Category Archives: Business Trip

Winter Wonderland, Moscow February 2012

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The most important factor in traveling photography is: Luck! I have been to Moscow a couple of times before in the winter but it was always too warm thanks to global warming. I think I have said that already. But it fits as this post is the second part of “Blue Hour At The Red Square” I posted about two weeks ago. It was the third night in Moscow. St. Valentin’s day. When I woke up in the morning I knew it was going to be a good day. Finally it was snowing in Moscow! Continue reading →

Early Skyscrapers, Cologne November 2012 ( RX100 )

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This time it’s a less exotic business trip destination. Germany! I have been to Germany numerous of times. I worked for a couple of German companies or companies that had their European headquarter in Germany. I have been there for trade shows and business meetings. I go there on a regular base to see my parents in law but I never was in Germany for vacation. Continue reading →

Blue Hour at the Red Square, Moscow February 2012 ( X100 )

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I have visited Moscow a couple of times but thanks to global warming it took till last February to have some really cold weather. Finally I would get the chance to see the Red Square covered with snow. Not on the first evening though. The day my plan arrived it was -33 degrees Celsius in the morning. It was close to the end of a cold wave coming from Siberia. The massive drop in temperature covered almost all of Europe. People died in Poland and in the Ukraine.

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Men At Work, Chisinau, Moldova, February 2012 ( X100 )

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FUJIFILM FinePix X100 (23mm, f/2, 1/500 sec, ISO500)

Sometimes you need to be fast because the opportunity to catch a special moment just lasts a second. Above images are a good example. I was on a business trip in Eastern Romania and Moldova. It was the first time I visited Moldova and I had no clear picture of the country before I went there. The only thing I knew was that it is the poorest country in Europe. Continue reading →

The Paradox of Choice, Sometimes Less Is More

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I love to travel. In my early years I bought lot’s of stuff when on vacation. Sometimes it was very useful but most of the time it wasn’t. I have no use for the handmade knife from Norway. I rarely wear my pure wool pullovers from Ireland and Scotland because they are far too warm and I’m not brave enough anymore to wear my “original” wool hat from Madeira because it simply looks stupid. Continue reading →