24/12/2010
Due to an apparent error in my work-flow, today and the 27th will be without photos. I currently have no access to my working computer with the photos on it and thus no means to correct my mishaps either.
Christmas is the time of love, peace and happiness (the latter is really just a on-the-paper-thing, but it's a noble aim!) and for me also a time of relaxation after a lot of work and effort. I hope all my readers (I really don't know how many that is) will enjoy their holidays just as much as I will.
Christmas is the time of love, peace and happiness (the latter is really just a on-the-paper-thing, but it's a noble aim!) and for me also a time of relaxation after a lot of work and effort. I hope all my readers (I really don't know how many that is) will enjoy their holidays just as much as I will.
14/12/2010
08/12/2010
07/12/2010
Okay, you heard my complaints. This is why I want a Canon 60D + Sigma 50mm F/1.4. A setup that costs roughly 1300€. Oh, it'd also be perfect for portrait/people photography. Mmmm...
06/12/2010
The scene was photographed at the central train station in Dortmund as I was travelling back to my apartment after visiting my parents. As you may or may not have heard, the minister of the inner of Germany has pronounced that the state of Germany is at risk of being attacked by terrorists. There are no details whatsoever, and the only thing that people see and feel are exactly those policemen, wearing heavy bulletproof vests, uzis, and always appearing in couples. They're most oftenly located at train stations. I haven't been around much, so as a lucky guess, they might also be visible at airports or in inner cities, but don't quote me on that, it really is just guessing.
Either way, after taking only two photos, I've been told to stop it, and the well-behaved citizen that I am, I did, and went over to have a talk. It was a short talk, such an uzi is really very impressive and you don't feel like talking much with such a person. The most interesting line that was said was...
"I think that it's still better that the state is doing something rather than not caring and not doing anything at all."Here's my two cents: the terrorists already won if we're placing all kinds of policemen everywhere around the train stations. For all I know, it's still very easy to commit terrorist attacks, if you only care about it enough and have a decent brain and enough dedication. Those policemen won't be capable of preventing that, and neither will storing IP addresses for 3 years and neither will anything else. All that this does at the moment is scare the people. Scare me and my friends. It will alienate minorities and "usual suspects", immigrants and especially muslims. Eventually, that will just lead to more terrorism.
As a reminder: "terrorism", linguistically seen, originates from a latin word that can be roughly translated to "to scare". The only successful way to fight terrorism is not to be afraid and to solve the underlying problems that have caused this particular type of terrorism. This can only work in long-term thinking. It would take years and decades, if it's possible at all - because history teaches us that terrorism has always been present in one form or another. And we just have to live with that.
Update: I have just received information that the policemen now appear in groups of three instead.
03/12/2010
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