Photos, Photos, Photos

No one is  surprised, when I tell that I love photography, I guess?

And no one is suprised, that I spent a lot of time at Facebook,  right?

The combination of Facebook and Photos is pretty good. We all can talk about privacy and the suprvision of the FB bots, but in the end we are able to share a lot in this way.  
For the ease I skip the other Social Media, I do not use them too often, my main 'stream' is indeed at Facebook.

Facebook has a wonderful extra, and that are groups.  There are groups for every city, every profession, and for photographers as well.  
I have a few favorites,  my Dutch one is Woordfoto van de dag, my German ist die Welt der Fotografie

Next to that I have a few more groups I like, also local groups, I not need to miss the talk of the town, and if there is a helicopter in the city, I can find out where :) :) 

As photograper I wanted to find places to share my photos, learn from other photos, and learn new things to improve my own photography. Groups are perfect, and local groups even lead to the possibility to meet people and go for  foto walks and other activities.  Not yet allwoed, here n Germany, and a thing I miss, to be limited in the locations where I go.
So, the success of groups makes people creating their own groups,  and then we get  things like a photogroup for Cologne, a few for Düsseldorf,  a few for night photography, and the groups with a mission,  such as 'All hobby Photographers unite' and  'all photographers of ... (city name, region, and even ountry).  Oh, and naturally there are groups for people who have the same camera equipment,  first of the brand (canon), then of the seriial name..  (D90).  And of couse, separated in countries.

Past week, a new group is founded, here in our city, to collect all the photographers of our city.  They recruit in other local groups, where photographers already post.
I am a bit in those local groups, and I see everywhere the same people showing their photos. Sometimes I hardly recognize the item at the photo, because it is edited with lightroom or photosho, or others (for what are groups as well..).

I so often find the same photos at many platforms posted, and the ore I see that, the less I feel like showing mine. Too much is not good as well, I think.  I prefer to show a few of my photos, at a few places,  so that they get the attention they deserve. It  makes no fun for me, to only count the hits and likes...

I want to let my photos tell the story. And when you see them, I like it, when they keep your attention for a few  seconds, so that you can imagine, what  I meant, what I felt... or maybe you dislike it, and that's okay as well. Just that you not need to be afraid, to skip to another group to see that monster photo again :) :) 
I make plenty of photos, and I lwant as many people as possible to enjoy them. But I not want to overload the (social) media with 100 times the same photo. 
Consequenlty you see less photos from me then from many others. But the chance is real, that you see dffferent photos from me, in different groups, at different platforms.  Just because I can. And because I love it, when I discover other photos from others, that are not often shown.  That makes them more intresting.

That's my ranting for today.  And now I go to clean up my groups. I wanted to go to make some photos, but I waited so long, that it starts raining again.  :) 

 

Against

 If you are active at the social media, you will know the people, that are .. against ...

Against Corona
Againstt that someone colours photos
Againstt the politics
Against everything

Maybe you noticed, the people who are against more, belong often to the more radical parts of our society.  I will not judge, here, just tell how I see it.
I have to bring it back to the pandemy again, even tho I try to keep it a bit away from my  thoughts, and talks.
But, also in my friends circle, there are a few people, who are 'against'  the measures that are taken to lower the infection rate. They are against masks, feel that it limits their freedom.
Those people are not the ones, who work in shops, where the  people need to wear the masks over 8 hours each day.  No, those people are the people who can still work 'open',  or who are retired and spend their days with bicycling.
But beware... when there is a ferry to pass, and on the ferry the masks need to be weared.  Then it is all the sudden an irritation.   
No, I don't talk about extreme people, they are out of my list for longer.  I call it the professional  complainers, who  use every example, to complain, or point at things that are not correct.

I saw plenty of that, in my visit in the City, today. The first day, that the restaurants and pubs are open again (outsice).. Long live the chaos !

You can complain, that you can not find a possibility, to get yourself vaccinated, true.  And it is not nice, if you are not able to get your jab, even when your only reason is, that you want to go on holiday. 

But it is not good, if you complain at the social media, when you put your whining there, and not try to find a solution. 

I know that I am in a lucky situation myself, but still I can not stand, when people foool theirselves, and with that try to find sympathy with others, just to justify their own behavior.

End of rant.  I fear it is too cryptical to be 'useful'  as a blog. Still, it is one.  Tomorrow better!! 

In Jail

 It finally happened (again).

I am in FaceBook jail (again).

After a long time, in what I could behave, I appearantly am in the view of FB  or  its reporters again.

A (light) delict from a while ago, and today my warning for  FB accounts with sexual intentions (nothing to see, just  ordently covered big ones), was appearantly enough to give me a 24 hours ban.  And, if it is not bad enough, I got a double penalty, my other account is catched as well. Even more vague, no idea what I did wrong there (honestly, I swear!!)  And no idea how long that ban will last, if it is related to the other one.

Anyway, it seems that I am a while together with myself, in that silly FB prison.

I can understand that rough language is, especially nowadays, a reason to be 'warned', or even that that kind of messages are not allowed.  I also can imagine, why people need to be stopped in voicing. And I know that I can be not so tactical, in my replies, and that my words sometimes are too harsh.  

In that optic, the time in jail is understandable.  
On the other side, I see so much hate, in reactions, much worse (in my opinon, what is coloured, I know) then  my slippery words or posts.  
I should love to see someone noticing that as well, and say that that kind of behavior is unacceptable. 

Deep sigh.

I will rest my case,  who likes can add my new account (Ha Fri, you will recognize it easily) and else... Be happy, to have a few hours of rest from me.  

The land of confusion

 And you know, that my middlename is Chaos, right?

