Fuggers' house

This is an impressive gate to the Fugger house in Augsburg.

Seljalandsfoss

A winter visit to Seljalandsfoss brought us ice coatings on everything. 

Iceland is beautiful in every season as far as I can tell. I want to go on a deep winter visit one day.

2 years of blogging

2 years of blogging... where did it get me?

I have roughly 37,000 views in 2 years. I would count this as a success.

I got my photography more published than before. I have a place to leave my thoughts about photography and I can span all the topics that I am working on.

I love blogging and I took the bait and went to a daily posting routine about one and a half years ago. I am eager to keep this up while I try not to let my blog get too uniform and too boring.

I am changing up the topics a bit here and there, from contest entries to trips. From landscape to street. To portrait. To city. To animal.

There are topics I do photograph - like weddings and babies or toddlers - that I do not publish and post for reasons of privacy. 

I love being a hobby photographer, so that I can chose my topics just as I like and that I can keep this blog nicely fresh and my interest in photography awake. I do not need to submit to selling or customer's wishes. Of course, taking photography as hobby, limits the time and money you can put into the photography itself, the gear and the traveling. 

The blog got me confident in showing my photography not just in limited circles but also for a wider audience. The pretty much world wide attention my posts got, was really overwhelming.

I now have a facebook page Trans Pond on Facebook and I do sell calendars of my pictures. This all keeps me going on the hobby and it keeps me getting better.
 
What would I wish for for the future?

I want to keep this up and running. I want to embark on new projects and topics. I want to learn more about all the details of the trade and all the styles I set my foot on.

I would like to keep entertaining you. I would like to keep the "one post a day" minimum up for the future - believe me: sometimes it's hard!
I would like to progress in photography. I would like to travel a lot and get to phantastic locations.

I would also like to hear what you are thinking. And I would like to receive comments to my posts a little more often.

For now I will post a long, long list of photos from the last few years. All across the pallet of topics. Check them out to enjoy.

Thanks for sharing the ride, here! It's been fun and we will keep going, allright?  

  

Historic Sweden

We got to this castle that is turned a museum and filled with live stock and people caring for the animals right when they were closing. They were just bringing in the cattle and feeding them. Unfortunately the light wasn't all that great. But I hope you enjoy these moments anyways.

Gerade als sie schließen wollten, kamen wir an dieses historische Museum in Schweden, in dem Tiere gehalten und von Menschen in traditioneller Kleidung betreut werden. Leider war das Licht zu der Zeit nicht mehr sehr gut, aber ich hoffe, Ihr findet auch Gefallen an den Bildern.

Doors, Doors, Doors

Doors over doors over doors

and they are al differnet and worth a look.

Lisbon, Portugal

Belém, Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon, Alfama, Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal

Fulpmes, Austria

Lisbon, Portugal

Rothenburg, Germany

Venice, Piazza San Marco, Italy

Évora, Portugal

Venice, Ghetto, Italy

Venice, Italy

Peterborough Town Library, New England, USA

Venice, Murano, Italy, Glas goes into the fire

Cape Cod, New England, USA

Belgien / Belgium

Keene, New England, USA

Isafjördur, Island / Iceland

Èvora, Portugal

Évora, Portugal

Türen über Türen über Türen über Türen

- und alle sind verschieden und interessant.

Sweden at night

Sunset near Malmö, July 2010

In the background you see the Malmö Copenhagen Bridge over Öresund. 

Two more people pose for me as "live stock" in the picture. OK, to be honest: They were taking sunset pictures as well.

The Admiral

In Sweden, 2010, we sat in a harbour sea food restaurant one night and the seagulls were diving into the harbour waters and came back up with clams and shell fish.

One of the seagulls was really impressive. We kept calling him "The Admiral", because he was strutting up and down the pier and looking very regal. The other birds tried to be close to him but also stay out of his way.

In Schweden, 2010, saßen wir abends in einem Fischrestaurant im Hafen und die Möven tauchten ins Hafenbecken um mit Muschen und Schalentieren wieder aufzutauchen.

Eine der Möven war wirklich eine imposante Erscheinung. Wir haben ihn den "Admiral" getauft. Er stolzierte fast aufgeblasen und sehr königlich auf dem Pier auf und ab. Die anderen Vögel blieben zwar durchaus bei ihm, standen ihm aber nach Möglichkeit nicht im Weg.