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Ein Besuch in Chemnitz (2)

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Nach den ganzen Vorträgen bin ich Sonntag Abend noch eine Runde durch Chemnitz spaziert. Dabei sind mir auch ein paar Dinge aufgefallen:

Viele Nebenstraßen und die dort stehenden Mehrfamilienhäuser sehen 1:1 aus wie in Eberswalde
In viele Wohnungen kann man reingucken, da die Bewohner keine Vorhänge oder Jalousien benutzen
Mitunter ist die Architektur sehr abwechlungsreich
Die Chemnitzer verwenden fantastische Namen für Ihre Wahrzeichen wie Lulatsch oder Nischel
Die Stadt scheint ein gut ausgebautes Verkehrsnetz zu haben, trotzdem konnte ich eigentlich alles fußläufig innerhalb von 30min erreichen
Von Freitag Abend bis Montag früh habe ich Morgens und Abends kaum Menschen auf den Straßen gesehen

Der Spaziergang endete im Lokomov, direkt unter dem lokalen Chaos-Club. Das Chemnitzer Kulturbier, ein sanftes Helles, kann ich empfehlen. Sehr süffig.

Bleating Heide

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:18:35 +0100

In January I had time to visit the Döberitzer Heide again. This time I walked in from the north-west side and after passing some interesting bunker ruines, I met these fellas:

Almost at the watch tower at Döberitzer Heide

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:44:13 +0100

This month I took a walk into the Döberitzer Heide for the first time. While walking through the woods I noticed a watch tower on the map and decided to take a closer look. Unfortunately it was already pretty dark and the current weather isn’t favorable to climb a tower. So I walked into viewing distance and turned back. Definetly a spot I want to visit again during the day. Sadly, I didn’t wear proper socks for my boots and was presented with some bloody heels.

Analogue photo update

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 21:33:53 +0100

I received the film and there were actually some okayish pictures on it. However, due to several distractions I didn’t take time to reflect on those images properly.

I started to shoot analogue again

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:04:18 +0100

Due to circumstances I got my hands on an analogue Minolta from the 90s. A Dynax 9xi. There was a 35mm film already loaded inside and almost full (24/36) as well. I took a walk through one of the historic parts of the city and finished the film. After a bit of research - many thanks to analoge-fotografie.net¹ - I decided to try my luck with Safelight Berlin². They offered a good price and seemed caring all-in-all. I received an email that the film arrived in their lab today, so I will know more in about two weeks time. I think the film inside the camera was from ~2005, fingers crossed that I will get something out of it!

How to start (´。＿。｀)

hello@bdw.li (jwb) — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:24:46 +0100

It’s been four weeks since I opened this blog and I haven’t published anything new yet. Let me just drop a few thoughts off my head:

I am impatiently waiting for a free slot on the Pixelfed mobile app¹ beta on testflight! The mobile web page² simply doesn’t feel as smooth as a proper app.
After looking at a couple of photo books (Ethiopia by Joey Lawrence³ and Juggling is easy by Peggy Nolan⁴) I really want to dig out my old analog Nikon and start shooting black and white films.