I can do with chaos, at least when it is my chaos.  I can handle, if I have to correct things, or if I accidentically sent out a mail what was not meant to be... I can handle when I forget things, or mix names up.

But, what when others create chaos, and I am part of the chaos?  
Then I get confused, a bit irritated, but not enough to get angry.   I am confused then, and I withdraw myself a bit from the situation.  As in a kind of helicopter view, 

When I do so, I can see what happens, and often it ends with a smile.
Often I have the patience, to lean back and to wait a bit.
How often it happens, that the 'problem'  then solves itselves?
Such as that unexpected phone calls, this weekend.  I was surprised, why sshould my doctor wants to speak me in the weekend?  
So, I rold myself, I should go there today, to clear the things up.
And, at the moment I took my coat on, to go, it was raining so hard, that I waited.. Then my phone rang, and I not needed to go anymore.  Problem solved :) 

And of coure I lauged about myself. I have been making unneccesary thoughts, and then...all the sudden, none of that thoughts were legal.   I was trapped by my troll.. 

I did not just put him in the corner, now. I banned him out of our house, and hopefully for a longer time out of my head.

I went for the daily shoppings, and then ended up in a cold rain shower.  I laughed about it, and felt refreshed.  

Have I learned my lesson?   You will find out, in next blogs :)

Meh day

 It is longer ago, that I did have such a day like today, and I don't like it.

I call it a meh day. 

 It is not only a strange phone call, what made me wondering wtf is going to happen, and it looks like it is going to be a mystery until tomorrow.

It is not only because I am worried.

It is not only, because I was  planning to make a nice walk and, like yesterday, it was more hiding for rain and shower, then that there was fun.

Well,  not be worried, life will go on, I will feel better, soon, I know, but I allow myself a Meh Day. We all deserve a Meh Day, now and then, don't we?  It is not bad, to feel Meh now and then. We have the right to  feel Meh, even when we are not sheep. 

Usually photography helps the meh to disappear, but, when the weather is like the past few days, it is just meh, and not much fun. There are plenty of challenges, in the photography, the coming days, and I like that, but hey, the circumstances must be good too!

Now wait a minute, Hans, what are you doing now?  Are you really giving the 'troll'  a voice again? Do you really listen to that 'worst scenrio' voice, that is not even telling the truth?  
You put 'the troll' so nicely in the corner, and now this?
No way!

So, this is all a warning to me.  Even when I feel good and things are looking well, that Troll is still there. Waiting in a dark corner. Waiting to come out, when he feels that he can win.
Today, he lost.
Just in time I  went to write a little bit.
And hey,  the mysterious phone call not necesarrily needs to bring bad news!  In the worst case, some things are just delayed.
And hey, between the (bad) showers the sun was shining, just like it is doing right now!
And, even with the few photos, they were not all bad!

Sigh.. Meh. 
No.  No Meh.   Not a yay,  but definitely not a naye either.
More like.. take a new breath, and the show..... will go on!

Hey ho, let's go

So, there we go again.

Somehow Google makes issues with the PC, so I have to find alternative ways to write a blog.

I need my therapy!!  So, I am glad that  there still is a way to communicate with myself (and the happy few that read)

I think I finish this writing tonight.  Not now :) Or maybe, maybe this is the end :)  We never know, don't we? :) 

Back

There we are again.  It was a bit ago, I am recovering from a nightshift, and did not sleep very much today, oh well, tomorrow it is bank holiday, I might do the thing then... or not :) 

A lot of questions in my head, at the moment, feed for at least a week more of blogs. Let me start with the one, that is bothering me for a few days already.  It are the amazing ways of Google.
I installed it at a new device (laptop), where it works perfect. Mail, Browser, everything smoothy and fine.

At my desk top computer, where I always used it, without any problem, I all the sudden can not read my mail anymore. Why?
While writing this, I think about a possibiltty, why that is possible. But why, out of the blue, with no signs of mistakes at the other devices?  Same goes for the blog, that I write. Why I all the sudden can not do that anymore?

Argh, I think I need to learn a profession. As I discussed with someone, technics are not good for us.

But, I am still very glad that I can use it.  One way, or another.

Okay, enough  tears for today, I am too tired to find the other questions at the moment. Maybe they are covered in the banana, what is left.  Why did I not eat it? Question over question :) :)   Hamburger tonight!!! 

Compliments

Don't we all like compliments?  

I do, anyway, but it was not always so.  A long time I did wave compliments away, making myself little about my achievements. Long ago  a friend said to me, you are not selling yourself.  And now, 30 years  later, I understand what he means.

Today it happened again, that I got compliments, about my photos, and about nice talks.
I really did enjoy it, and guess what, the other was not finding me arrogant or so, he, she, just meant it, and was happy with it.
It made me happy in the soul, and it encourages me, to go on with what I do.

When is the last time that you got a compliment?

Similar, and for me more easy, it is, was, to give compliments. Long time I found it not okay, to give compliments, to get credits from others.  Until the moment, that I decided that I can give compliments, when I really like things. Why not?  If I see a wonderful painting, if I like something, why should I not say it?  Why shoud I not take a candy, when it is offered in good will?
It makes me happy, if I can make a compliment, and see that the other appreciates it.

When is the las time that you have given a compliment?

I wish, that you can answer both questions, with that you do it today. Honestly sharing good moods, brings your heart and soul in good mood as well.  

You don't believe me?

Give it a try
Do it today. Tomorrow is good, too. Both is even better.

The photo is taken on Tuesday.  The last time I went out photographing. Today was a beautiful (bank holiday) day, but I had other things to do. Sharing compliments can happen in all kind of situations.

S