This post should have been published on 26th of April, but I didn’t upload the picture until today, so this is a bit out of cronological order. You can find my entry here.

Another gear/software change. This time not entirely my own decision. Apple “announced”* last year that they’d cease support/development of Aperture. I was hoping that the new Photos app that comes with Yosemite 10.3 would evolve into something that could eventually replace the abandoned Aperture. In terms of asset management, Photos turned out to be a complete failure to me. So when Lightroom 6 was announced last week, I decided to give it a try. Although I am not entirely convinced and ignoring the fact that Capture One by Phase One has the better RAW conversion, I am going to replace Aperture with Lightroom 6.

Easter weekend used to be a weekend were lots of peace rallies/demonstrations took place in Germay. The strong symbol of these demonstrations is the dove of peace. Times have changed and I hope this one is not a sign of things to come.

Went for a walk with my wife, she had her Polaroid with the new Impossible b/w 2.0 film with her. The sun was already low and some skaters were practicing their tricks. I asked one of them to do a wheelie, so I could take the picture I had in mind. With exposure compensation to the max and shot against the sun, I am quite satisfied with it.

some impressions from Davos, Switzerland

I am certainly not Charlie, because (the authors of) Charlie (Hebdo) were far more brave than I will ever be. And I live in Germany, with a government that happily sells tanks to Saudi Arabia, a country that has not only one of the worst human rights records in the world, but does not mind a ridiculous cleric decree that forbids citizens to build snowmen for religious reasons. Well, actually the problem is not about snowmen, but the fact that the german government does not have the balls to criticize the SA government for its support of extremist islamic terrorism or the punishment of blogger Raif Badawi because we have a good business relationship and rely on their oil.