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Welcome to my weblog and thanks for stopping by! My most recent posts are all on this page, for older ones browse the archives or click the keywords in the sidebar. See Potomac Adventures for posts that I wrote between 2011 and May 2013 and Brobo Photo for those from 2006 to 2011. My weblogs contain hundreds of articles and photographs and are an essential part of my work. They show my never-ending passion for visual storytelling and the interaction of photography and text. For less volatile information about my work, see my Home Page. NEWSEUM Visitors
June 29, 2014
I've been to the NEWSEUM many times, and as everybody can image I love it. It's about journalism, media and the freedom of the press. It kind of celebrates the 1st amendm...
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Shooting wide open with the Fuji 1.4/23 mm
June 21, 2014
Recently, our A/C was replaced by a newer, more energy efficient system. All the work was carried out by two A/C technicians and was finished flawlessly within a day. I w...
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With the Fuji X-T1 at National Harbor
June 19, 2014
Today, I spent a few hours at National Harbor, playing with the Fuji X-T1. For me, National Harbor is superficially beautiful, but deeply inside, it's perfectly ugly. Eve...
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Point-And-Shoot #12: Der 9:30 Club
June 11, 2014
Ist man als Tourist zum ersten Mal in D.C., wird man sich zunächst einmal die National Mall mit all ihren Monumenten und Museen ansehen. Sicher auch das Weiße Haus, das C...
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Das neue Handbuch der Java-Programmierung
May 30, 2014
Letzten Sommer haben wir ernsthaft angefangen, daran zu arbeiten, jetzt ist es endlich fertig! Die 8. Auflage des Handbuchs der Java-Programmierung ist bei O'Reilly ersch...
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A week in Berlin
May 26, 2014
We're just back from a week in Berlin where we've been looking for a place to stay after relocating back to Germany in July. It turned out to be a bit of a challenge as t...
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Crazy weather
May 14, 2014
One thing that we have learned during our stay in the D.C. region is that the weather can get really crazy here. One day, it's freezingly cold, and on the next one, there...
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In the streets with the Sony RX-10
May 07, 2014
As I wrote in Shrinking Gear, I'm currently looking for a capable travel camera that can accompany me during a longer journey with pretty severy luggage restrictions. Wel...
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Urban(a) Transformation
May 06, 2014
Urbana is a small town in Maryland, a few miles South of Frederick. I visited it yesterday in an attempt to photograph an abandoned farm nearby. While driving through Urb...
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Point-And-Shoot #11: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
May 04, 2014
"Minimalism was not her preferred style", erklärte uns der Film, den wir zur Einstimmung auf den Besuch des Anwesens von Marjorie Merriweather Post zu sehen bekamen. Wie...
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Selfies? How boring!
April 23, 2014
Ever since I noticed that "Selfie" became the word of the year, I have actually taken one here or there. Not the standard version, of course, I mean, the one that we so o...
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Shrinking gear: The Canon G1X Mark II
April 22, 2014
Before I made the transition to Micro Four Thirds, I've been using point-and-shoot cameras extensively. Back in my "enthusiast" days, they have been my primary photograph...
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Rachel @ Work
April 06, 2014
I wouldn't consider myself a portrait photographer. However, for one reason or the other, I have taken hundreds of portraits during the last two years, many of them showi...
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Torpedo Factory: The Annual Jury 2014
March 31, 2014
Once a year, the Torpedo Factory Art Center invites new artists to apply for a membership by participating in their "Annual Jury". During this almost week-long process in...
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In the Cavern
March 29, 2014
When I visited Luray Caverns two weeks ago, there was a young couple in our group taking pictures of each other. I couldn't resist photographing them while they discovere...
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