Oct 25, 2012. What a beautiful day in Ulm, Germany. A day for photographing.

It was an awesome day because I got to out shooting pics with my good friend Axel Busch. Axel is an entrepreneur,  an adventurer, a sailor, a diver, a fellow photographer, a videographer, and above all, my  friend. He is someone that I greatly admire.

 A three hour tour: Axel isn't in Germany very often, so we took advantage of such an awesome day to grab our gear and shoot. It was about having a great time. Man, did I enjoy it!

Axel in action. Oct. 25, 2012

A few shots

Ulm from across the Danube  Oct. 25, 2012

The Internet is AWESOME!

One of the greatest things I like about it is how one can rather easily connect with other photographers . Although I am from the States, I live in Germany, and it's far, far away from "home" physically speaking... yet, so very, very close online. Take Miami, Fl. for instance. It's is 4931 miles from where I am at. It's kinda tough to pop by to talk to someone face-to-face but online, well, it's as if it is just around the corner.  Miami photographer Jorge Ledesma - Ledesmaphotography -is an example of one of these connections.

I have been following Jorge's blog http://ledesmaphotography.wordpress.com/home/blog/  for a some time. I like what he has to say and I like his work. He and I have very similar thoughts on the art of photography. In his  Week40 post he writes, "I can assure you that cameras don’t really matter all that much." Yep! He continues to say, and I paraphrase here, it's your vision and how you make the photograph. Absolutely! I think he hits it spot on with this sentence: "Processing for me is so intimately tied to vision because it hones in on what you saw and what you want your viewer to see..."

Jorge is one of the photographers that helps me to see a bit differently when I am stuck and helps me to color outside the lines.

Matthew G. Beall Photography   Shadows on a Bathroom Wall    2012

Sometimes a subject speaks very loudly yet softly at the same time.

Matthew G. Beall    Blowing in the Wind     2012

 I was out and about in Söflingen, a part of Ulm, on a slightly overcast day with camera and intent mixed with vision. There is always something to make a photograph of.

"Black and White makes a oneness ..." Clyde Butcher  ---  If you don't know Clyde's work, you NEED to have a look, a long look at it.

Matthew G. Beall   Lines and Shadows 1  2012

Matthew G. Beall   Lines and Shadows 2  2012

Matthew G. Beall   Lines and Shadows 3   2012

Matthew G. Beall   Lines and Shadows 4  2012

A day in May along the Danube on the Neu Ulm, Germany side of the river. The wonder, the beauty, the surface of leaves in black and white.

Matthew G. Beall  Leaves Along the Danube   May 2012

Matthew G. Beall  Leaves Along the Danube 2  May 2012

Matthew G. Beall  Flowers and Leaves  2012

Matthew G. Beall  Flowers and Leaves 2   2012

This morning, Friday, April 27, I took a little photography tour around the Danube River in Ulm, Germany. We have a  garden with many different types of flowers and plants. A relaxing place on a sunny Friday morning with plenty of subjects to shoot. Seeing all the flowers, especially the white ones, I immediately thought of Liz Davidson's work.

Here's my take ... and the first one is rare since I do not often work with color.

Matthew G. Beall   Flowers   2012

Matthew G. Beall   White Flowers  2012

A winter day, a foggy day not too far from Ulm, Germany
A photograph
 revisited
 and
redone
Much better now

Matthew G. Beall   Birch in Winter Fog   2012

      Farmland in Germany

Matthew G. Beall   Farmland  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

These two photographs were taken on a Friday in Oct. at approx. the same time one week apart. These Danube river boats called Ulmer Schachtel are tied up near the dam.

The first one was on a sunny cloudy day and the second on a foggy misty day.

Matthew G. Beall  The Boats  2011

Matthew G. Beall  The Boats 2  2011