AbramG wrote:
I appreciate the insight guys. I usually just dive into my books when I find myself feeling this way. Ever since I stepped back from shooting commercially, I treat photography as my outlet now, as my full time job is in graphic design (which I love).
I think I am just finding that I want to shoot something of meaning but I'm having trouble coming up with a project I can just sink into for a while.
And I definitely don't need to buy more gear! Haha no more for me. I'm good for a long time.
Been there a while a go, bought some edition of LFI and inspired eye magazine, post my better shots at Instagram and get inspired from there as well. I like to do reportage stuff now which i never do before, quite like it since i have to study a bit about what im going to shoot before going there. Usually do street shooting that doesnt require some reading before
Congrats on the bike Charlie. I've heard of these bikes but don't really know much about them. Aside from they are a hybrid of pedal and battery power.... I suppose you could go on some nice longer trips with this. My only concern would be the weight though. Have you found this to be an issue? Do they have a 29'er model? Thought you may have got one of these:
Thanks Gary & C.D.! Playing around with WB, etc. on the first one...
I have been to Munich a bunch of times, but it was only my second time inside PdM, the first being shortly after it opened. For some reason I always thought 'next time I'll go in' but never did... probably because I'd rather wander the streets looking for found photographic opportunities. But it's definitely worth a photographic visit to play with the design elements, as well as to see the exhibits. Photography is permitted, obviously, but IIRC, there are restrictions on how large a bag you can carry around. Possibly no backpacks, but a small shoulder bag is OK. There is a coat check located in the basement where self-serve lockers are also located (bring a 1 or 2 Euro coin for the deposit - you will get it back) if you have bulkier items that need to be put away.
I wish I had held onto one of those Rubik's Cubes I owned as a child. In this age of high-tech gadgets it is refreshing to see kids with enthusiasm for something so purely mechanical as a Rubik's Cube. (M246, APO-Summicron 2.0/50)
Gary Clennan wrote:
Congrats on the bike Charlie. I've heard of these bikes but don't really know much about them. Aside from they are a hybrid of pedal and battery power.... I suppose you could go on some nice longer trips with this. My only concern would be the weight though. Have you found this to be an issue? Do they have a 29'er model? Thought you may have got one of these:
Hi Gary,
Well that would be nice too But I already have a trials bike, which has a range 5 times of the electric one: important if you are going to use it in backcountry.
What I bought is a class one pedelec, legal on all forest trails in Switzerland and Austria, and on bikepaths. You can google the specs on power and speed. No throttle. About 52 lbs.
Horses for courses. The e-mtb is totally silent. It has the range for a big half day mtb ride. Can climb 3500 vertical or so. You pedal. There are levels of boost. Makes the experience very fun, because you remain pretty fresh for the whole ride. Nice to approach a peak, for example. I can carry M9 and 4 lenses, pus my other stuff without issue. Mtb this would be impossible for me. At home it is excellent on the bike paths. Assist cuts out at 20mph, which is moving pretty good on a bike path. In Europe the cutout is 15mph. It's a mountain bike with some assist at the crank, not a motorcycle.
So, I rode it to this little lake: L1051204 by unoh7, on Flickr
and was still very rested for a further 1400ft climb on foot with my gear White Ridge by unoh7, on Flickr