Shanghai

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How Sinico S.p.A. and a chinese friend cheated me.

I was comfortable moving to Shanghai in 2005 because I knew I had work there. Selling machines from Europe to China. Eventually, in 2006, we build up a partnership with the italian company Sinico S.p.A. - they produce tube processing automation machines. Machines, that cut long tubes in small parts and make them ready for [...]

Posted on Jul 21.08 to China, Shanghai

John Rabe - Little Report, With Video!

When Ben commented to my last post about the pictures from the movie John Rabe, I just headed over to YouTube to see if anything had been released there - officially or not. Sadly, I found no trailer - but a little report! DW, Deutsche Welle, was on the set reporting and seemed to have [...]

Posted on Feb 27.08 to China, Shanghai, Videography

I love chinglish.

“Nuclear Area - Wonderful space for individuals”. Picture taken near the Yangchang road in Shanghai, China.

Posted on Mar 27.07 to China, Photography, Shanghai

D50 RAW to HDR tutorial.

Here it is, the promised Nikon D50 HDR tutorial or ‘How To Make A HDR Image Out Of A Single RAW file’.

Posted on Mar 26.07 to Photography, Shanghai, Technology

Advertising from Microsoft.

I could not belive my eyes when we left the “Banana Leaf” restaurant in Shanghai’s Pudong district yesterday - there was a huge advertising on the 421 meter high Jin Mao Tower! On one of the biggest skyscrapers in Asia! Yes, it makes absolutely sense to advertise like that in the country where you can [...]

Posted on Feb 04.07 to China, Photography, Shanghai, Technology

Eric Claptons Konzert in Shanghai war super!

Geduldig wie ein Buddha habe ich am Wochenende meine Fotos des Eric Clapton Konzerts auf flickr geladen, und natürlich Berichte geschrieben - den deutschen Bericht gibt es hier, den englischen hier.

Posted on Jan 22.07 to China, Music, Photography, Shanghai

Clapton live in Shanghai.

I don’t remember the exact year, but it must have been at least four or five years ago. Billy Crystal was the host of the academy awards that year and a hilarious clip was shown before the show or as advertisement: Billy Crystal goes to the cinema, buys a popcorn, goes to his theatre, sits down, watches the commercials and as soon as the movie begins, he pulls up a tripod with a camcorder attached to capture the movie…. What the hell has this to do with Eric Clapton, you ask?

Posted on Jan 21.07 to China, Music, Photography, Shanghai