Year: 2016

Photography and Design5 Comments

Photo Shooting, Shopping And Tasty Bockwürstchen

Dennis

I met my mother today because we wanted to go shopping together in a big shopping center. I shot some very cool portraits of my mother on the way to the malls, and even inside the shopping center because Christmas trees or any Christmas lights make a nice bokeh portrait background. We definitely had fun, although my mother is a bit shy because strangers were curious and looked, but I told her “You will get used to it”. As a German, I can tell you, taking photos or posing for a portrait is definitely not normal in Germany. For the … Continue reading Photo Shooting, Shopping And Tasty Bockwürstchen

Photography and Design7 Comments

Cobblestone Street in Lübeck

Dennis

Here is a photo that I shot some weeks ago when I also took the other street photo and another nice photo of Lübeck. The photo I show you in my current post was shot with 30 seconds shutter speed with a tripod. We have some interesting narrow alleys in Lübeck. I have some similar photos that I didn’t upload yet, but as always I will do this over time. Continue reading Cobblestone Street in Lübeck

Nature and Animals, Photography and Design6 Comments

Testing The 50mm Lens With My Cat

Dennis

It’s raining outside and that means I don’t want to test my new 50mm lens outside yet. But I tested this lens already inside, especially at f/1.8 to get a nice blurry background or shallow depth of field. The problem is however that depth of field can become too shallow sometimes. Well, this is actually not a problem, it’s rather one of the reasons why I wanted to get this 50mm lens. What I meant is, that I do now have to get used to different aperture settings, or to be more exact to control this and to learn when … Continue reading Testing The 50mm Lens With My Cat

Photography and Design3 Comments

Unexpected Possibilities

Dennis

I purchased my Nikon 50mm prime lens because I liked the fact that you can play with depth of field and bokeh according to different sources. On my DX sensor, 50mm are effectively seen 75mm, that means I thought this would also be a nice lens to try portrait photography and this is true. The weather is so bad that I don’t like to go outside with my camera, but I tested the new lens inside. I visited grandma and grandpa, and my uncle, and I shot several portrait photos and liked it. There are a couple of other reasons … Continue reading Unexpected Possibilities

Photography and Design3 Comments

Santa Claus Came Too Early And Brought Me A Nikon 50mm 1.8G

Dennis

Yeah, Santa Claus came a bit too early this year. No, let me be serious now, I actually made a present to myself. As I mentioned in this post, I tried to get a used Nikon 50mm 1.8G lens for 120€. Yes, this mission is complete, the post was written three weeks ago, that means it took me three weeks to find the lens and to convince sellers to let me purchase it for this price. Now that I followed the lens for several weeks, I can tell you that the average German market price (used) for the lens is … Continue reading Santa Claus Came Too Early And Brought Me A Nikon 50mm 1.8G

Games3 Comments

Elysium Project – Nostalrius: The Vanilla World of Warcraft Private Server Returns

Dennis

You think Blizzard went the wrong direction with World of Warcraft and you would like to experience the good old days again? Or are you one of those that came a bit too late but that were always curious how gameplay might have been back in the days when World of Warcraft started? Or did you already play on a classic private server to get back to this experience but they shut your favorite server down? No matter who you are, there is a really great news for you. A while ago, there were hints that Blizzard showed interest to … Continue reading Elysium Project – Nostalrius: The Vanilla World of Warcraft Private Server Returns