When Ben commented to my last post about the pictures from the movie John Rabe, I just headed over to YouTube to see if anything had been released there - officially or not. Sadly, I found no trailer - but a little report! DW, Deutsche Welle, was on the set reporting and seemed to have [...]

Posted on Feb 27.08 to China, Shanghai, Videography   

“Nuclear Area - Wonderful space for individuals”. Picture taken near the Yangchang road in Shanghai, China.

Posted on Mar 27.07 to China, Photography, Shanghai   

Here it is, the promised Nikon D50 HDR tutorial or ‘How To Make A HDR Image Out Of A Single RAW file’.

Posted on Mar 26.07 to Photography, Shanghai, Technology   

I could not belive my eyes when we left the “Banana Leaf” restaurant in Shanghai’s Pudong district yesterday - there was a huge advertising on the 421 meter high Jin Mao Tower! On one of the biggest skyscrapers in Asia! Yes, it makes absolutely sense to advertise like that in the country where you can [...]

Posted on Feb 04.07 to China, Photography, Shanghai, Technology   

Geduldig wie ein Buddha habe ich am Wochenende meine Fotos des Eric Clapton Konzerts auf flickr geladen, und natürlich Berichte geschrieben - den deutschen Bericht gibt es hier, den englischen hier.

Posted on Jan 22.07 to China, Music, Photography, Shanghai   

I don’t remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to the cinema, buys a popcorn, goes to his theatre, sits down, watches the commercials and as soon as the movie begins, he pulls up a tripod with a camcorder attached to capture the movie…. What the hell has this to do with Eric Clapton, you ask?

Posted on Jan 21.07 to China, Music, Photography, Shanghai