What happened in 2019: Photographer Edition

Jan 6, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Photos, Updates

Ever since I got my first camera, I took photos. Many of them. Over 1500 of those you can look at on my blog.
So I am a photographer, which is a safe thing to say.

But there is a difference between being THE photographer or just a photographer.
The difference is the reason why you do it and the demands you keep in mind.

But there came a day I was asked to take certain pictures. And there came more of these days.
So I began to take photos as a hired person. On weddings, family or friends portrait shoots I was present with a certain purpose.
And it was fun, even though there is a lot to consider and to learn in that area.

I mentioned getting a new camera, which I needed to increase flexibility and overall quality of the result I would deliver.
So now I shoot full-frame and with a resolution that makes cropping a thing I don’t have to think twice about. 😀

My journey as a professional (mind the many ways to interpret that adjective) photographer will go on in this year and I am excited to further evolve.

I brought you some impressions of those days I was out there ‘on purpose’:

What happened in 2019: Special Friends Edition

Jan 5, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Photos, Trips, Updates

One trip I took in 2019 deserves a special place among this series.

As this trip combined some feels and some nostalgia, which I am into.
I visited my dear relatives for a few great days. Those relatives, mind you, who I talked about in older entries. Those days of the childhood, those carefree times, just coming along our parents and experiencing pure joys of childhood.

Now, I visited them on my own. After New Zealand, we had not seen each other that many times, so it was a lovely reunion.
With those ‘little cousins’, who are not as little anymore at all, we had some strolls where we used to go only with our parents.

And of course, all as planned, we took some pictures that night…

Monreal

 

One day I went with my younger cousin, both our cameras at hand, to a smaller town in the country. This one won a competition once, being a super cute and quite old town.

Also, speaking of the camera, I have news on that. For I got myself an upgrade in that department. Some of the pictures of this whole series were shot on my new tool, some on the old one. But I will elaborate on the whole ‘upgrade story’ in the next post. 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happened in 2019: Friends Edition

Jan 3, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Photos, Trips, Updates

Friends are people you have a special relationship with.

Every now and then, you spice your life up with some undertakings together with said people.
I was lucky enough to have plenty of those and we had some great days with each other.

Without much ado, be welcome to marvel at some several adventures in pictures:

 

 

The North Sea

Zurich

(all shot using a smartphone)

Vejers (Denmark)

Passau

Bremerhaven

Minden Nights

What happened in 2019

Jan 2, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Thoughts, Updates

Life

 

Life happened in 2019.

I told you all about the last last year 2018 and how my apprenticeship ended in the beginning of 2019.

After that, I went silent. As opposed to what a blog should be, I didn’t post anything new. And here is why: How could I post anything new, when there is my old blog, still sitting there and waiting to be translated? I wanted to finish that project first, before I start blogging about my further life.
And I did. I finished translating all of my old blog. Now, I can blog like I used to. Whenever I make experiences or/ and have something to say, I can just do so. Without thinking about the old stuff I didn’t yet translate.

This process took me a while. And 2019 was the first year after the second apprenticeship, so I had to adapt to this new kind of life. Which, by the way continues. And the point of this multi-part retrospective, ‘again one of those’ you might think, is to prove the motto of this blog.

Life is a mix. Like the music we listen to. At least for me, it is switching back and forth between the known, established and the unknown, sometimes experimental side.

Before I tell you all about the somewhat adventurous side, I like to elaborate on the more or less established side of things. Life in the latter areas happens at home and and work, mostly.

The picture above is a great example of the good ol’ side of life. Christmas. In my time abroad I had some other versions of this holiday, but it stayed the same at home.

 

Work

 

As I proudly proclaimed in the beginning of the year, my apprenticeship is done, finished and over!
I evolved into a customer service representative and love not only our costumers, but my colleagues and the company as a whole.
In my department, I was put in charge of making the life of our current apprentices and interns a good one. Also, next to my everyday duties, I had the opportunity to shoot some pictures for several use-cases at work.
Those tasks are valuable on a mutual basis and I am grateful for being entrusted with those ‘side quests’. 🙂

Life at work will go on and there is much room given for development. That is a plus and I like to ride that wave.

 

Home

 

As I translated the old blog posts, I was taken back in time regarding the state of my room. It is, for better or worse, one of the places I spend most of my time inside of.

But now, it features a genuine couch with a coffee table (on which my sturdy Yamaha stereo resides), remote-controlled sockets (makes switching on and off the subwoofers SO much easier), an absolute unit of a laptop (for developing photos, of course) with some accessories to work with it and many smaller improvements. It just feels so thoroughly good, improving your everyday life. 🙂

Also, one of the biggest improvements in life I carry with me, are my hearing protection plugs. They are of a custom made model, which was made to fit my ears and dampens noise in a linear fashion. This way, everything sounds the same, only quieter. It feels like a super power, being able to hear everything at a more comfortable level for the mind behind. For me, they are a total game changer.

 

The next posts will tell my 2019 along more pictures, so be excited!