PAPERminis

The PAPERminis are rocking away! Over on www.ctl2013.de there are more and more of my PAPERminis. Have you seen them?

I am also keeping a selection on this page. Up top you find the link to the PAPERminis page of Trans Pond. But if you want to see the images right when they are published, you should check CTL2013 frequently or join our Facebook page: CTL2013 on Facebook.

Die PAPERminis rocken weiter! Drüben auf www.ctl2013.de da sind mehr und mehr meiner PAPERminis. Habt Ihr sie schon gesehen?

Ich führe auch eine Sammlung der Bilder hier auf diesem Blog. Oben in der Leiste findet Ihr den Link zu meiner PAPERminis Seite hier auf Trans Pond. Aber wenn Ihr die Bilder gleich zur Veröffentlichung sehen wollt, dann solltet Ihr CTL2013 regelmäßig checken oder unserer Facebook-Seite folgen: CTL2013 auf Facebook.

Cross the Road

Another one of the H0 images I was taking for tests.

Check out the PAPERminis-project I am running on Come to Life.

Harrison is roaming

Check out Come To Life, every once in a while!

52 weeks - we are going strong

I think, you may have noticed the 52 week project I am taking part in.

7 photographers, 7 action figures and 7 extremely different concepts that make one, entire project for the whole of the year 2013.

Come To Life 2013 

is going strong since January and I am proud to say that we have delivered on time on every Sunday morning at 8 a.m. 

Keep checking in. The blog has the stories that go with the photos in German and English every time.

Come to Life

May I draw your attention to my project of the year 2013?

I am part of "Come to Life 2013" a project of 7 photographers from all over Germany. If you want to know the details, check out our blog:

Come to Life 2013

I am spending a whole year with "Harrison" and I get to know him pretty well. 

We deliver fresh new stories and photos every Sunday morning.

Darf ich Eure Aufmerksamkeit mal auf mein Projekt für das Jahr 2013 lenken?

Ich bin Teil von "Come to Life 2013" - einem Projekt von 7 Photographen aus ganz Deutschland. Wenn Ihr die Details erfahren wollt, kommt in unserem Blog vorbei:

Come to Life 2013

Ich verbringe ein ganzes Jahr mit Harrison und ich kenne ihn schon ziemlich gut.

Wir liefern frische Stories und Bilder jeden Sonntag morgen.

 

Valentine's Day

I took a special photo for Valentine's Day lately. I was working on the theme week of Come To Life 2013 for last sunday. Check it out, there I used another one of the same set.

Here is to all the Valentine's around the world.

Ich habe für diesen Valentinstag ein spezielles Foto gemacht. Ich habe an einem Bild für unsere Themenwoche bei Come To Life 2013 gearbeitet. Schaut mal vorbei. Dort habe ich ein anderes Bild desselben Sets.

Dieses Bild ist allen Valentinschätzchen rund um die Welt gewidmet.

Harrison in the Snow

I don't know if you follow Come To Life 2013 - but I wish you did.

We present our project at least on Sundays, every week of this year. But we also do all these inbetween posts that you should check out.

Last sunday, Harrison was struggeling through some pretty deep snow - happy about his new leather jacket.

Who is Harrison? What's about his leather jacket? What snow? If you ask any of these questions, you are not up to date. So go, check out the project! Now! I mean it, no joke.

But if you can answer all these questions, you may still not know anything about his hike through the snow, or do you? 

Here is one more photo, yet, of that walk - brought to you by Come To Life 2013!

Oh, and tomorrow morning at 8 a.m., European Central Time, we go on with another weekly post of all 7 characters.

Harrison's journey

Harrison was on his way to find some important envelope. Did you follow his trip up to here?

Check out the details on Come To Life 2013! 

Harrison war auf seinem Weg um einen wichtigen Umschlag zu finden. Habt Ihr bis hier her seinen Weg verfolgt? Guckt Euch die Details hier an: Come To Life 2013!

When he finally found the envelope high up on the cliff side he was trapped and could not get back down.

Here is the documentation of his way higher up.

Endlich hat er den Umschlag gefunden, als er feststellen musste, dass ihm der Weg nach unten zurück abgeschnitten war. 

Hier ist die Dokumentation seines Wegs weiter hinauf.

  

Endlich kam er oben an und machte sich auf seinen Weg nach Hause. Und wie es jetzt weiter geht, seht Ihr heute hier:

Come To Life 2013 - Woche 4

He finally came to the top and got on his way home. Check it out here:

Come To Life 2013 - Woche 4

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?  

  

Crafts and Photography

I am publishing a Making Of on Come to Life 2013 today. 

I made a leather jacket for the figure I am participating with. Here is how:

Come To Life

 

Heute zeige ich ein Making Of bei Come To Life.

Für meine Figur habe ich eine Lederjacke genäht. Wie? Das verrate ich hier:

Come To Life

Week 2 is online

The project is running.

