Here are some photos from my very short trip to Berlin a few weeks ago. Normally I spend at least 2 summer weeks in my beloved hometown – but this time I only really had two nights to re-explore it. But it was enough to remind me why I love this city so much.

This is a beautiful story of a group of photo retouchers who decided to help victims of the 2011 Tsunami in Japan by rescuing photos that had been nearly destroyed by the water and mud.

100s of people who normally make skinny models even skinnier with their Photoshop wizardry joined together to save 10.000s of images  and thereby giving back hope to people who might have lost everything else in their lives.

It is a great story that shows that many people love helping other people in need and are jumping at the chance to contribute with their skills to make the world a happier place and to give their own existences a much deeper meaning.

Yap you heard correct. One trillion photos recorded in just one second! In order to slightly understand the capability of such a device I give you one example.

The above photo of a bullet shooting through an apple was taken in 1964 – it was created with an exposure that only lasted 1 millionth of a second. Now 50 years later we have a camera that is 1 million times faster.

It is so fast it can film individual particles of light “flying” through space – or through a cola bottle in the case of the experiment shown in the fascinating video at the bottom of this article. It is mindboggling to see how light moves and scatters when it makes it way through the water filled bottle.

And to top this the scientist Ramesh Raskar reveals that this stunning device is even able to “see” around corners.

This is truly groundbreaking technology and makes me wonder what we will be able to do in another 50 years time.

Watch this video and witness history.

I just found this little behind-the-scenes video that gives you a fascinating glimpse into the world of the professional photographers who took some of the most stunning photos of the Olympics in London.

It’s mad – there was a Reuter team of 15 snappers in the stadium – each carrying 3 cameras (tele-zoom, mid-zoom and wide-angle-zoom) while each operating up to 5 remote controlled cameras at the same time.

The results are equally epic – as probably all of us have seen.

I have a feeling though that sports stills photography will soon be taken over by super-high-def video – which would allow you to film eveything and then just grab the perfect still from the stream.

Maybe already at the next Olympics in Rio?

I m totally sorry for being so lame with updating – the summer and a mad photo life was and is holding me back. I will return with a bang though soon with loads of itchy i stuff. Here a few Faces in Places as a little visual band-aid against the pain of my neglience. 😉

I knew already from last year’s Royal Wedding the Brits go slightly crazy for anything to do with their Monarchs. So hearing about the Queen’s plan to ride a boat joined by 1000 ships down the Thames I knew this would be something great to photograph.

Of course I didnt come to see the boats or the Queen but to see the people who wanted to see them. I decided to get up at 6am to be one of the first at the river bank and to document the whole day from the start. It didn’t really surprise me that when I arrived at 7pm – 8 hours before the Queen – there were already super keen Royalists who had conquered their viewing spots in the first row.

I spoke to many of them and learned that some camped there the whole night and one lady even arrived there at 3pm the day before. They really showed that no weather can stand between them and a jolly good time – their excitement to catch a glimpse of their beloved Queen had them all in high spirits. I am no fan of the Monarchy but for me as German it was hilariously entertaining and charming to watch the people go literally nuts for their Royals.

This is family Davenport from the Midlands – they had spent all night camping to make sure they have a space in the first row. What a family trip.

A few hours later there would be hundreds of people fighting over a good position to see the ship parade. Obviously these early campers had already secured their’s. The early bird catches the Queen.

Joseph from Battersea in London got definitely his share of media attention on the day.

By around 8am the first row had nearly every gap of the South Bank filled – and they would make sure that no one could take away their pristine spots any more. Later they be joined by at least 10 more rows of people.

This is the moment most had waited for – the queen on her ship – which was over in 3 minutes.

But obviously the 1000 ships that joined her took much longer to pass. So I guess that must have been worth the trip for all those super keen fans of the Queen. Well at least that’s what I sincerely hope for them.

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The queen celebrates her 60th jubilee in power – and the nation celebrates with her. Everyone in their own style. But I can bet that not many celebrated as mad as the crowd at London’s most colourful party – Rumpus.

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And if you have never heard of Rumpus then go and check out rumpusparty.co.uk