Yesterday we attended the first concert of the Acoustic Rock Night this year. While Germany is covered with a thick ice crust the 12 musicians created a summer like heat.
A great show finished close to midnight and left of with 600+ pictures from that event.
Some of the highlights are found in our Acoustic Rock Night gallery here: Acoustic Rock Night 12
After two days of driving we arrived in Jasper that welcomed us with much better weather than our previous visit. After checking into our nice and comfortable hotel we took the chances to look out for moose. Two locations were recommended: Pocahontas Ponds and Maligne Lake – both appr. one hour away from Jasper. We decided to head to Maligne Lake and shortly before we wanted to get back in our car Eva found the moose grassing along the road hardly to see from the visitor area.
Moose Jasper National Park Canada
There were several mule deer as well that were not scared at all and just continued having dinner which we had shortly after we returned to our hotel.
Mule deer
Mule deer feeding
Soon – maybe too soon we will be leaving back home and we are slowly descending towards Vancouver. The weather was partly co-operative today as well as the wildlife. We ended up in a nice and decent Bed&Breakfast in Prince Rupert overlooking the harbor. Today we have seen one moose, nine blackbears, a dead wolverine, glaciers and lots of miles on the speedometer. Today’s and yesterday’s pictures are found here.
Time flies and after 8 days it is time for a quick update. We traveled all the way from Banff towards Atlin visiting and actually making new friends there via Dawson Creek, Muncho Lake and Whitehorse. It was a pretty long drive especially with our radio being broken and some other minor things. However, we finally met and got to know Manu, Sascha and their 4 white shepherds. They live pretty remote in the wilderness with no electricty, no water and no heating besides woodfired ovens. Several pictures of the surrounding area are already in our gallery but one really special highlight were the northern lights we were able to see. Again a very, very special thanks to the Keggenhoff’s for letting us being part of their life for a short period of time and showing us what really matters.
After enjoying our first two nights in Vancouver we headed towards the Rocky Mountains. Our first stop was in Kamloops for one night and now we enjoyed to beautiful late summer days in Banff. The clouds, cooler temperatures and rain are moving in already. On our way from Kamloops to Banff we had a short break in Salmon Arm that has a nice harbor where we discovered some wildlife: Ducks, ospreys and otters.
Later that day we entered the several National Parks in Canada and got a first impression about how many people are still traveling during this time of the year.
Banff is pretty crowded but leaving town early keeps the crowd away until later that day. We drove along the Bow Valley Parkway (HW 1A) and enjoyed a really beautiful day.
Some images are already in our gallery: Banff NP 2011
Yesterday we went to downtown Vancouver and had a very pleasant day with sunshine, clouds and a few sprinkles once in a while. Before returning to our Bed&Breakfast in North Vancouver I shot this panorama from Vancouver overlooking the bay to North Vancouver. I like the dramatic black and white conversion as it really brings some drama into the sky.
Yesterday we started our long wanted vacation at the airport in Frankfurt with our direct flight to Vancouver, British Columbia. After 10.5 hours we safely arrived, did our immigration and picked up our huge 4WD SUV – a Chevy Suburban. The weather could be a little nicer but fortunately the rain stopped and after arriving at our beautiful Bed&Breakfast in North Vancouver we had a nice pleasant walk followed by a light dinner.
This is the view from our bathroom and due to the weather a B&W conversion with some additional toning brings some drama into the picture.
We returned from dinner at night and I thought of creating a nice long term exposure from the bathroom.
Now, jetlag is softly killing me 
and I think I need some sleep again or the day will be incredibly long.
As we will be traveling soon I thought about looking back into my archive. Here’s a stunning picture from a great vacation in 2009/2010. The sun is setting very dramatically in the Mojave Desert.
This is a busy but fun week for us. Saturday we met with Bianca from the Model-Kartei for an outdoor fashion photoshooting at the harbor in Mannheim. Beautiful weather but a really cold and gusty wind made it a tough time for Bianca with her fashion dress.
The Hensel Porty Lithium with the Beauty Dish created this stunning look.
This is one of my favorites: The look of her eyes, the wind blowing through her hair and the beautiful light – just fantastic.
Yesterday, I had a shooting with Alexandra – another model from the Model-Kartei. Though still a little chilly and with not the perfect conditions we shoot some fine art nudes at lovely location with a beautiful tree covered with ivy.
This is a natural nude portrait with available light only with a slight sepia tone. Actually I climbed up the tree and shot from above to get this angle.
It is not 100% sharp but still has its charm. We used again our porty to get some special lighting which I currently like very much. For the following picture I am not sure which one is better: Color or Black & White. Leave a comment and let us know.
Nadine’s pictures are missing. Why? Because we are shooting on Saturday. Three shootings in 7 days is a record for us.
Here a some of results from the shooting with Nadine.
Nadine is suffering from borderline and photoshootings to some extent help her with her personal disorder. We were shooting at the Villa Don Dominikus which is a nice location for photographers to shoot in a special environment.
I would like to thank all three models for their time we spent together and the beautiful results we’ve got. Those were another week filled with moments and memories.
February in Germany – usually cold and rainy but due to some lucky circumstances Kelly from the German Model-Kartei was looking for a photographer on Sunday, the weather turned out to be great and I had time to spare.
I had a great location in mind that I wanted to shoot and we met mid afternoon. The light was still to harsh for my sunbounce only and we decided to shoot some fashion photos with my Hensel Porty and the beauty dish.
Here is one of the results from the beginning of the shooting. Her friend assisted me holding the California Sunbounce.
Kelly Fashion Shooting
Here is a close up portrait using again only available light bounced against the sun.
We then moved to a different location closer to the water and covered in shade. The beauty dish was to her left and did a great job illuminating the scene.
We moved a few meters towards the walls and within minutes we had some great photos digitalized.
There will be some more pictures to come and I would like to thank Kelly and her boyfriend again for that nice, enjoyable and very spontaneous photoshoot on a perfect almost spring like day.
