today i have been to the coached shooting at the "cash-photos" studio in linz. it was about getting familiar with the studio-equipment such as flashes, lightboxes, etc. in order to have something to take pictures of there was the model "eva", which was really of great help because she was posing like a pro (and i think she is). this helped to concentrate on the technical side of the shooting. so there was no giving the model orders how to pose, but rather every time i took a picture eva changed to a different pose. quite interesting, informative, and diverting afternoon. here some of the shots i did on this day: furthermore the links to model eva, cash-photos' site (where one can book the studio).

this year i was at the ITnT again but actually it's getting more and more boring every year. firstly because i did not meet as much people i know as last year, and secondly the girls in weird dresses/costumes/outfits are getting less and less. seems nerds can not be impressed with hot girls that easily any more. hm... seems i am the only one left. the few of the girls were nice and friendly. at the fair i met [sue] and attingo which was very nice. later in the evening i met c-na and cypher which was also very nice and joyful.

for the first time i got closer to the new ars electronica center in linz with the new look for linz09. the outside of the building has loads of tiles, each of it can be lit in a different colour so there are gradients and animations all over the front of the building. quite nice, but i was more fascinated by the patterns the LED lights produce on the boardings of each tile or cell. they produce very nice moiré patterns. so i took pictures of that rather than the building itself, since this is an already well known subject. so, here are some of my impressions of the new AEC building:

today the weather was very nice again, with sunshine and enjoyable -5 degrees celsius. so we walked to "petite france", an area in strasbourg with loads of very old half-timbered houses. on our photo walk we also found a shop specialised in beer that offered loads of different beers most of them from belgium and germany, but they also had the japanese "asahi" beer there. although the buildings are really very nice, after a while all houses and places start to look all the same and familiar. so we finally walked home then and watched another movie. maybe we'll go out later. we'll see...

not really much to tell besides a nice new year's eve party on the 31st and a nice hangover on the 01st of january in 2009. we were watching loads of movies and relaxed the rest of the day. maybe tomorrow there will be some activity and maybe then there will be some pics again. we'll see...