Monthly Archives: June 2012 Today I met with some participants in my group Photography in Berlin for a photo critique session. This time the point of discussion was depth of field. Everyone brought images and we looked at how depth of field worked in their images, the settings they used and made suggestions for improvements. We went to a…
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 Phia is my latest muse in my Berlin Portrait series. An absolutely lovely creature and a delight to photograph. Thank you Phia, it was lovely capturing you in your home and hearing your story. Phia ‘Where I live is described as ‘dreiländereck’ – literally ‘corner of three lands’. I think that makes it sound like…  I do Bikram yoga. I discovered it when I was working in London in 2007. It’s basically power yoga performed in a room heated to around 38 degrees. You are in there for 90 mins, and each of the 26 postures is performed twice in a row. Why in the hell would someone do that,…  Last night MKA Berlin delivered their final performance in their series of staged play readings. This one was called Triangle and it was written by Glyn Roberts. I captured the rehearsal a couple of days ago. Last night I went early to capture them in the theatre space with costumes and lighting. When I arrived… awwwww thank you Elmi!!! Gorgeous!!!  Tonight I went to the monthly mixer held by Start Up Berlin. This is an English speaking platform designed to help start ups in Berlin navigate their way around the German systems. A great way to bring everyone together is with a simple mixer. Introductions are made, ideas are suggested, business cards are swapped. This… Thanks Helen! Yes advice from all corners can be very helpful. There’s nothing like advice from someone that has come before you to make the road a little easier. Certainly join the group and good luck when you come to Berlin! Dear Beth I was very impressed with your photos and your explorations of Berlin. I will be there for 10 months from this September and would love to go to “Start up Berlin” and make contacts in the city. I have some survival German and hope to learn a lot. I will be out in the Grunewald but plan to come into the city centre as often as possible. So any ideas would be most welcome. Many thanks Helen R  I popped into the rehearsal for MKA Berlin’s staged reading ‘Triangle’ by Glyn Roberts. It will be performed by Annie Last and Anouschka Pearlman and it’s directed by Patrick O’Beirne. A staged reading is where the piece is performed in the terms of the sense and mood, but is not finessed in the same way…  Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Great company, candles, wine, gerberas, goats cheese baked and then drizzled with a warm honey, almond and thyme sauce. Yeah you heard right. Friggin amazing. You literally die and go to heaven, just on the goat’s cheese alone. B  Today I ran my Conquering Your Camera Workshop. It went really well! Two very keen, very capable participants, Lauren and Laura, came. In the morning we covered ISO, aperture and shutter speed and then in the afternoon we defined ‘correct exposure’. From there they learned how to always achieve accurate exposure with the right settings…  This little treasure turns 4 today. His name is Angus, and he is my nephew. A couple of weeks ago I was out at Dessau and saw the perfect present for him in the gift shop. A 14-piece castle set. You can put the pieces whichever way you want to make the castle of your…  A curvy building at a major intersection in Kreuzberg…a random find, loved it, posted it. B  Kitchensurfing is the brainchild of a handfull of overachievers in the US and has come to Berlin. It’s a concept focused on bringing chefs and their culinary skills directly to the people. So if you have a private function, like a dinner party, and you want it to be beautiufully cooked for by a chef,…  Today I went out with my group Photography in Berlin (again, yes, we have had a few meet ups recently) to Tegeler See, otherwise known as Lake Tegel. It’s not far north out of the city, so we met after work and then rode our bikes around the lake till we found a good spot… 
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