robvisual - photography

 I've updated my portfolio page after going with the outdated koken (discontinued) for the last years. I tried to avoid services like squarespace because their aggressive marketing in the photographic world is a bit too much for my taste and I want a simple page without too much features. I tried the Adobe Portfolio service that comes free within my lightroom subscription. You can map your domain to the finished page and it works like a classic CMS with focus on photographers. You can also set all important switches for Favicon, Google Analytics etc. The included themes are distraction free and classic. You can import your Lightroom cloud albums with an ease. Only the update of those albums is a bit complicated because you have to trigger it via Lightroom online. BTW: I am not paid by Adobe. They just made it easy and simple to setup a decent portfolio page within a short time that cam be updated from LR. Well done!

I am back from a nice little trip to Palma de Mallorca. Many people associate Mallorca with cheap travel and lots of even cheaper alcohol. And yes, there is a dirty side of Palma that had a big influence on my latest photography, because there is a lot of waste, pollution and ugly architecture in and around the main city of this beautiful island. As a street and documentary photographer there is nothing ugly in the first place. Through the right angle and at the right time things look different (in a different light as we say). The next photos are the pure essence of what I saw in Palma. Find the rest of the images on my Homepage . Enjoy...

Sounds a bit weird but there are many scenes in daily life where people aren't moving or just a bit to leave a trail in you photos. Yesterday I visited the "Planten un Blomen" park in Hamburg after work. I had my little Gorilla Pod and a 8ND filter with me. I wanted to take some long exposure shots of the little waterfalls and fountains there. After taking some nice shots I also discovered that some places cry out for a shot with people in it. Tourists and locals crossing the river and taking selfies The shot above looks better with people in it. I first captured the falls without any people and it looked nice but lifeless and dull. After waiting a for some people to enter the scene the shot reflects the purpose of this place better. The park was built in the sixties for an international garden exhibition and it was meant to be explored by visitors. I love how the guy to the left is not moving that much and the girl in the upper part of the image is moving faster. ...

This is my photographic view on this new landmark in Hamburg. I tried to avoid the cliche and focused more on the tourists and the surrounding architecture.