Depending on the season, traveling the Alps can be a very different experience. In summer the hills seem more green and alive than in any other other time of the year. The temperatures up in the hills tend to be more temperate than in the city, and it is a joy to wander around and discover nature high in the skies.
Shot in Portugal, Austria, Finnland.
The fascinating thing about Lisbon is that it is a very old and a very modern city at the same time. Very few towns seem to be able to combine these two qualities as well as Lisbon does. Barcelona, on the other side of the Iberian peninsula, springs to my mind. The end product is a lively yet beautiful metropolis with much character. Also, there are cute yellow trams; everybody loves these trams.
In the last couple of weeks, I worked on completely redesigning the website. The aim was to make it more functional and accessible – and give it a pretty new look. So, it took a lot of time, and I didn’t have much of it. Anyway, finally, it is ready for 2015, and I can get back to business – posting photography, it was, if I remember correctly.
Before I get to that, here is a quick orientation walk through the new site:
On the front page, you see a header showpiece on top (be patient if it doesn’t pop out immediately; it will load eventually). Below, the last seven posts are displayed in chronological order. If you click “show more” at the bottom of the page, you can access the older ones. Another possibility for browsing through the posts is to use the calendar or the archives in the sidebar. I think the functionality is quite self-explanatory, so I won’t elaborate. There is also a neat search function on the sidebar and a tag cloud if you want it to be more topic-oriented. So, the site works mainly through the front page now, with the sidebar as a toolkit for navigation. However, the top menu is not gone entirely. The About or Contact section remained basically unchanged, so if you want to give me some feedback – that’s the way to go, and I would certainly appreciate it (or you can comment on the individual posts, of course) 🙂 The other menu points are brand new. So, the portfolio section is a new way to conceive and re-organize photo series by creating portfolios from thematically or geographically linked posts. So instead of searching all of my Uzbekistan posts, for example, here you have them in one place, ready to view.
Another new feature is the Store. You can buy prints or digital copyrights for specific pictures via the 500px store. It’s just a selection, if you need something else please contact me. So that’s it. Back to business:
Street photography in Monochrome. Shot in Poland and Austria in 2014.
It’s been a while. I have been on the road for the last couple of months, so there was no time to update the blog. On the plus side, though, I got to shoot plenty of photography. So the place here will get more lively again in the upcoming weeks and months. Big news first: There is a new web address! Now, the blog can be reached (also) via michaelhoffman.at
In June, I got the opportunity to visit Georgia and Armenia. These are two relatively small countries south of the Caucasus mountain range, equipped with long and dramatic histories. They have distinct cultures with their own alphabets and Christian traditions. While Armenia is a landlocked country, a mountainous place, historically living off trade, Georgia lies between the northern and southern Caucasus, mainly within a fertile lowland. Georgians are predominantly peasants, and many of them cultivate wine. The grape is one of the most important export products of the country. The urban center of Georgia also lies within its geographic center. Tbilisi is an exciting place, modern on the one hand while still maintaining a very traditional and almost oriental flair. But no matter where you are in the country, chances are high you will spot a very distinctive church. Many of these date back as far as the mid of the 1 Century AC and are still important centers of religious and civic life.
Michael Hoffman Photography 