.:Manfred Baumann´s Blog:.

After more than 20 days in wilderness we are lucky to come to little towns. Now we are close to our end - Vancouver, where we will spend the last few days of our tour.

Travelphotography for me is very special and interesting but in my eyes also a challenge. A good picture schould arrest the beholders attention, it should reflect a certain sentiment and it should tell a story. Every longer I look at a picture the more thoughts should grow.

A photography also tell you something about the photographer!

My example is a photo which I made "New York", it´s one of my favourites and most favoured pictures. It´s not only to see in good galleries all over the world but also Sir Roger Moore has this picture printed on canvas at a height of 2m.

Standing in front of this photo you always will explore something new. Questions I like to invoke in the beholders phantasie are: When was this picture taken? At which time of the day and was it in springtime, summer, ...? Where was the photographers point when he took the picture? Also the people you can see are interesting: Where will they go? Are they comming home from work? Do the live still there or somewhere else? The man in front, what is he thinking about? Are the shops still exist? And many more questions ....

The skills of a good photographer should be the ability to abandon the familiar to explore new sites and more interesting points of view which he can ban with his camera.

Imagine, how many people took a picture of the Eifeltower in Paris? Most of them took the picture from the point where they were standing when tey saw the tower the first time. Try something new - a professional photographer wants his picture to be special and unique.

Today there are not only books and caledars with photos also the internet is a wide platform to change pictures or to see pictures from hobby photographers. Also for this medium it is basic to show something special, abandon the familiar, picture setting, black and white or colour, details, ... you have many possibilities to make your picture one-of-a-kind!

Create your own distinctively style which will be your signature for your pictures. You should not copy or search in courses for the right picture.

It´s comparable with musicians - they are just successful when they have teir individual style or a special voice.

For me personal Adams Ansel was one of the greatest photographers.

For this new blog I added some pictures from the current tour; also two pictures from Alaska. One shows a lake in colour - I took this photo early morning at 6am so I was able to capture the silence and the calmness of this scene.

The old roadhouse I saw on the way to Fairbanks. This house really has stories to tell! In black and white whith this dramatic heaven it looks awesome. Besides all technical issues I hope I could insipre you for your holiday and travel photographs.

Unfortunately the tour is soon over but very interesting new work is witing for me in Munich, New York, L.A. and Vienna.

But we make new plans for our next tour - Japan ...

All the best, yours

Manfred!