join me for a trip down memory lane in the bavarian alps as well as a really cool drive along the world famous grossglockner alpine high road.
It’s great to be back, especially back to the mountains. It’s been a busy year since my move to Hamburg back in January and unfortunately my photography has fallen by the wayside a bit. I actually have a few posts in my draft folder that for some reason I never published, so I should have a few more coming soon.
This post is all about a great trip I did back in July to Bavaria and Austria with my analog photographer in crime, Conor. We met up in Munich and did a 4 day long road trip down to the Konigsee in Bavaria and then onto the world famous Grossglockner Alpine High road, and finishing in a rainy Salzburg (separate short post on that one). We also had a stop over at Zell am See, but I think those shots are on my Nikonos.
Weapon of choice was my Mamiya 6 plus 3 lenses and a Nikonos V for some 35mm rolls. The 35mm rolls will be in a separate post, today is all about Medium Format goodness.
I don’t really take notes of what I shoot, but at least I have a before/setup shot. I didn’t shoot the ektachrome 35mm in the end, but did try that Opticolor and some rolls of Portra 400 and I think Ektar 100. I should probably be more diligent with a notebook of what I take. Oh and I had a random roll of 35mm film I picked up in Hong Kong, although I think I ended up using that later in the summer in the Nordics.
First stop was the Konigsee and a trip up the cool Jennerbahn. I have been here before, even trudging up my large format gear by foot - that was fun, check it out here.
Such a great outlook terrace.
Conor at work.
I have been here a number of times before and never get tired of the view, everywhere you look has such wonderful wide open spaces.
Conor obliterated by a light leak.
My aim was to take the hikers walking up the zig zag but even with a zoom lens, the square nature of the Mamiya does not always lend itself to what I was looking at in the shot.
Sometimes you just need to crop - this is also a cool view.
This shot ended up being quite busy - from the vantage point it looked like a very big landscape.
The view from the top of the amazing Eagle’s nest. We went up on one of the first buses, so had the place to ourselves for a bit before the masses came.
Rocks galore.
The Grossglockner Alpine High road
Probably one of the coolest roads in the world, and to our surprise, there was an international Porsche meet up. And the weather mostly cooperated, great luck all round!
I have been here before (also with Conor!) and some really special and now impossible to find colour infrared film. This was back in 2018 (time flies!), check out this really cool post.
Let me tell you, if you are a fan of Porsches AND unique-once-in-a-lifetime type cars, this was the place to be.
This is the look of a real Porsche fan (and owner!)
Shot a split second too late, in the middle of the road coming up would have been better. However, a split second more and he’d be behind the rock!
I love a big landscape shot but sometimes it is hard to get the right angle. The second photo location was VERY steep, I was a bit dizzy getting the right angle for this. I like how the shots came out though, very bright and colourful.
I love this shot - such great switchbacks on this amazing Alpine road.
Bit blurry but I like how it came out.
One of those cars parked is a unique Dutch super car.
This scene looked a lot better in real life, sometimes you just have to accept the final image produces something different. The lighting was quite harsh also and I didn’t play much with filters this time (note to self for next time!).
Taken by Conor, goodness knows what happened to that film…
Actually I took the iPhone shot of the camera looking to the front rather than the side where the final image was taken. I really like the final image, lots of different black and white shades and an interesting road that leads somewhere.
The end of the road. Curiously, the Alpine road ends at this rather large glacial area. There is an almighty 3 or 4 storey carpark too, which seems very out of place in the middle of nowhere.
Overall observations
It is great to be back. Curiously enough, this is the 10th year of Kashphoto.com. No fanfare necessary, but as I look back I am amazed by the body of (analog) photography work I have created - how cool! Despite a few very busy years in the professional space, I am looking forward to coming back to this blog and thinking about new projects and ideas for more photos (I refuse to use the word content).
Looking forward to being on this blog more often.
See you shortly!
Neil
Yours truly, great shot courtesy of Conor and his mammoth Pentax 67 aka The Beast.
