… we are still alive, not eaten by lions or leopards yet. But there are still some weeks to come. Since I did not take my Mac with me, and I am shooting in RAW, you will have to wait for me to come back from ZA until I’ll show my shots….
Jan 262010
Some days back in a posting I mentioned the “get published” contest held by lensbaby. They state that more than 2.000 images had been submitted but they only could choose twelve. The chosen artwork can be found here, sad but true, mine did not get picked. But seeing the artwork chosen – and one of [...]
Jan 192010
Last weekend, I was asked by Markus to join in for the Photo09 exhibition in Zürich. We met on deviantArt, because he was shooting the same model I did one week past my shooting with her. Having seen his shot of her with her bear hat on said everything.
I got involved into numerous discussions about Hardware, and there seems to be no end in sight. One of the statements mostly targets at the used hardware and its correlation to good pictures. Of course it is hard to shoot the perfect shot using a crappy camera. Nevertheless, a good camera will not make the [...]
I have entered two images to the Lensbaby contest for the Lensbaby Book. All voting will take place from January 1, 2010 – January 7, 2010. The Image I sent in is calles Cindarella, which is part of the Lamp Shades series. It would be great if you would put in your vote. If you [...]
Dec 312009
The last “Surfing the Net” has been a while ago. This time I would like to point out some interesting sites for all sorts of shots. First of all, let my point out something. I am quite aware that whatever image or text one puts online, can and will be copied and reused. There are [...]
Dec 232009
I’ve had this idea for quite some time, shooting with several lamp shades, the ones made from chinese paper one can buy at Ikea. I already purchased a bunch of them when Jaz asked me over to Lausanne for a spontaneous shooting.
I recently received a note on ModelMayhem by Jaz asking for a shooting in Lausanne. After some notes and some mails going back and forth we decided to do a spontaneous shooting last weekend. Not knowing it would be one of the coldest weekends.
Nov 092009
It is not easy, to keep the eyes open, while knowing, one will have a water balloon splashing in ones face just about the next second. Having done this myself, I know how hard it will be for a model.
Nov 022009
I have decided to move my Domain from http://photography.zugenmaier.de to http://fastfocus.ch. The old link will still work, but will be redirected to the new URL. Nothing new otherwise. Sorry. Have a nice start for the new week. Dirk
Oct 192009
A dream is a dream but as soon as you try to touch it it will be gone…
Oct 172009
As soon as I realized the temperatures to drop significantly, I decided to bring my banana plants back in from my balcony. But while sitting next to them during the evening, I recognized two of them being taken over by lice.
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