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The power of do things

Learn to be such a good fighter so that you don’t have to fight any more. Then the time has come to face for biggest opponent: your self.

Shaolin Wisdom

I take pictures since I was a child. For a very long time I denied that my ability to see with my heart and soul could be off value for others.

I knew that my photos were good. Every time I showed one of them to my friends they were very impressed.

I’ll become 44 tomorrow. I decided to give myself a present and become a professional artist.

I will trust in the power of simply doing things. Focus on the joy of my work and do what I am good at and what I love.

 

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Love what you do

I take pictures since I was a child. I remember a photo I took with the camera of my parents when I was 13. If you ask when I became a photographer I would mention this photo. It stayed with me a told me that I have the talent to capture something with the camera there are no words for.

Over the time my equipment changed. I love to take pictures of people outside with a natural light. I never dared to become a professional photographer. I knew that my photos were good and I also got a positive response every time I showed my pictures my friends.

So what held me back? I just could not imagine that I can make a living of my talent.

At the end of September Foto Meyer organized a trade show. I went there to attend some workshops for free and listen to some professional photographers talking about their art and craft.

Ulla Lohmann told her story how she sneaked her way in to become a wild life photographers for BBC or National Geographics.

She gave some advice how to aproach people and how to get a good picture of them.  To get a model release is a great issue because without it you cannot sell  your pictures to the magazines. She told us how to get a model release from people who have no idea what that is.

Kai Strut talked about his way to success and that his intuition guided him. That he had it all and lost it all. And how his intiution helped him to reinvent himself.

Jens Burger showed some of his work he did for Fujifilm. When he was asked: Who will buy these pictures? He repied: I just do this for fun and for your entertainment. So I hope you enjoy it.

I took some pictures at the workshop. But what was my true intention to  be at this trade show? It seems like I wanted to know something. Do I have what it takes to be a pro?

Do I have what it takes to be a pro? Well, it looks like all it takes is to have the guts to just do what you love. To focus on the joy of the work and don’t pay to much attention to the question: Will it sell.

So do I have the courage to do what it takes to become the photographer I already am?

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Do you life a magical life?

For years I am trying to solve the riddle of my life and my self.

It seems that my life only works the magical way. In a world of algorithms, challenges and goals this is hard for me to accept because it makes me feel like an alien.

I always had a strong intuition which led me to places where i can grow emotionally, personally and economically. But still it is hard for me to use the intuition as a foundation of my life.

To give you a glimpse of my intuition and what I mean with my life works only magically I will tell you what happened to me last week:

I helped my friend in moving to her new home. A few years ago we worked together in an organic bakery. Although we got along pretty well with each other I had only loose contact with her.

I send her a massage from my vacation on Sicily because the that she had been there and she liked the island.

She wrote me back that she is moving to a new home. I answered her that if she needed help she could ask me any time.

She was so happy about my offer. She had asked all of their friends for help but nobody had time. So she didn’t dare to ask me although she had thought of me.

I was glad to help her. We haven’t seen each other for more than a year.

A lot of people say that it is hard to get a flat in Berlin. That has never been my experience. Also my friend told me a different story how she got the new flat.

She lived for more than seven years in a WG with changing flatmades. She wanted t find out in which direction her life will go and had come to the conclusion that she needed to change places.

On day she went to a marriage party although she didn’t felt like it. There she met a woman who told her that she all how away for a year and needed some to look after her home. She will leave in October which was only a moth from that day. My friend needed a new home by October. They liked each other and the rest is simple.

Coincidences you may say. You might be right but it happens all the time.

 

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About Photography

When I take pictures, I am in a different state of mind. Myself steps aside and I am comletly in the moment here and now. It is like a zen meditation.

In the potrait different images collide: the picture of one self, the picture the others have of one and the pictuere one wants the others to have.

As the photographer it is my job to brush these pictures aside and take the picture uf the person beyond.

I like to take pictures with analogue technic and in black and white with the natural light.

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Bio Ingo Hampe

Ingo Hampe is a self tought writer and photographer. He grew up in Hannover and moved to Berlin when he was twenty five to study Computer and Commuication Science.

