free ride

I am going to Vienna tomorrow for the weekend so it is time for a quick review of the last couple of days.


I spent the weekend taking pictures attending a photography course on the basics as a follow-up to the portraits course I attended a while ago. We went through the basics on Friday night (aperture, shutter speed, focal length, ISO) and then talked about a couple of affects we can do. Similar to the last course I had one of those mind-blowing experiences when they explained how to use my camera - another RTFM classic - I could have read the manual instead of spending 83 Euros on the course but this was much more fun. The course was a lots of fun as usual - despite the constant rainfall the whole Saturday. We shot raindrops, ghosts, bridges and ghost trains. And much more. You can look at all the pics here.


Saturday night we had another party in our flat - to celebrate Estelle and my 29th Birthday - it was her first and my not first... And I got more presents!!!

Also I am happy to report that not only have I completely rearranged my room but had a little experiment with my camera and a small Sideshow Bob figure.


Last but not least a small tip on how to earn a couple of Euros when travelling. I wanted to buy a ticket for the underground but the machine decided to take my money but keep the ticket. I ended up buying a ticket with my cash card after loosing €1.10 this way. The friendly ladies gave me back my €1.10 without any proof that the above happened on Hauptwache. All I had to give them was the registration number of the machine and when it happened. No identification asked. Good to know ...

PS: I am currently reading this book. It is pretty amazing so I have to read it slowly. I got the idea of reading it after watching this presentation by Al Gore