Un Dirham, s’il vous plait monsieur, un Dirham… the kids are running over the beach towards our little group stretching out their arms with open hands begging us to give them some money. From a distance I can see their father looking over from what seems a pile of old sheets and blankets but in fact is a tent, their home. Scattered along the shore are some fishing rods plugged into the sand, tensed lines are waiting for a fish to mistake the bait on the other end with its meal. The kids, dirty and in ragged cloth seem to enjoy the little interruption which the visit of our small expedition brings to their daily routine in this desolate land at the edge of the dessert. Posing for some photos, playing with our cameras and observing us with big eyes like if we were visitor from another world, which in fact we are. Every day you can see places like this on TV but it is not till you witness Read the rest of this entry »

Most visitors to Lanzarote enjoy the easy going lifestyle and the fact that the island still conserves its purity so different to some other holiday destinations. But taking the 15 min ferry ride over to the little island of La Graciosa is almost like traveling back in time. Even for us living here on Lanzarote a trip to La Graciosa always feels like taking a break and change gears back.

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NU2 (Nudos) – Mar y Arte (Sea and Arts) is a a local magazine focusing on stories, pictures and art related to the sea. Nice, especially for us living on an island, surrounded by the sea. I always liked their content, design and layout and so I am even more proud to be able to announce that in their last edition they featured one of my photographs in their section “Mar y Arte Canario”. The photo is one I have taken a while ago in the harbour of the little fishing village La Santa. During the night I could hear through my open window how the swell started to rise so I got up early to photograph the big waves crashing against the harbour wall in the first light of the morning.

To see a list of distribution points where you can grab a copy of the magazine or to find more information visit them on their website Nudos – Mar y Arte.
Or read the post I have written when I published the photo here on my blog: Lanzarote first Winter Waves

Well to tell the truth until a week ago we had not much of a winter here on Lanzarote. If you live or have been here from December till the end of January you probably agree that Lanzarote felt like pure summer. No wind, clear blue skies and beautiful days on the beach. Absolutely amazing even more if we think on that the rest of Europe was either flooded or completely covered with snow. As I mentioned in my first post from this year, I have been to Germany and had never seen my hometown covered in so much snow.

Anyway, an rather then showing here off yet another sunny Lanzarote picture I have two real special ones I always wanted to take. With the meteorological conditions we had at the start of this year in Lanzarote there is a magical new landscape to be discovered early in the morning in the area of El Tinguaton and the Timanfaya National Park. Hot days and cold nights produce a morning fog in this already mystical area and with the first light of the rising sun the landscape becomes a magical experience. I climbed before sunrise at the top of a volcano in El Tinguaton and was rewarded with some incredible views onto this sea of clouds gently wrapping some of the peaks around me and starting to rise from the solidified rivers of lava. A truly magic moment.

But the truth is that there is not always sunshine and clear blue skies even here on our little island Lanzarote. But it is also true that every now and than I do like that. I admit that this could spoil your holiday but for the island the rain is important and most of the times it wont rain for long anyway and then, when the sun comes out again, Lanzarote really starts to come to life. Read the rest of this entry »

I can’t believe my last blog post is from September last year, so it is about time to let you know I’m still alive. As you can see from the above picture I was lucky to see some snow as I spent a couple of days in Germany at Christmas. I have only been to my parents village and I can tell I have never seen this place with so much snow. It was incredible and the first white Christmas I had, or at least I can remember, in my hometown. Sorry for all those who had to struggle with this weather, but I had a great time and really did enjoy it. Those who have heard the sound of fresh snow under their shoes know what I am talking about. The landscape with snow on it does not only look different, it sounds different too. And if this was not enough I ventured one of these days into the forrest with one of my favourite chillout podcast on the headphones. P9 Ambient Electronic’s Winter Dreams, what a setup… I like listening to the music while I’m out taking photographs, not always but sometimes it just suits the situation and I feel like watching myself in some kind of music video or so. I think the music changes the way how we do perceive our world and this reflects in the pictures I take while listening to music as well. So there I was, walking through a winter wonderland, wrapped up in my jacket and scarf, involved by some smoothy, loungy and chilly sounds, hunting for the light and motives in this surreal winter landscape. Wish you can feel it… Have a great and fantastic year and most of all: Don’t stop dreaming.