landscape – Seite 18 – rene bauer photography

visiting ticino – southern switzerland

It’s a day trip over the Swiss alps by motorbike to reach the region of Ticino, the southern part of Switzerland. With the early golden morning sun i picked up a good friend who gave me nice company for this trip. At a lake just before the ascend to the alps started we had a coffee. From there it’s a winding road up to the heights of the mountains. Small, narrow roads, old, stoney bridges -as the „devil’s bridge“- and even a Russian monuments from the war at 1799 shows how busy this route was the last 2000 years.

By motorbike it’s a pleasant journey to lakes surrounded with mountains and palm trees. After a refreshing swim and some original Italian ice cream just over the nearby border, there was a nice stroll trough ancient alleys of town and visiting the castle of Bellinzona. Just before the night fell in, we were already back on the way north, letting the palm trees behind us.

September 14, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: europe, flower, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, switzerland, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlifeTags: adventure, agriculture, boat, castle, city, culture, curch, daily life, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, lake, landscape, mountains, nature, overland, people, portraits, reportage, russia, sunrise, swissalps, switzerland, Travel, urbanlife, Village Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

making of: music clip with my travelcar

At first sight of the scenery i got confused. A girl was dancing on my dirty Land Rover and many spectators were watching her. As i noticed the film crew with all the equipment and the loud music from the back, i realized my Land Rover gonna be part of their music clip. I didn’t find that clip on internet now, but desperately wanna see it when it’s published. And i’ll share it with you!

September 9, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, movie, music, nature, portrait, reportage, tanzania, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlifeTags: 4x4, adventure, Africa, beach, camping, culture, daily life, dancing, film, girl, HOPE, hotel, humansofplanetearth, Land Rover, Landrover, landscape, nature, Offroad, overland, people, portraits, reportage, safari, sea, tanzania, Travel, urbanlife, Village, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

photo shooting with Lyster

On another fine day i drove south to discover new beaches. The menu at a beach bar offered masala tea, wich i chose over a thin coffee. The tasteless tea was rather disappointing, but at least i met a cute, young woman to talk with. She revealed her dreams of becoming a photo model. Her t-shirt said ‚be happy‘, confirming her sweet smile. There’s just a little chance for a real career, i told her honestly. However, i could offer a simple photo shooting, if she likes a few shots from herself. She agreed immediately and we had a funny time shooting at the beach…

September 8, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, tanzania, travel, UncategorizedTags: adventure, Africa, africanbeauty, beach, blackbeauty, blackgirl, girl, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, model, nature, overland, people, people photography, photosession, photoshooting, portraits, reportage, tanzania, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Linda At The Beach

Many young women are keen of getting nice pictures of themselves. And photo shootings are always fun anyway. So was it with Linda too, as we met for a coffee at South Beach. A hazy day at beach but just right for a few shots.

August 27, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, tanzania, Uncategorized, waterTags: adventure, Africa, beach, bikinigirl, blackbeauty, blackgirl, daily life, girl, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, island, landscape, model, mood, nature, overland, people, photoshooting, portraits, reportage, sea, tanzania, Travel 2 Kommentare

Tanzanian Beach Life

A crowded ferry sets hundreds of people over to the southern beaches of Daressalam. At Kigamboni i found a little paradise to camp and got stocked for more than two weeks. Every morning i watched early sun pushing trough the clouds and chased them away, made my coffee with the friendly words of the staff, did some laundry or small repairs before taking my book to the hammock at the beach.

There’s always been people to talk with too. As i met energetic Radhia, who told me about life here and all the many ideas and projects she has in life. Or two young volunteers just finished their time on a project in Rwanda and were on search for a perfect beach before heading back to Europe. I offered to drive south to more remote and unspoiled beaches …and we found was we were looking for: A lonely, white sanded beach with crystal clear water.

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, tanzania, travel, Uncategorized, waterTags: 4x4, adventure, Africa, beach, beachlife, camping, coast, daily life, girl, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, Landrover, landscape, nature, Offroad, overland, people, portraits, reportage, safari, sand, sea, sunset, tanzania, Travel, Village Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Tanzanian Maasailand (part 1)

It’s a little while since, but i don’t want hold back the pictures from my last Tanzania trip any longer. After the safari tour to Serengeti and Ngorogoro crater with – a rather disappointing – safari tour operator. I was happy to continue traveling with my own car and pace. On the safari tour i met two young tourist girls, who wanted to go to Daressalam too. I offered them to join me trough Maasailand instead of a boring, long bus ride direct to Dar. They agreed for sharing fuel and food.

