michael pollak

nachtfotografie

July 22, 2014 on 6:07 pm | In allgemeines, art, outdoor | No Comments

Most of all, taking photos at night is a great excuse to spend high quality time in places that many hill goers never witness at night – it can be serene, magical, harsh or testing, but without fail it’s a unique experience. Long exposures take time, and after I’ve set the camera up and pressed the shutter, I spend that time silently appreciating how lucky I am to be in these incredible places.

ein paar gute tipps für fotografie in der nacht, auch gut geschrieben. empfehlenswert.

tips for shooting at night, well written too, check it out.

adams cave

July 21, 2014 on 3:51 pm | In allgemeines, home office, ideen, möbelstücke | No Comments

honestly.

i want to live in this place.

no, really, i m going to have sth like this. within a year. mark my words.

busted dragonfly 2

July 20, 2014 on 1:39 pm | In ->kroatien 2014, allgemeines | No Comments

so. i’m a big fan of buy once cry once.

a while back I bought myself a gorgeous spyderco dragonfly 2 with g10 scales, one of the most amazing little big knives out there. it’s my third dragonfly by now, the FRN versions are a solid choice but in my mind rescaling the g10 version just adds more style.

this little knife I brought with me to africa and also to croatia. lately i noticed that the spring was loose and the lock didn’t work anymore. without tools in croatia to disassemble it fully, it took a while to find out what was wrong. turns out a part of the backspacer broke off and came loose from the handle. This part held the spring in place, so both came free and rendered the backlock useless.

i wrote to spyderco today, and am really curious what is going to happen with their warranty and the implicit promise that (expensive) quality products from reputable companies make less headakes.

it really sucks that this happens here, a thousand kilometers from home, as this is the only one hand folder i brought. two is one and one is none i guess.

couldn’t really care less.

July 19, 2014 on 11:27 pm | In allgemeines, art | No Comments

And that’s one of the problems that we have, this nature deficit disorder.

And also in business it’s made me enjoy breaking the rules and making them work. That’s the enjoyable part of business that I really like. The other parts I don’t care much for, but I love breaking the rules (laughs).

I try to lead a very simple life. I am not a consumer of anything. And I much prefer sleeping on somebody’s floor than in a motel room. So, yeah, I fit the profile, all right.