Someone open a little jewel of a restaurant / bar at the Laguna nearby LV8 beach club. An absolute must for good food, drinks and amazing sunsets. You might forgive the mosquitos ….. Unedited ripped wireless from the cam.
1h speed boat distance away from Jakarta are the thousand islands, where someone can stay spend a weekend in basic home stay accommodation as a base to explore some of the islands. We have done that last weekend and used the picturesc scenery for a photo shoot. My faboulos Models Matthew and Rangga , gear Fuji X-T1 with various lenses.
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The summer heat (hell) is over and the days start to become gorgeous. Its like everybody waited for that and the city as back to our door activities like this small Art street fair, right on the docks in Dubai Creek. So I grabbed my X- T1 and 3 lenses and spend the afternoon in the Creek. Its one of my preferred Dubai Photo locations since years. The below is a se;selection of shots starting in the old souq on my way and then at the Event.
All together a picturesque afternoon.
Since I travel to Indonesia quite frequently, my coffee experience has completely changed. A handbrewed pure arabica often doesn’t require milk or sugar, in the contrary any additional ingredients disturb the unique taste of it. A while back I had my first cup of siphon brewed pur arabica in Jakarta’s DJournal coffee shops and that has been a real wow and eye opener. Since then I am struggling with any other coffee quality and brewing method including my formerly beloved Aluminum capsule based … you know what I mean.
Recently I discovered in Dubai the Raw Coffee Company which specilaized in importing, roasting and selling pur Arabica’s, mainly from Ethiopia. If you find your way to their warehouse in the industrial area Al Quoz, you will be able to enjoy the ceremony of a siphon coffee being brewed on your table with some great explanations from the friendly and knowledgeable stuff about the process and the coffee being used. – I will be back for sure.
Dubai is mainly an expat society and people come here mainly to work. Eat – sleep – work is often the daily routine and there is not much time left to enjoy the especially in winter breath taking sceneries. A sunset in the beach inspires for tons of photos, the theme cliche, nevertheless still beautiful, like this scene of a group selfie an the guys playing football
Opinions about Bali are very contrivers. It ranges from “overpopulated” over “cheap tourism” to “pray, eat, love”. For me it is the “Eldorado” of photography with an amazing range of motives from people, over landscape and nature in general to hotel architecture and – yes – the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen. And I am used to a high standard from my life in Miami. The word color has a new definition for me and some of the shots on the beach are almost of an artificial beauty. One of my favorite activities is actually to discover new beach clubs, enjoy pool and beach in the afternoon and have the cam ready whenever the magic color shows starts in the late afternoon.
The below photos I took at VUE beach club this year in July and believe or not, the first one is almost unedited. It has been one of those magic evenings ..
gear: Fuji XT1 , Touit 55mm, ISO 3200
this one is edited in highlights and shadow
Nearby our house is a Buddhist Temple which i meant to see since a long time. 5ys old, already under renovation, i had a nice private tour from the temple guard after he wrapped me into a sarong 😀 …. Large Rice fields behind the Building. It’s worth a visit.
Ojie runs a Warung in Denpasar where he cooks mainly Medanese food. I watched him preparing Soerabi, a pancake type of desert from Medan, in my case with some chocolate. Yummy
During my last trip to hell city 🙂 , Jakarta, I had a chance to take my Sony RX100 III to the textile market “majestic”. It’s a festival of colors, patterns and an Eldorado for every photographer. Here are some samples
Spontanous, cute … And Great food
