What happened in 2020?

Dec 30, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Photos, Thoughts, Updates

Indeed. What exactly happened?

We have been looking back a lot, that’s for sure. Back instead of forward.
Maybe because we liked life more like it was. Maybe because we realised how well we have been doing until times had to change, until Earth was confronted with a new hobby, until we had to deviate from our loops.

So, now I will look back as well. Again, I must say, looking at my posting habit. Maybe it is because I have just skimped on taking care of my trusty blog, or maybe because it just wasn’t the time to write then.

But now we arrived at the point where I count my blessings of 2020.
Because as much as the year held back on fulfilling our expectations, as much it delivered. And there is visual proof!

My camera didn’t lay still and was at my side, witnessing many cherishable moments:

 

 

The things that grew

 

 

The places we have been to

 

 

The people (who let themselves be photographed)

 

 

Little Things

Just ask about some tales, and you shall receive. 🙂
Should you not have my contact ready, just write an email or find me on Instagram.

 

 

The sky above

And what about the future?

Indeed. What about it?
You tell me. Because I do not know.

How Skiing Works

Jan 28, 2020 | After The Great Journey, Photos, Thoughts, Trips

So I went skiing another time.

It was the same procedure as two years back, part business trip, part hardout skiing. A very nice hotel and some lovely company from the company. Stupid luck in the weather department. Nice slopes and a lot of fun.

Also, I had the chance to once more capture friends on the slopes:

But something stuck with me since. This 4th week out skiing, someone explained a fundamental about that activity:

Skiing is about the combination of the gear and the ground underneath.

One without the other won’t be as much fun.
(the pictures are supposed to show glimpses of mentioned ‘fun’)

Let me get philosophical: Life might just be the same. You always are in a place. This place is where you function right then and there. And you are in a way bound to this place. Without it, you cannot go to the next and without the former place you wouldn’t be in the one you are in right now.
In order to participate in the ultimate sport, which is life itself, you need to work with what you have. You and your place are the two factors determining the future.

You can decide what you’ll do with the place: Do you go straight, do you induce a turn, do you stop, do you decide to fall over because it was all too fast for you?
But without yourself and your decision, the place won’t stop or turn for you. It might help you more with one of the ways and might let you struggle with the other. Sometimes you get into a flow and everything comes natural and it is utter fun. Sometimes you might be overly careful, with or without a good reason, and miss out on the fun others are having in the same place. Sometimes, you might want to go back to a place and see how much you have grown since, while doing it one more time in the present.

Sometimes, places inspire you. Sometimes, places frighten you. Sometimes, places break you. Sometimes, places miss out on you.

Also, some places are shared. Like a slope, which you not often find at your sole disposal, in many places other people are to be taken into consideration.

Some places wouldn’t be the same without the others in it. Some places would not even be worth it. Some places you might experience differently because of the presence or absence of other individuals.

I will leave my slopes of thought and leave you guys with some more shots from the mountains.

 

 

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. 😉