Photography on Henri Kauhanen

Bailaora

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:00:00 +0200

When the pandemic hit, I briefly looked for new inspiration for photography indoors before suddenly losing all passion for the hobby for about two years. This photo is one of the last I took before those two years of photographic depression.

Multiple exposure is a fun technique. Flamenco is a complex dance. I wanted to use the former to try to capture some of the complexity of the latter. So we pushed the living room sofa into a corner and my wife was generous enough to model in front of an ancient Minolta Autocord twin lens reflex camera propped on a tripod. (It’s a tremendously fun camera by the way – I will have to write more about it on a separate occasion.)

Säntis

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0200

Looking southward from Konstanz, the mountain of Säntis, some 50 km away in the Appenzell Alps, is clearly visible on most days. It is a modest peak in terms of summit height – 2502 meters – but stands very tall amongst its neighbours: Säntis is ultra-prominent, with a topographic prominence of 2021 meters. Having had a glimpse of it practically every day for the past five years, I was curious to get closer. As it turns out, Säntis is very accessible: a cable car has been taking tourists up the mountain since 1935 from nearby Schwägalp Pass. Atop, one finds modern facilities: a very large observation deck, three restaurants and various exhibitions.