After Barcelona we went to Valencia.

M6 + 35mm VC Nokton. Konica Hexar AF. Tri-X in Xtol. 

Valencia met us with gorgeous light

And orange trees

Max in nice light

Ad for World Press Photo

Central Station

Evening light

Antennas

On the way to the beach

Edu trying sunglasses

Beach shooters

Lunch at Edu’s place

Blanca and Edu

Jenga time!

Desperation

Around the Old Town of Valencia

All taken with Edu’s Hexar AF from here

Dogs of Benimaclet

Tri-X in Xtol 1:1.

Silvermax in Rodinal 1+50.

Waiting for departure

Landed in Barcelona. First thing I noticed was the light!

On the way to the city center we met Shuhei from Tokyo

Skateboarding is not a youth culture thing here

Prepping

Park Guell

Finding something decent to eat during the siesta was a challenge

Train station during siesta

Parc de la Ciutadella 

Loved the light just before sunset

Practicing for the next cocktail contest

Early morning on the roof of our apartment

Morning light in El Raval

Really liked the area around the Museum of Comtemporary Art

The weirdest thing we saw during our trip

Shooting while waiting for lunch

Harbor at sunset

On the way to the beach

Off to the next stop

I went to Barcelona and Valencia in February to flee the never ending winter in Berlin.

I’m going to post the pictures in a couple of entries, here’s the first one, in medium format and color. 

Rolleiflex Tessar 75mm 3.5. 

Portra 160 and 400. 

Scanned with Epson V700.

The first morning in Barcelona. Taken from the balcony at Laura’s place.

Fell in love with the light in Spain instantly

There’s a huge skateboard culture in Barcelona.

Really like the vibe in El Raval

El Born. Had great lunch at this place.

Along the waterfront

From Miguel’s roof at sunrise.

An actor/musician we met.

Valencia

Max

Ruzafa

We stumbled into a Fallas, a traditional Valencian celebration.

Cabanyal, a former fishing village

Back in Benimaclet

Tri-X at boxspeed, 800 and 1600. All developed in Xtol 1:1.

Beginning with some frames from the XA. I’m amazed by what this little gem can do.

At Michelberger Bar

Somewhere around Sonnenallee

It snowed for the first time of the year

The very kind Necmi mounted my prints. If you ever need mounts or frames, visit his shop at Manteuffelstraße.

Beautiful winter light

Taking shelter from the rain at Johnny Woo’s

Switching to the M6 from here.

Took a walk around Wrangelkiez, like the blur here

Max, the ubahn shooter

At Victoria Bar

And then the dreaded winter arrived

And brought some days with gorgeous light

This was strange and sad

A woman doing Tai-Chi

Jerome visited

I don’t think I’ll shoot at 1600 in daylight again. Not fond of the tones, too harsh for my taste.

Metering

My sister took this one

Warschauer Brücke

It’s weird to see people going to Christmas markets after the holidays

My sister in action

Found a horse

Who does the city belong to?

Visited the aquarium

Tried my first aeropress coffee at the Barn, quite liked the taste.

A short trip to Frankfurt in January

Max in action

Günthersburgpark

I think I’m starting to like softly blurred frames

Frankfurt has different light, but most importantly: more light

At Oosten. Beautiful place at the river

The new skate park in Frankfurt

They built it in front of the new European Central Bank

Ironic, isn’t it?

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This entry feels a bit incomplete and incoherent, a lot of frames are missing, because I lost a couple of rolls in the developing process.

Anyways, here they are, some frames from October and November 2012.

As always, Tri-X in Xtol, boxspeed and pushed.

S-Bahn Neukölln

Shooting with Julian

Cooking at Susie’s

Sumi

Susie

Treptower Park

Rafa

Max visited

Shooting with Alex

Karl-Marx-Str on a gloomy day, this guy cheered us up. Used Max’s 28mm Elmarit 2.8 from here on

And these guys too

Nicest guy I’ve met from the Ordnungsamt (public order office).

On a stroll through Friedrichshain, lost almost every roll I shot on that day due to a broken developing tank

Edu checking Max’s Hassi

Glad that this frame wasn’t completely ruined (you can still see the light leaks in the back)

Admiralsbrücke getting a wash

Shot a quick testroll to check the new tank. Rollei RPX 100 from here

Goerlitzer Park

Neues Museum, back to Tri-X and 35mm

A couple from China, I asked them not to smile, they managed after the third frame

Max followed this guy for a while before asking for a photo

Much deserved lunch at Makoto

Chekcing out CWC Gallery

Kottbusser Damm

Haus Schwarzenberg

Met Sam from Melbourne

Hilke gettting ready for a day out in Potsdam

Luise and Rafa

A few test shots from my newly acquired Olympus XA.  And also a couple of frames from the Rolleiflex which I neglected too much this year. 

