One Day

Hamburg, Germany.

The "Mundsburg" apartment buildings; picture taken from the top of a multi-storey car park. 
30 seconds at F/10 and ISO1600.

February 2011.

Due to the weather (snow from December to mid-January, and heavy rain from mid-January until a couple days ago), I haven't been able to ride my bike as often as I would've liked to. 

The last few nights have been good though. I enjoy riding at night. It's peaceful and quiet, and there's not many cars on the streets. Since my bike doesn't have any lights - which is probably illegal in Germany (almost everything is illegal in Germany!) - I've got a headlamp, which is much better than a fixed light. 

From our apartment, I usually ride through the streets for about an hour before I reach a huge 13-storey car park. Since there's no hills or mountains in Hamburg, the ramps are as close as I can get to Col du Tourmalet. 

I'm gonna have my bike resprayed some time this year (thanks to Ian from Windy Wandering for his advice). I'm thinking about British Racing Green for the frame, which I will contrast with red tape for the handlebar.

Recent inspirations have been tattooed girls, strange videos sent to me by friends, absolutely stunning pictures, and of course music - such as the song whose title I used for this blog post.

Have a nice weekend!

- Dom

Everything Louder Than Everything Else

Manhattan, NY.

August 2007.

Medium format film; cross-processed 

(click here for information)

I uploaded these photographs a couple months ago, but deleted them by mistake. I haven't taken many medium format pictures since 2007, and the ones above are some of my favourites.

The weather is good today. Provided that it won't rain tonight, I'll shoot some long exposures.

Have a nice day.

- Dom

Life Is Just A Highway

Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

July 2007.

Medium format.

And if life is just a highway

Then the soul is just a car

(Meat Loaf)

Meat Loaf's show at Wembley Arena a couple years ago was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. 

Town Called Malice

Ham Christian Centre.

UK. 2007.

Medium format film.

Going Underground

The Elbe Tunnel.

Hamburg, Germany.

2009.
Click here for another photograph.

Blog post title taken from this song by The Jam, one of the greatest British bands of the 1970s and 1980s.

Hopefully, I'll be able to upload some new photographs soon. Tomorrow, a fellow photographer, Julia, is going to visit me.
On Friday, one of my classmates from London is coming over to Hamburg. The last time I saw Rachel was a year ago. When you live in different cities and countries, you don't see each other very often... you find out who your real friends are, too.

I hope you've had a great start into the new month.

- Dom