Berlin with a Voigtlander Vintage Camera

In mid-2023, I was able to travel to Berlin, taking with me the Voigtlander Perkeo II vintage film camera. This is a wonderful and impressive machine. The lens is excellent. Definitely a keeper.

Berlin Voigtlander Perkeo II
Kodak Gold 200 Unter den Linden
Looks like the 1930s.
Marx and Engels remain mute against the backdrop of Berlin’s catholic cathedral.
The Reichstag seen from the river.
Germany’s political headquarters are modern and a bit lifeless.
Berlin Dom Fuji Reala 100
Fuji Reala 100 Museum Island, James-Simon-Galerie. This is a new addition to the Museum island.
Alexander von Humboldt, Ukrainian Flag, Kodak Gold 200
City Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Kodak Gold 200
Volksbuehne Kodak Gold 200

Favorite Time of the Year

Days get shorter, lights go on. This is a great time to paint with the light, since the backdrop of the canvas is pitch black. So many opportunities: It is like you are given a new toy to explore your own environment. You are discovering a new way of seeing. What is happening in your neighborhood?Follow the direction of the light. Bend it, swirl it, draw a curve or a graph. Make the light dance. Use the zoom and have your light burst onto the scene, or have it travel way down there into the black hole.

Light flaring against a black bckground

Your imagination knows no boundaries. Move, twirl, rotate. The light is flexible, it will move along and etch its own path onto your sensor. Discover avenues of light your eyes are unable to capture.

See how the rays of light move like a spectacular color ocean in the night. Do they forms chains or strobes, walls or gates?

Steady your hand and start drawing and painting with the light sources in front of you.

Bouquet of light flowers
Ocean waves of light