Kees' gallery^pro

I take many pictures which I say are of a sunrise, but you’ll rarely see the sun rise. For those who can’t believe my words: here, a full-frontal of the sun. (They say photographers should have the sun from behind, but that’s something I can’t believe.)…

A panoramic view of the Alps, as seen from our balcony. The past few days, the “Föhn” wind shared some marvelous mountain views with us.

This time of year, the sun and I rise almost simultaneously, and that results sometimes in me taking some air on the balcony.

Another early morning shot. Here the mist is still below us, but often it ascends and covers our house when the sun gets warmer. Views like this never last long.

Photo from 1994, taken with my Zenza Bronica GS-1 (which indeed also has a 6x6 back). Cora was three years old then, and took her time with her ice cone.

1994, again, just an hour or so after the other picture. Cora is sitting amidst the remains of an Early Christian church. No wonder she’s in a meditative mood. Or perhaps she’s still bothered by the sticky fingers she got from the previous ice disaster.

A week ago, I rediscovered my medium format negatives. Scanning’s a bore, and I’ll have to think twice before I single out anyone of them and subject it to that procedure. I took this picture in September 1996 with my Yashica-Mat 6x6 twin-lens reflex came…

I have taken pictures of it before: the referee tower standing on the slope where once brave young men made their jumps in winter -when winters still brought snow, and Icking still attracted visitors. It's of no use anymore, and I probably like it better…

The ski jump seems to be in pretty good shape (until you see the rest of it). On top, you get a nice view of Icking. I think that's reason enough to let it be.

... because my camera can't get close enough. It was a gigantic flower and an enormous bee.

I haven't planted these snails: they come naturally. We should invite some real gourmets for dinner.

Plots with a view.

You knew it happened to ants and spiders: exposed to nuclear radiation, they became monsters, and movie stars. Well, it happens to goldfish too (though this one unfortunately ate its agent and remained obscure). This picture was taken at Ingolstadt, home…

During WW II, when German cities became unsafe, the Thesaurus linguae Latinae archives were for the most part evacuated to the Benedictine Abbey of Scheyern. (Even) more interestingly, some part must have been brought to Icking, 25km south of Munich. Afte…

Shot, so to speak, from the hip, so only one out of five pictures was actually focused on him, and the rest needed to be trashed.

If you want to be a portrait photographer, you better practice on immobile individuals.

It looks if it hasn’t been used for a long time, but that may be just my imagination. Perhaps I should have moved the chair in the foreground. I would have got a better picture. On the other hand, I would have betrayed my claim for realism.