THE DULL CHANNEL - Philosophical Photography

January 21, 2021

I declare my civil disobedience

Civil disobedience is the act of not following certain laws or government orders on the grounds of adhering to a morally superior law or ethical belief. In my case I declare my civil disobedience against most anti-corona laws due to…

January 20, 2021

Funny Faces Behind The Fence

The funny faces behind the fence are put against the wall of the former Central Office for Statistics of the GDR. At the time it was mostly abanonded. There were always high flying plans to use this building or tear…

January 18, 2021

Overcoming Social Media Addiction Part #3: Decisions

While part 1 I outlined the basic problem with social media, part 2 was a reflection on my own problematic media usage, this part is about the steps I am taking to get control back over the information and media…

January 14, 2021

Tetris on the go #1 (2021)

I bought my daughter a couple of magnetic shapes that are formed like 3D Tetris pieces. She wanted me to play with them too when I saw one could make different cubist looking objects out of them. Thus born was…

January 12, 2021

Leaves the Bench

A vintage lens the FUJINON EBC 28mm/F3.5 This is one of the first images I took with my new (used) Fujifilm X-T3 and a vintage lens. In this case the FUJINON EBC 28mm/F3.5. It is a classic wide angle lens…

January 10, 2021

Overcoming Social Media Addiction Part #2: A Moral Inventory

While part 1 outlined the basic problem with social media, part 2 is going to be a moral inventory of sorts before we can begin with overcoming social media addiction. An honest look at the true reasons for my media…

January 8, 2021

My life in cameras part 11: Fujifilm X100T review

Last time I wrote about how I lost my creativity and inspirations for photography. I was just buying shiny new toys instead of observing my surroundings for interesting scenes. It ended with me selling all my equipment because I thought…

January 6, 2021

Overcoming Social Media Addiction Part #1: The Problem with Distraction, Boredom and Thinking

I want to share my thoughts and my journey with all the successes and failures in overcoming social media addiction. Here is what I gathered about smartphones, social media, news and gaming but also about how past thinkers saw boredom,…