So 2010 is over. And as it is with things past, we tend to forget them through the daily work that occupies us. 2010 was quite a year, though. Many things happened. I’ve learned a lot of stuff. I have so many great and some not so great memories. I can’t do justice to all of them. So, here’s a little photographic review of 2010. One picture for each month — except for April, since I’ve lost all my pictures from April due to a harddisk crash in late 2010. (This is one of the not so great memories …)
January: Emil watching the snow fall through our balcony door. (This picture was featured in Steve Huff’s “Daily Inspiration” column.)
 Olympus E-P1 + OM Zuiko 50/1.8 Continue reading A photographic review of 2010
Been playing with my E-P1’s JPEG settings, as I’m tired of having to develop so many RAWs. New settings: Color mode “Natural” (changed from “Muted”), noise reduction low (unchanged), -1 sharpness (unchanged), +1 contrast. Exposure correction on lower adjustment wheel. Works a charm! This one’s totally unprocessed and direct from the camera. I’m happy! 
 "Stop" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/500 sec, ISO 200
I needed a break from work and took a picture of this new sprout on one of our office plants. What a nice change from the endlessly expanding desert of snow outside …
 "New life" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/320 sec, ISO 200 Note on processing: I desaturated the image except for the two green leaves (which I oversaturated a bit for contrast), and added some vignetting. Minor tweaks in curves as well, as always.
I really do enjoy the M8 much more, both shooting it and the pictures it takes. But sometimes I have a bad conscience for not using the E-P1, so every now and then I take it out just to be reminded how much nicer the M8’s files are …
As a child, I would go visit my grandparents almost every summer holiday, and sometimes also in spring, autumn or winter. I spent a significant part of my childhood there, and so that little village in the very southwest of Germany became a bit like my second home. I have many fond memories of spending my holidays there that come back with each (nowadays rare) new visit.
This fall, my grandfather would celebrate his 90th birthday, and that was reason for us to head southward for a visit. The day before the actual celebration, we (that is my wife, son and I) went for a stroll through the village of my childhood memories, and it was very touching for me to see my son explore some of the same places that I did in his age and older.
 Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/500 sec, ISO 200 A single floating leaf in an ocean of water, like a single memory floating through an ocean of thoughts. Continue reading Memory lane: A stroll through my grandparents’ village
In the last few weeks, I’ve accumulated a significant amount of pictures from our various walks with Emil, so I decided to pick my favourites and share them with you.
Sunday, October 24th
Jasmin was visiting a friend that day, so Emil and I had a “men’s day” 😉 In the late afternoon, we seized the beautiful weather and went for a stroll through our village and the surrounding countryside.
 Leica M8 + M-Rokkor 28/2.8 @ f/2.8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 160 Continue reading Out and about with dah kiddo!
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January 8th, 2011, 12:12 pm | 
