a dramatic drop in the
diversity of life on our planet, which will most
certainly have serious effects.
If
you have any interesting images related to the
environment or stories to tell, please let me know
and I try to incorporate these in my Blogs, thank
you.
For other recent related environmental issues, please
click these links below:
http://marinebio.org/Oceans/History/
http://www.samstours.com/blog/
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Photo tip... images from 30000 feet
taken photos through an aircraft window.
For many of us it is this time a year when we go on vacation and for others it is a lot of hard work.
If you one of the lucky ones and fly home to your family or take your vacation try and get a good window seat on the plane, avoid the middle section since the wings can get in your way.
I took the images below on my way back from Europe and on my way to Tibet. I had a “clean window” and the weather was great.
The two shots below have been taken from a commercial Jetliner, I guess at about 30000 feet, one near the Russian/Polish border (I did ask the stewardess where we where at that time) and the other one on my way to Lhasa from Chengdu in China. (this one was not as high, approaching Lhasa)
Remember when you try this, you have to make sure to press the lens right onto the window, have your auto focus switched off and you might have to move around a bit to avoid glare, use a fast shutter speed and whola, you be amazed how things look on a good day from these heights.
If you don’t have this magic window seat, you can always ask politely for somebody to move for a few minutes to give you the nice view.
GD
© Gunther Deichmann
- Aerial from about 30000 feet,
near the Russian and Polish border, Feb.
2005
© Gunther Deichmann
- Aerial near Lhasa Tibet, August 2006
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