He worked as an employee in a cinema, a salesman for a organic bakery as extra in movies as a tourguide at the Berlin Wall an as help desk for an it company.

Ever since his youth he loved the movies. In 2016 at the age of 42 he decided to follow his calling and tell stories through pictures and words.

Now he publishes short stories an sweek and his pictures on eyeem. He also publishes a podcast about creative techniques and writing methods.

He lives with his wife and their cat in Berlin Schöneberg.

 

Ingo Hampe ist ein autodidaktischer Autor und Fotograf. Er wuchs in Hannover auf. Mit 25 zog er nach Berlin um Informatik und Kommunikationswisenschaften zu stuieren.

Aus liebe zum Fim wollte er schon als Teenager Regisseur werden. Stattdessen arbeitete er Kinomitarbieter, Kleindarsteller und Komparse, Verkäufer in einer Biobäckerei, Fremdenführer an der Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer und Supportmitarbeiter für einen Internetrouterhersteller.

2016 – im Alter von 42 Jahren – beschloss er seiner Berufung zu folgen und Geschichten in Bildern und Worten zu erzählen. Er veröffentlicht seine Geschichten und Bilder auf Online Portalen und betreibt einen Podcast über Kreativtechniken.

Zusammen mit seiner Frau und ihrer Katze lebt er in Berlin Schöneberg.

 

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Why I Write

I always felt that I am different from other people. As if my live obeyed different laws of nature.

I always had a strong intuition. Every time I followed my intuition I was happy. Even when it was illogical and let me to strange places or gave me experiences that hurt.

In my writing I am trying to explain my life to me and to assure me that to follow my intuition is not only the only possible way for me to live but also the right thing to do.

All my life movies and stories guided me. They helped me to feel truly and understand life and who I am.

I believe in the power of the subconsciousness. 90% of our decisions are influenced by it. I think we can train our subconsciousness.

One way, the best way, to do this is reading stories, listening and watching stories in songs and movies.

In a world that is getting more and more complex we have to learn to trust in our guidance, our gut felling and our intuition.

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Energetic Singing Concerts and Workshops

I am a singer, vocal medium, musician and poet. I accept my divinity to serve the world in the name of love and light.

In Berlin I developed my own style of music. I give energetic concerts and workshops with singing bowls and gongs.

In these concerts and workshops you can experience your self, your soul, a magical jorney, a wonderful positive energy and more…

For booking a concert or workshop please post me a private message or send me an email.

With all the love,

Raphaela.

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Enjoy Life Enjoy Yourself

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Everybody should live a life of ease, pleassure and fulfilment.

How often do you walk along the street with a smile on your face and a song in your heart?

Not that often we guess. And you are right, there are plenty of reasons why you couldn’t or you wouldn’t. Life isn’t allways a party – that is true.

We would like to help you to connect with yourself and enjoy person you are and the life you live. We believe that to be connect is to be happy because you are born happy.

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Bio Raphaela Gilla

I am Raphaela Gilla, a singer, poet, vocal medium, performer and musician.

I was born and grew up in Israel. Since 2003 I live and work in Berlin, Germany. I sing and write songs and music since I know myself. Singing and making music is my passion, my joy my fun my cure my inner expression and my savior in hard times.

1991 – 2000 I studied singing contemporary music, jazz, classic and oriental music in high qualified music institutes in Israel. I was a soloist in musicals, bands, choirs and concerts.

Since 2000 I sing, perform and record my songs in the genre of chamber, classic music, a-capella, experimental jazz, new music, free improvisation, shamanic, oriental, electronic and world music with divers musicians and ensembles.

In 2016 I collaborated with djs in the electronic music field and also recorded my new album and performed with the guitarist and producer Jordi Kuragari.

Due to the variety of music studies and concerts I developed my own unique style of singing and music which I would like to share with a lot of people in the world. I know that this gift that I received can bring a lot of joy, love, good energies, strength, freedom, harmony, courage, essence, inspiration and light into the world.