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Archive for October 2009

The Playground Diaries Part V

Wait, the diaries on Monday? Yep, for good reason. After Mari go sick the weekend before last weekend, sadly last Thursday it was J’s turn. So I stayed in on Friday, and took care of my girls and the household most of the weekend. So this will be the diary entry for the week, as [...]

He Was A Skater Boy

I like reliving my youth, because who doesn’t? That youth involved skateboarding. Even in East-Germany I owned a rather funky-looking (by today’s standards anyway) skateboard that was manufactured by a company usually building machines for chocolate production. It had a nice and simple set of things not to do on the downside of the deck, [...]

The Playground Diaries Part IV

Today the playgrounds were empty, and I don’t blame anyone for that. Apparently we skipped autumn and went directly to winter. I just bought a winter jacket last weekend, and today was the first day I had to wear it. I’ll tell you how I feel about that: It sucks! I’m not a big fan [...]

I Made Banana Bread

We must alert the church elders!

No seriously, I don’t know why I put it off for so long. Yesterday I found some dark-brown bananas in the fridge and immediately thought of one thing: banana bread! Now I can hear you say that bananas that went brown in the fridge aren’t really the kind of banana [...]

Mamiya C33

My Yashica [...]

Mari’s First Sailing Trip

J’s coming from a sailing family, and you won’t hear me complaining, there’s something so relaxed about sailing, something that brings you close to the elements, wind, air and water, and heaps of sun, if you’re lucky. Fortunately for Mari they have a boat, and they live close to the water. I’m sure Mari will [...]

The Playground Diaries Part III

Putting aside the fact that today would’ve been the 60th anniversary of the country I used to live in, it was also another Wednesday I’d spend with Mari, well most of it anyway.

Luckily the weather gods must’ve figured it out and turned the day into rather warm if slightly cloudy one. Thank you. Perfect day [...]

Oliv on Black and White

I sure enjoy going back to the Oliv. It has become one of my favorite cafés in Berlin. Last time we went there I had my Nikon loaded with Rollei Retro 100 film, and I ended up shooting most of the film in there, filling it with shots of J and Mari, and some of [...]

The Olympus XA Light Leak Extravaganza

I hate light leaks. I hate them. There’s nothing appealing about them for me, they’re neither what I consider lomo nor do they add anything, they just take away from the photo.

You can imagine my slight frustration when I found that some of the shots from the test rolls I took with the Olympus XA [...]