Category: on one’s own account

How a handful of cardamom is able to cure a serious case of wanderlust.
Pretty close to my flat, there is a small market. Especially on days, when my desire to wander gets stronger and stronger, I love to take a stroll through the diverse and colorful market stands. There is so many different smells, colors, voices and languages. The hundreds of people rushing through, busy with their groceries ...

Review 35mm Art f/1,4 Lens
For quite some time the TIPA Award Winner 2013 as „Best Professional Lens“, the SIGMA 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM, has caught my eye. Its praises have been sung in all the reviews I have read; the photos I’ve seen that had been taken with it made me impatient to finally hold it in my own ...

Lens review, SIGMA 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM | Art
Hey everybody, the last few days I had the chance to take the new SIGMA 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM | Art for some test shoots and today I want to share some thoughts about it with you. Let’s start with some technical facts: The lens covers a focus range of 24 to 105mm and ...

Photo walk: After The Rain Comes Sun
Recently I got surprised by a rain shower on my photo walk. The gray sky had already been an indicator, but still I didn’t want to miss the chance of escaping the city on my bike and riding along the river. It was even nicer when it turned out to be only a short ...

Golden hour and city plants
Hey guys, I’m Beatrice. In this blog post I want to present you my photographic achievements of this evening. After some cold and rainy days the sun finally showed up again, which is why I couldn’t bear staying inside my apartment any longer. In the warm evening sun I went for a walk with my ...

Amazing weather should be taken advantage of
Days like these simply have to be used for photos. Bright sunshine and finally a warm outside again – for me this are the perfect conditions for a good mood and lots of fun shooting pictures. I started my walk in the forest, then I came a cross a little pond , full to the brim with snowmelt. As always ...

About to get a new Monitor, which one to buy?
Since my good old Dell 2209WA is getting a bit long in the tooth and has a conspicuous defective pixel exactly at center, I am now faced with the purchase of a new monitor. The question is, which one? One thing I know is that the Dell was sufficiently big for me, so the new ...

New Milestone: Fotogenerell-Blog visited 500,000 Times!
Again, it’s time to celebrate yet another milestone. 500,000 views is such a nice, round number, and I think this is a great accomplishment for a hobby blog that is run just for the fun of it. 🙂 Please don’t hold it against me if I reply to your comments with a slight delay. If ...