The first frame, DM Paradies 400

Love how small and inconspicuous the XA is

And quite sharp for such a little lens

Tried out the flash, not too fond of the results, this turned out alright

Ektar 100 from here

At Agora Collective

Taken by Max

 Görlitzer Park, Reala 100

Met these two from Singapore at the canal

Kotti romance

An empty school yard, it felt calm and serene on a sunday afternoon

Edu in action

Empty Prater Biergarten, Portra 400 from here

Garnisonsfriedhof

At c/o Berlin

A couple I asked for a portrait

Max and his beloved Hassi

The spot where Jonny K. was beaten to death

She asked for a portrait with her camera. After that I took one with mine.

Chasing the last sunrays

Tri-X  800 and 1600 in Xtol, Rollei RPX 100 in Rodinal.

September arrived.

And brought some lovely summer nights.

Some things just looked better at night.

We paid a visit to Vietnamese tea house ChenChe.

And to Bee’s performance.

Visited a Muslim cemetary

And the mosque at Columbiadamm

Marveled at the ornaments …

… and listened closely as the Imam prayed.

And stretched out our legs on the carpet.

Spent the night on the bridge knowing that this might be the last for the next 9 months.

Kept shooting random stuff.

Met David and his GR1. 

I still got that look sometimes.

Wirklich?

Got close.

I had my first group exhibition.

And got more comfortable shooting at Alexanderplatz.

Spent a lot of time in Kreuzberg

And in Neukoelln

Then fall arrived.

I bought a Olympus XA. Edu inspected it thouroughly.

We had spectacular fall light,

then suddenly winter came.

Started to spend more time inside than outside.

Watched some people at work

Visited the exhibition of un-posed (Polish street photography collective) with Lorenzo and Edu.

Pior, gallery owner, had an idea.

I got to be a nose for an evening.

Watched Lorenzo …

… and Edu, who does some insanely good medium format work with infrared film. 

The days got darker…

… and colder.

Smooching to stay warm?

I met Johannes

And strolled around in Mitte

How to choose a neg for a print

Spent an afternoon shooting with Lem

Shot more random stuff

Felt exactly like that sometimes …

And like this …

Posting summer pictures to fight the first winter blues.

Films are Tri-X in Xtol, Rollei Retro 100 & Rollei RPX in Rodinal.

Tempelhofer Feld

Runway stroll

Had the chance to finally meet super nice Stefano from Rome. Great to geek out together about rangefinders / street / film photography.

Check out his work here.

Görli

The so called “Thai park”, a small park in Wilmersdorf where the Thai community gathers to cook and sell their food. 

The food is amazing, from pad thai to fresh mango salad to fried bananas, everything is a flavor explosion.

Ana and Paulo

Rafaela visited again

Took this on a walk with Edu and Lorenz

Oranienstraße

Crouch and click

On the way to stock up on film

Mitte people

One of those late summer afternoons with beautiful light

Thaipark. With Bee this time

Hermannplatz

She wasn’t happy being photographed

Körnerpark

Thai park. Waiting for my turn. 

Sandra

Görli

Demonstration against skyrocketing rents

Torstraßenfest

Mit Vergnügen

Tempelhofer Feld 

Min visited

Boy in a bank

Boys on bikes

Thai Park with Juna and her friend

In Esther’s backyard

Sandra

Doing a little excercise, shooting in spots I usually avoid.

Same spot, a few days later.

Fresh supply of Wurst 

Some kind of developing error, negs came out overcooked and with white chocolate sprinkles on top.

Different spot, same excercise. Crowded space, no clean backgrounds and me having a hard time to find pictures.

Shot purely random stuff while waiting for David.

Asian David Lynch

Yvo & Chris came for a visit, we made it out to the Thai park despite of the cold temperatures. Right, winter’s already here … 

Starting with some remaining photos of Vienna. I’m back in Berlin now, July has been busy, but I got to shoot quite a bit of random stuff. 

As always all images shot on Tri-X (developed in Xtol) and Rollei Retro (developed in Rodinal).

MQ at night

I rarely take the camera with me when I go out at night, I’m paranoid about losing it. This night was an exception, but I realized I want a little point and shoot for these occasions.

Rafa and the crew

Next day, opening of the Elliott Erwitt retrospective

Didn’t turn out like I hoped.

But this one did. Notice his fried-egg brooche and the horn on his cane?

