On a "warm" February winter day on a hill in Ulm, Germany stood an American photographer with camera in hand ...

Matthew G. Beall   Smoke Stacks   2012

In my apartment in Ulm, Germany. Shadows and light and a painting. I've said before, I don't have to go to far to find something to shoot.

Matthew G. Beall  Shadows on a Painting  2012

Saturday was a warm sunny winter day. Blue sky with clouds with some snow make great shooting conditions.

Ulm, Germany sits between the Danube and several hills. I chose Kuhberg because I wanted to shoot the famous Max Bill designed  HfG ( Hochschule für Gestaltung) Ulm School of Design building. A few of the architecture photographs will come soon!  Next to the building is a field -- which happened to be covered in snow and shadows.

Matthew G. Beall  Snowshoe Tracks  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Snowshoe Tracks into the Sun  2012

Matthew G. Beall  The Field  and Sun  2012

Matthew G. Beall  The Barren Field  and Sun  2012

Matthew G. Beall   Two Trees and a Bench   2012

A great article to read: All Photos Are Manipulated. I am a vision driven photographer and I make photographs.

Matthew G. Beall  Snow on my Window in Ulm, Germany  2012

      Farmland in Germany

Matthew G. Beall   Farmland  2012

I sometimes do not have to leave my apartment to find wonderfully interesting things to make a photograph of.

It has been very cold here in southern Germany, ice cold. I opened a window to find this icicle waiting and wanting to be photographed.

Matthew G. Beall   Icicle   2012

Not far from Ulm, Germany, stands an old barn in a farmer's field surrounded by soft, white fresh winter snow.

Not too far from Ulm is a field covered in fresh snow ...

Matthew G. Beall  German Snowscape  2012

Not too far from Ulm stands a lonely barn ...

Matthew G. Beall  The Lonely German Barn  2012

A foggy winter January day out in the German farmer's field.

Matthew G. Beall  Shrouded German Barn  2012

Nebel in German means Fog in English. Foggy fall days are the norm here in Ulm, Germany. Combine a foggy day in Ulm, the Danube River (Donau in German), the damn and the vision driven moi with my camera, you come up with this.

Matthew G. Beall  The Danube's Dam Guard  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Bootschleuse  2011

A continuing series of the Danube that runs through Ulm, Germany. Trees and fog.

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  Fog  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  Fog 2  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  Fog Looking Up  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  Fog Guards  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  Fog Shroud  2012

As the winter sun was setting it painted shadows on the walls inside my apartment. Although to some it may be mundane, to me it is extraordinary. Look, See, Think.

Matthew G. Beall  The Passage of Shadows 1-5  2012

I am a visual artist. I am vision driven.

I make photographs. I am a photographer.

I make paintings.  I am a painter.

I believe that one should:
          
           Look, See, Think

• Look at what you See
• See what you Look at
• Think about what you See 

Matthew G. Beall  Wrap it Up (Workers)   2009

Matthew G. Beall   Shrouded Trees and an Empty Field    2011

Matthew G. Beall   Light & Shadow on a Painting and Blind  2012

Matthew G. Beall   Hyannis Port   2010 

Matthew G. Beall  Golden Gate Haze  2008

Matthew G. Beall   The Golden Gate Bend   2008

Snow sludge wet structure

Matthew G. Beall  Photography  Snow on the Window  2012

Where would we be without industry ...

Matthew G. Beall  The Factory on the Danube  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Factory on the Danube: Haze  2011

As I've said before, I don't have to leave the apartment to hunt for a shot. Early Jan. brought rain, sleet and some snow. Water on a window is pretty awesome in my opinion. Sometimes you can feel how wet it is without even touching it.

Matthew G. Beall  Water on a Window in Germany  2012

A piece of New Hampshire shoreline.

Matthew G. Beall  New Hampshire Beach  2010

Through a dirty window 

Backlit Shadows

In Munich

Matthew G. Beall  Shadows  2011

Light & Shadow and The Glass Elevator 

Conditions Ideal

Matthew G. Beall  Glasaufzug Tür  2011

November in Ulm, Germany is foggy and misty. The forest next to the Danube is both mystical and haunting.

Matthew G. Beall  This is the End  2011

Matthew G. Beall  Donau Forest  2011