When a mirror is like a mountain
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So I taught the first session of that photography workshop at the d.a.i. on Saturday, and I’m pleased to report it went well.
Category Archives: Daily Life
Our Song Contest Notes for Malmö
Yesterday while looking at the TV schedule for the evening, Chris discovered we were just in time to watch the broadcast of Germany’s contest to pick their 2013 Eurovision song, called Unser Song für Malmö, “Our song for Malmö”(Malmö is … Continue reading
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Loving the Locks
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I spent most of today working on my class preparation for Saturday’s first session of a photography workshop called From Seeing to Image: Taking Better Photos with Any Camera//Part One. It’s sponsored by the d.a.i., the same group that sponsored … Continue reading
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Saturday in the Square
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The webcam in Tübingen is in a window of the Rathaus (City Hall) building, which sits on one side of the Marktplatz (Market Square). I’ve commented in the past that it’s unfortunate the camera is on the front of that … Continue reading
Fond farewell to Fasnet foods
Fasnet is what they call the pre-Lent season (known as Carnival in the U.S.) in this part of Germany. Fasnet, a traditionally Catholic celebration, is actually not marked in a big way here in historically Protestant Tübingen, although there is … Continue reading
Friday Followups
A couple of follow-ups on stories seen on the blog this week:
The Puddle Puzzle
That talk I gave at the d.a.i. wasn’t the only presentation about photography I gave on Tuesday. The last day of the class I’ve been taking on learning words that help you talk about art in German was Tuesday morning, … Continue reading
20th Century American Photographers in Focus
Thanks to everybody for all the well-wishes here and elsewhere regarding my photography talk last night at the d.a.i. here in Tübingen. I’m happy to report that all went very well.
More Colorful Language
I focused on just the color “blue” the other day, but today I have just a few quick expressions to show that both German and English are full of many colorful expressions. Literally.
What a Camera!
Today I’m in the midst of preparing for a talk I’m giving next week on 20th Century American Photographers. The final announcement for it just went up today in the “upcoming events” portion of the website for the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut … Continue reading