The day before departure, the three of us went to local market to buy food. It’s hard bargaining if one goes with typically dressed tourist girls to the food stalls. Somehow we managed to get our supplies, as the girls told me about their appointment with the owner of the safari company we went days before. The same guy who cheated me and gave false informations to me, was inviting those young girls for pizzas and swimming pool at the most expensive hotel in Arusha and paid them even their room in a backpacker hostel. I joined the girls for that appointment and got at least a pizza myself and some relaxing hours with wifi at the pool at „Mt Meru Hotel“. The pizza was tasty, the pool refreshing and the view of Mount Meru splendid.

The first day traveling didn’t brought us very far, but to a wonderful oasis i knew from earlier visit. Hot spring and pool with crystal clear water was a delight after a dusty road trip. Since we supposed to travel as friends, the girls had to help with cooking while i pitched their tent for the night. With the highest mountain of Africa – Mt Kilimanjaro – we camped just next to the hot spring.

On the next day, we got deeper in Maasailand, with no specific route, just follow south on dusty roads. We passed some huts and villages which seemed to be abandon. Some kids lead cows somewhere, looking bewildered as we crossed their ways. The rain brought much green food for their cows. For us was it easy to find a quite place to camp in that lush, green bushland and enjoy a peaceful sunset.

August 22, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, nature, portrait, reportage, tanzania, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, water, wildlifeTags: 4x4, adventure, Africa, camping, culture, daily life, forest, HOPE, hotel, humansofplanetearth, kids, kilimanjaro, lake, Landrover, landscape, maasai, market, mountain, namibia, nature, Offroad, overland, people, pool, portraits, reportage, safari, sunset, tanzania, Travel, Village 2 Kommentare

Namibian Beauty

Before i left the country i got the chance for a spontaneous photo shooting with this Namibian beauty.

Mai 17, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, travel, UncategorizedTags: adventure, Africa, culture, lake, landscape, namibia, nature, overland, penduka, people, portraits, reportage, sunset, Travel, windhoek Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Namibia Selfie Project

Being a tour guide for my parents was a completely new thing. It brought me a whole bunch of experiences and challenges too. At the start i did a selfie with my crappy cellphone at train station for remembering reason and posted it on Instagram. I repeated it at airport. Somehow i liked it and went on picturing my parents in this selfie style throughout our trip in Namibia. It became a collection of selfies of our journey.

Mai 16, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, food, gastronomy, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, landscape, Nambia, nature, portrait, reportage, tradition, travel, Uncategorized, urbanlife, waterTags: adventure, Africa, agriculture, beach, blackandwhite, camping, city, culture, daily life, Desert, food, HOPE, humansofplanetearth, instagram, landscape, namibdummies, namibia, nature, Offroad, overland, people, portraits, reportage, safari, selfies, switzerland, Travel, urbanlife, Village, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Photo Session With Leopard

We’ve been lucky in Etosha Nationalpark spotting lots of wildlife such as rhinos, giraffes, elephants and even lions. To see cheetahs are rarer and to observe and photograph leopards needs much more time, patience and luck. I remembered a guest farm who offered wildlife watching with a guarantee. Not really my thing but just right to give my parents the opportunity to observe those proud animals from close-by.

The driver entered a gate, called some names and get off the car. He elicits the animals with big lumps of raw meat. Two cheetahs appeared, well known their food arrived. For the sake of the tourists pleasure he plays with the animals, teased them with the meat and give them some strokes.

That’s different with the leopard within the fence. Those animals stays really wild and are not to trust, the driver explains. With big precaution he puts the meat on several places, also on big branches of a tree. A pair of eyes already watched him. A tense silence amongst the tourists in the open safari car, when they spotted the back of the leopard in the high grass. Some whispers started when that proud animal lifted its head. Then the cameras began to click, the photo session started.

Mai 15, 2016 by Rene Bauer Categories: Africa, animal, landscape, Nambia, nature, reportage, travel, Uncategorized, wildlifeTags: adventure, Africa, cheetah, dusterbrook, guestfarm, landscape, leopard, namibdummies, namibia, nature, overland, photosession, reportage, safari, Travel, wildlife Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Etosha Nationalpark

A nationalpark is not a zoo. The opportunity to see wildlife in their natural habitat comes not with a guarantee. Only time and luck (and some knowledge about habits of animals) let you observe most of these fascinating creatures. Because we planned two days in the park only, i kept the expectations low. But it wasn’t necessary. Already at the first waterhole many animals gathered for drinking. Later we’ve seen not only a lion in distance but twice a pack of lions laying around lazy or watching us just next to the road in the bush. My parents were amazed. Next to giraffes, different kind of antelopes, birds, jackals, warthogs, elephant bulls and huge herds of zebras, we spot twice the very rare black rhinos. To see them so close amazed now me. After the overpriced and rather disappointing group tour in Serengeti/Ngorogoro Parks few weeks earlier, Etosha Park was a short but incredible experience again.