Photography – Annerose Walz

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

Trying out AI generating software

AI is on everyone’s lips these days, and as controversial as it is, I guess it’s here to stay. So, I want to figure out how it works.
I already know that AI can be helpful with my writing process, help me edit and critique my texts, or help me find the right words for the right situation.

It can also be helpful and support the creative process when used with a bit of caution.
I participated in a workshop the other day, offered by Nucly Akademy (my favorite Photoshop Learning place – www.nucly.com). During the workshop, we created a monumental text with the help of AI.

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

The Great Sand Dunes in South Colorado

In April we spent a couple of days in Southern Colorado, specifically at the Great Sand Dunes near Alamosa, CO.

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021

MY Pandemic ABC

I saw a Pandemic ABC in the New York Times corona briefing email from March 30th, 2021 written by Margaret “Page” Kakowski, Portland, OR and found it so inspiring that I decided to make my own …

December 31, 2020January 10, 2021

2020 – The Craziest of Years

I guess I don’t need to remind you what we went through this year, from a global pandemic, protests against systemic racism and police brutality, wild fires, earthquakes, elections and allegations of voter fraud,… and so on.

No, I won’t get into that. I want to tell you about the unexpected.
Sometimes the unexpected hits you so suddenly that you are so stunned that you can’t talk about it for quite some time. It can even make you think you dreamed it altogether.
This is the story about the unexpected discovery we made this summer.

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Nine Years….

It’s been nine years since we drove to the Stuttgart airport with the rest of our belongings packed into eight suitcases, boarded a plane to Chicago, and stepped into this new life of ours here in the US.

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

Like a whirlwind…

This was a really long summer break 🙂
No, actually these were some whirlwind-like couple of months.
First my daughter graduated and started her first job at Brookfield Zoo.
In August she started her freshman year in Colorado. Then, my husband got a new job and we moved to Colorado, too.
All this happened really fast and we had to search for a new place to stay, prep the house in Chicago to be sold and find a new permanent place in Colorado.
I am still trying to catch my breath 🙂

May 25, 2019June 7, 2019

“Here is to never growing up”

“Here is to never growing up!” The theme for the prom night at my daughter’s school fit right in with what we did for my first ever Prom photography session.

March 25, 2019May 8, 2019

Don’t compare yourself to anybody else other than yourself – 30 photos I want to improve…

Competing with others makes you bitter, competing with yourself makes you better!

I love to look at pictures and to look at the unique ideas other photographers come up with. Their beautiful pictures of a sunrise or a mountain range, the funny pictures they take of their pets… and so on. But sometimes it frustrated me to see how much better they are than I am.

February 26, 2019February 27, 2019

Berries on the Rocks and Valentine’s Roses

Berries on the Rocks
Valentine’s refreshments

Being huddled up inside, under a warm blanket, drinking hot chocolate all day becomes boring after a while, and unfortunately hibernating doesn’t work for me like it does for brown bears – I don’t lose weight, I gain it.

January 18, 2019February 27, 2019

Steam Punk Photo Shoot

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a presentation that promoted the Godox Flash system.
The presenter, Sherry Hagerman is the owner of Allusion Photography from Oakbrook, IL, one of the top wedding photography companies in the United States. She first explained and demonstrated the flash system and then walked us through the process of setting up the speed lights and how to set our cameras.