Berlin

An update from Dirk appeared in my comment section and I thought it a good idea to add it to the photograph:
By the way:

Hafiz Schükri (or Schükrü)was part of the board of the Islamische Gemeinde zu Berlin e.V. (Islamic Community of Berlin) that was founded in 1922. The founder was Abdul Jabbar Kheiri, who lived in…

My Istanbul Window ...

I came to love this ‘window’ in Istanbul ...claimed it, in my casually colonial way, as my Istanbul window.  I have photographed it often over the years, measuring my progress as a photographer, seeing the instinctive become a knowledge-based act, still instinct- driven but perhaps enhanced by a growing ease with the technical.

It’s not at eye-level and that’s the…

Ali Kaaf, Artist

I was fortunate to not only meet Ali Kaaf but photograph him too.  And it was a pleasure.

Ali is exhibiting work in the exhibition TASWIR: Pictorial Mappings of Modernity and Islam, in the Martin-Gropius-Bau from November 4 till January 18, 2010. 
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TASWIR – Pictorial Mappings of Modernity and Islam. The Opening, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin 2009

I found this group really rather beautiful and couldn’t resist photographing them as they sat there on the stairs inside the Martin Gropius Bau here in Berlin.

TASWIR – Pictorial Mappings of Modernity and Islam. The Opening, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin 2009

I loved the way this woman’s hat matched in with the colour of my photographs here in this shot.

TASWIR – Pictorial Mappings of Modernity and Islam. The Opening, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin 2009

Tamrac Camera Bags - a recommendation, with a big nod to Lowepro

The problem of finding exactly the right bag to carry my camera equipment has been an ongoing problem ...

I thought I had solved all issues with the purchase of a Lowepro, Flipside 400 AW however it was heavy when full.  Not only that, during a hot and humid few weeks in Italy,…

Did I Mention My Yesterday ...?

My yesterday was a full day ...

I had my marketing student here in the morning to study English with me, we have 3 weeks to improve his English to the point where he passes his examination and then, at 2pm, there I was chatting with two lovely Belgians - the photographer and the journalist, here to interview me…

Galleria Imperiale, Antique Store, Genova

Galleria Imperiale is well worth a visit, both to view the antiques on display and to wander through the beautiful building in which they are housed. 

I used my Canon EOS 5D series II and the Canon EF 17-40mm 1:4L, without flash for this shot.

You can visit Galleria Imperiale at Campetto 8,  in the ancient heart of the…

Evening Light from my (borrowed) Kitchen Window, Genova

At some point, I fell in love with the idea of capturing light.  Perhaps it was the new camera, the Canon EOS 5D series II - a camera that has changed my life as a photographer.  Suddenly all those lessons made sense and the camera became more of an extension of myself, as opposed…