B E R L I N
The city of lookups – well, at least for me. That’s usually my first thought when shooting Berlin Photography in the German capital. I remember quite clearly how much I disliked Berlin when I first visited about four years ago. Back then, it was windy, cold and rainy all weekend long and walking through the streets wasn’t really fun at all. Moreover, the public transport seemed to be old, dirty and quite frankly a bit smelly. Luckily, things have changed over the last couple of years. Nowadays, I can recommend any architecture photographer to stroll around and capture the modern as well as historic buildings that catch your attention. Well, I mostly stick to the modern buildings to be honest (contrary to my Paris short trip), but have a first impression look of Berlin Photography for yourself.
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| Shooting in Berlin |
I’ve already been to Berlin twice this year. The first time was 24/7 work related, so I didn’t really get a chance on exploring the city and taking pictures. However, I came back to Berlin about a month later for a 4-day-photowalk. This time around I did my research on Berlin Photography and ended up having a variety of locations where I wanted to shoot. Some of them had access restrictions but after talking to the security in a friendly manner they always ended up allowing me to take some pictures. Special Thanks go to the security at the Berlin stock market who allowed me to enter without any guide. Also, thanks to the carpark security who actually explained to me how to easily access a specific bridge. Last, but not least, I’d like to thank a fashion store security guard who literally said:
“You know you are not supposed to climb up that wall.
Well, I will look another way, walk another 10-minute-round and haven’t seen you.”
During my four-day-long Berlin Photography photowalk, I teamed up with an old friend @anni.cali who I first met in California. We were both working there for a year and now live in Germany. She was curious about how I take my pictures so I invited her to join me. Needless to say it was a lot of fun talking about old memories and taking creative pictures together. Having a local to show you around is just priceless. Funnily though, I showed her some places she didn’t even know existed in Berlin.
| Featured Photograph |
I love pictures where you have to look more than once to figure out what’s actually going on. My featured photograph of my Berlin trip is exactly that. The element of confusion is found in the center where I assumingly step onto an orange wall. That’s the moment where you start to doubt what you see and turn your head and phone to change the perspective. You then realize that the contrasting darker areas of the photograph are actually the ground and the roof. The white leading lines support the illusion by adding depth to the image. Check out the Before-and-After comparison as well as the Caption for this Instagram post below.
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“Stop thinking ordinary. Be extraordinary and get creative. Make the world turn over. Bend the reality to your perspective.”
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