Austria | Michael Hoffman Photography

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December 4, 2013

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Other

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Austria, Österreich, blog, design, logo, new, photography, redesign, Vienna, Wien

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On! Redesign

Finally! After experimenting with different themes and playing around with them, I decided to give my little photography blog (which turned 1 today, by the way!) a fresh new design. The theme I choose is the beautiful “Portfolio” by The Theme Foundry. I think it is perfect for showcasing photography cleanly and simply. So let me guide you quickly through the new website. You will find four pages in the upper right corner next to the logo. The Featured page is also the homepage, usually displaying the four latest posts with a visually pleasing slider in the center. In the Gallery, you find all posts sorted chronologically in a grid. If you prefer the classic browsing via lists and categories, help yourself by clicking on Sitemap and Archives. So effectively, there are three ways to use the website. I like to see it as a shop with an inviting display, a back room, and a showroom. I hope you want it! I definitely do. If you have feedback, you can leave me a message on the page @ Contact or directly comment on this blog post.

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November 11, 2013

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Austria

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amusement park, Austria, Entertainment Park, featured, ferris wheel, night, photography, prater, Vienna, Wien, Wurselprater

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Viennese Prater by Night

The so-called Prater is a massive park in the 2nd district of Vienna, and just a relatively small part of it is actually an amusement area. As a kid, I loved going there; it was our miniature version of Disneyland without Micky. Interestingly, the Prater hasn’t changed much since back in the 90s (still many Spice Girls and lousy techno music is played at the attractions astoundingly), and kids continue to love it. My first roller coaster ride was on the “Wilde Maus” (picture 2), and I will never forget how my father and I went lost in a house of horror, using a lighter to find the way out. Or how we used to get there on the 1st of May with friends. A construction of steel spinning around its axis was always somewhere in the background, with small red wagons attached to the outer frame. The beating heart of the park is the so-called “Riesenrad.” One of the oldest Ferris wheels in Europe is still standing and is also one of the defining landmarks of Vienna (picture 5).

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November 10, 2013

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Austria

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Austria, featured, photography, Vienna, Wien

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Stadtpark of Vienna in Autumn

The Stadtpark of Vienna is the green lung of the city center. It was inaugurated in 1862 to redesign the so-called Glacis, the previously abandoned area in front of the dismantled city walls of Vienna. The sight was planned in the English landscape style and architecturally enriched around 1900 when the Wienfluss, a river going through the park, was finally regulated and the City Railway was built. You see the river in the second picture and the modern iteration of the City Railway, our Metro line number 4, in the third picture. It always amazes me how this piece of artificial nature can snatch you from the urban madness of a concrete jungle and calm you down almost immediately, may it be just for a couple of minutes. A green lung, truly.

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October 30, 2013

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Austria

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an, Austria, blackandwhite, bw, cinem, featured, gartenbau, graffiti, life, photography, picture, Streetlif, tram, urban, Vienna, Wien

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Vienna in Black and White

Shot by iPhone and DSLR.

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September 24, 2013

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Austria

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Austria, Clouds, nature, panorama, photography, Sky, Travel

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Austrian Alps Pt. II

The (overdue) second part of my picture series shot in the Alps back in August. Three more shots and a panorama.

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August 27, 2013

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Austria

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Alpen, Alps, Attersee, Austria, Österreich, Berge, Lake, Mondsee, Mountains, Natur, nature, photography, pictures, salzkammergut, Schoberstein, See, Traunsee, Traunstein, Travel, trees

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Austrian Alps Pt. I

Traveling through Austria consists of large parts of wandering through valleys and lakes framed by endless mountains. And occasionally also of climbing one. That’s precisely what we did two weeks ago when we went up Mt. Schoberstein (something over 1,000 Meters). It is not the tallest one by far, but one with a marvelous view of the lakes of the Salzkammergut (in particular, Lake Attersee and Lake Mondsee). Afterward, I continued my journey to another famous lake, the Traunsee, where I took a boat ride across the lake, passing by the equally renowned Mt. Traunstein.

I have the pictures shot these days and want to present you in two posts. No particular order. Hope to spark some enthusiasm for the Alps! 🙂