Watching.
Thursday is the most stressful day of the week. Lots of commitments involving the kids, so I am constantly moving between places. In between, I still managed to finally get ahead with our picu PayPal integration β coming soon! π
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A blog where Florian tries to post one photo per day.
2025-09-17
Not so successful shot of the flock.
2025-09-16
Finally, another movie night. We watched Unstoppable. Denzel can't do wrong, although he didn't have that much to work with in this one. We still enjoyed ourselves even despite the pizza arriving when the movie was almost over. π
2025-09-15
Took the scooters out to Museum Folkwang today.
2025-09-14
Went to buy two tiny cacti at Gruga's plant market today. In the photo you can see people resting in front of the graduation tower.
2025-09-13
With all the hundreds of Gruga visits, we never managed to go up to the tower. I wonder if you actually still canβ¦ π€
2025-09-12
Ah, so glad we got a weekend ahead!
2025-09-11
Laundry still life.
2025-09-10
Messe Essen during my commute.
My trusty everyday carry camera, the X-T5, completely froze this morning. I could still see through the viewfinder but no button presses were working, nor did the shutter. Removing the battery also didn't help! π± Only when I ejected both memory cards (and put them back in) did it work normally again. For a moment there, I thought it had died on me. π₯Ί
2025-09-09
Abysmal weather today. They weathered the downpour.
2025-09-08
I like this image of the Orion sculpture, which I took yesterday afternoon in Gruga Park, more than the images I took today, soβ¦
2025-09-07
2025-09-06
2025-09-05
Observing light and shadow.
2025-09-04
More Wrestling! A couple more images from yesterday's wXw Academy visit. The next βHeatβ event is scheduled for October 1st.
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2025-09-03
Wrestling! My last visit to wXw Academy was in early 2023, and recently I wanted to check it out again. Man, am I rusty with the rangefinder! I've gotten lazy and mainly used my Fujifilm camera lately β and it shows in my photograps. Not many keepers, but I still managed to get a handful of images that I like. Another thing I used to do, was to send pictures to the wrestlers. But since I no longer use Instagram, there is no easy way to connect. π€·ββοΈ (They should invest in personal websites.)
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2025-09-02
She made a cat fairy.
2025-09-01
Fire brigade open day in Essen. Lots of activities for the kids to explore. Among other things, they demonstrated what happens when you pour water into burning oil, of which I made a (very short) timelapse video.
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2025-08-31
Yesterday I took part in a photo walk organized by the Fujifilm X Den in DΓΌsseldorf's old town. I borrowed an X-E5, but my actual reason for going was that I wanted to check out the new 23mm F/2.8 once more. Since I was quite late, unfortunately they had all already been given out to other people. Oh well, I used the 33mm F/1.4 instead and still had a great time. π
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2025-08-30
They are back! After their original nest was destroyed (we don't know how it happened, it was just gone one day), they have built a new one on another branch. The vantage point to observe and photograph is not as good as the original, but I managed to get a couple of shots anyway. It seems they are still building the nest. We weren't able to see any eggs yet. Keeping our fingers crossed. π€
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2025-08-29
Yikes. That almost never happens: Forgot to post the image! (Even though I selected it and it was ready.) Anyway, per the rules I am allowed to backdate. Let's not speak of this again.
2025-08-28
2025-08-27
Back on the ol' commute.
2025-08-26
Last day of my vacation. Tomorrow, it's back to work. It is also the first day of school. Posting on this here blog felt pretty effortless during the last four weeks β let's see how going back to the office will affect image making going forward. π
2025-08-25
Family photo excursion. Remember that camera we found yesterday? The little one already put it to good use today. (And wow is film expensive these days! π±) She went through her one roll quite quickly and only has a couple of shots left.
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2025-08-24
It's my birthday today! π Went out with the kids in the morning, found an old film camera (in full working condition, with new batteries; we need to buy film though), Lumi lost another tooth, and we ate some cake. Also, thanks, Daniel, for the family portrait!
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2025-08-23
Dark clouds over A41.
2025-08-22
Cleaning up. The kids' room is a mess most of the time. Expecting guests is always a great reason to remind them to do some cleanup β even under their bed. π
2025-08-21
Played some badminton in the backyard today.
2025-08-20
Spent the day at Gruga. I said this before: We have been here a hundred times (no exaggeration), but we still find new things to do and parts to explore. I am so glad we have this park close by. (The annual ticket is a no-brainer.)
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