First district

Tram ride to Judith

Next day, view from my bed 

Good bye Vienna

Back in Berlin

Found bunnies playing basketball

Gendarmenmarkt

Went to the Baltic Sea for a few days

It was rather cold, just warm enough to sit outside

Breakfast on the balcony with Yvonne

Switched to Rollei Retro 100 here

Didn’t shoot much during these days

Somehow I couldn’t find interesting scenes to shoot, I was also paranoid about getting sand into the lens (it was very windy), so I put the camera away

After the cold days at the beach, back in sunny Berlin

Axel and Romana visited from Vienna

Axel proudly presents his skatedecks. He runs Delight, an Austrian skate label, they make supercool decks.

Dinner at Bee’s

Jong-Eun and Juna. Tri-X +1

Aftermath

Max visited from Frankfurt

Tempelhof airport

Monbijoupark

Lunch at CoCo. Back to Rollei Retro 100

Ralph Gibson exhib at Camera Work

Perusing some photo books

So the plan was to see the Diane Arbus exhibition.

We met at the entrance, started to geek out about cameras, lost track of time and totally missed the closing time. 

I switched lenses with Max. 28mm Elmarit from here, everything seemed super wide in the beginning

Slowly getting used to the focal length

Looking for a bit of shade to change film

In the beginning I thought I wouldn’t be able to fill the 28mm, but I quickly noticed how much fun this lens was.

There’s no hiding with it.

Urbanhafen

People signing up for the urban gardening project at Tempelhof Park

After almost a year on the waiting list, this became ours!

Landing strip

Probably my favorite one from this entry

Max having an affair with my Rolleiflex

At the Soviet Memorial

We had no idea what this scene was about

Cuvrybrache

Last one with the 28mm. I liked this lens a lot. It made me think and shoot differently.

Leap

Rafa visited from Austria

I saw him at a crossing and followed him into the station. I was fascinated that he was looking at black and white prints on the street

Goerlitzer Park

Pizza!

Hermannstraße

As always Tri-X at boxspeed and pushed to 800, developed in Xtol 1+1.

Rollei Retro 100, developed in Rodinal 1+50.

Occupy Riga

Shooting in the Art Noveau district

It was one of the longest shooting days/nights. Agnes and Ray, still smiling at 2 am.

Pasquale, Swiss actor

Next day, slept until afternoon and went out for food

Mormon missionaries

Old Town

Next day, stumbled into a photo session in a bakery

After weeks of sunshine and incredible light, it didn’t stop raining for days

Enough of the food from the catering trucks. The only time we managed to get together to cook.

We all craved Korean food. Chicken stew in the making

Je-Young

View into the backyard

Last breakfast with Shin-Ae

Killing time at the airport

This lady was iphone savvy!

Landed in Vienna

Arrived in the Waldviertel. Finishing the Rollei Retro 100 which I started in Riga

Linde, photographed her a dozen times, still super shy in front of the cam

Back to Tri-X. After weeks of being with people 24/7 this was just what I needed.

Hiking up to the Nebelstein

Top of the mountain

Waiting for Nepalese curry

Arjan from Kathmandu showing pictures of his family. He’s a trekking guide in the Himalaya

Tri-X +1 from here

Rafaela and Dominik

Train ride to Vienna

Arrived!

Gyros or Moussaka?

Axel

Overexposed almost an entire roll, happens when you ignore the light meter.

Karlskirche

Lazy zone focussing

Naschmarkt

Back to Tri-X at boxspeed

Lunch at Der Zweitbeste

Kunsthallencafe

The kids went crazy over a dead pigeon (you can see it in the back on the right), they poured water over it trying to bring it back to life. Shortly after they gave up, I took this. One of my favorites from Vienna I think.

Burgring

Overprotective?

In front of the Natural History Museum

Museumsquartier

After visiting the Leica shop at Westbahnstr. Very nice guys and awesome 2nd hand / vintage stuff.

Pizzeria

I met up with Anja, I’ve been following her blog for a while and was excited to meet her finally in person

See Anja’s shots here

She took me to some nice streets

Anja

We were waiting for something to happen, it didn’t, so we took photos of each other

People reacted differently to two little women shooting with rangefinders

Didn’t get any crap at all, quite the opposite instead

Naschmarkt! Anja took the shot of the two guys cutting leaks in the back, I chickened out.

It’s also quite interesting to see how she framed the same scenes, I think this one is almost identical

Rosenkönigin

Shooting you shooting me 

Shadow selfie

This was the last shot I took with her, I was sad to part, I could have gone on for hours, was having too much fun with her.

Somewhere in the 18. district