Since the beginning we have posted a few things now. It is a 52 week project. And yet we are posting more than that. Not necessarily in the same pattern, but we are giving you in-between posts a lot in the coming year.

So, please, if you want to be up to date: Come and check out the project blog regulary and at least every sunday morning.

Today is sunday of week 2. 

Harrison is presenting you a photo story this week instead of a single picture. Maybe that is along the lines you like? How will things progress? What will happen next? Where is he climbing to?

Come To Life 

Das Projekt ist unterwegs.

Seit dem Projektbeginn haben wir schon Einiges gepostet. Es ist ein 52 Wochen Projekt. Trotzdem posten wir mehr als das. Wir halten uns nicht notwendigerweise an ein bestimmtes Muster, aber wir bringen Euch so einige Zwischendurch-Postings im kommenden Jahr.

Also bitte, wenn Ihr auf dem Laufenden sein wollt, dann schaut regelmäßig im Blog vorbei aber zumindest an jedem Sonntag morgen.

Heute ist der Sonntag der Woche 2.

Harrison zeigt sich diese Woche mit einer Photostory anstelle eines Einzelbildes. Vielleicht ist das nach Eurem Geschmack? Wie wird die Geschichte wohl weitergehen? Was wird als nächstes passieren? Und wohin klettert er?

Come To Life 

Come To Life - Update

Hi!

As you have seen, we kicked of "Come To Life 2013" on January 1st.

Sunday of last week brought the first project photos and we are happy to say that we are busy behind the scenes. Still plotting new ideas and refining the scheme as well as working on accessories and photo scenes.

Are you curious what goes on behind the scenes when we shoot our photos?

Heinrich is starting out with a spectatular first "Making Of" - a  video sped up to show you how he set fire for Tony to endure in his Week 1 photo.

Another thrilling news: We now have a real domain for the project: No longer is the "blogspot" necessary in the address. Just go to www.ctl2013.de and check things out.

The direct link to the making of is here: FIRE.


Hallo!
Wie Ihr gesehen habt, haben wir Come To Life 2013 am 1. Januar gestartet.

Sonntag letzter Woche haben wir die ersten Projektphotos herausgebracht und können mit Stolz sagen, dass wir hinter den Kulissen fleißig sind. Wir tüfteln weitere Ideen aus, basteln Zubehör für unsere Figuren und arbeiten an Photoszenen.

Seid Ihr neugierig, wie es bei uns hinter den Kulissen eines Photos so abgeht?

Heinrich hat heute den Anfang gemacht mit seinem spektakulären Making Of - einem beschleunigten Video davon, wie er für Tony gezündelt hat, um das Foto für Woche 1 zu erstellen.

Und noch eine tolle Neuigkeit haben wir: Wir haben jetzt eine richtige Domain! Das "blogspot" ist nicht länger nötig, um die Seite anzuwählen. Geht einfach direkt auf www.ctl2013.de um die Seite zu sehen.

Und hier ist der Direktlink zum Making Of: FEUER

Come to Life - it has begun

Did you go to check out my new project? I am in it with 6 other photographers and one action figure each.

We all are really differnet in concept and style and try our best to keep you entertained. Check it out!

The new posting went online this morning and you will get a first insight into the real deal.

Come to Life 

Habt Ihr schon einen Blick auf mein neues Projekt geworfen? Ich arbeite daran mit 6 anderen Photographen und jeder mit einer eigenen Actionfigur.

Wir alle sind sehr unterschiedlich in unseren Konzepten und Stilen und geben uns Mühe, Euch gut zu unterhalten. Kommt mal vorbei!

Heute morgen ging das neue Posting online und Ihr bekommt einen ersten Blick auf das tatsächliche Ergebnis. 


 

Come To Life - the introduction

Yesterday I posted about the new project, here I want to give you the permanent link to the introduction post. This is what we are doing and who is in it:

CTL 2013

And this is me and Harrison - one team for CTL 2013.

Come to Life

The year has just begun and I am starting out on a new project. It is a project 52 - one photo per week. But I am not in it alone.

We are 7 photographers and 7 action characters. And we will bring you one photo per week for each team. We are posting on Sundays so make sure to check out the show.

Our introduction is online already - with German introduction texts for now - and you can see all the participants... almost. There is a post with project information in English already so be sure to come by.

Come To Life 2013 

Dieses Jahr hat gerade erst angefangen und ich habe mich an ein neues Projekt gewagt. Es ist ein Projekt 52 - ein Photo pro Woche. Aber ich mache das nicht allein.

Wir sind 7 Photographen und 7 Actionfiguren. Und wir bringen Euch pro Team jede Woche ein Bild. Wir posten an jedem Sonntag, also stellt sicher, dass Ihr immer auf dem Laufenden seid!