Hi, everyone! Thank you for visiting mybeloved.camera. I had the pleasure of taking another business trip to Budapest Hungary in July 2022. This trip probably would be the very last trip I take to Budapest for business. I have shrunk the operation of my team there and moved to elsewhere over the past few years. Due to flight changes, I ended up with a free Saturday in Budapest. It was extremely hot and humid. There were a lot of constructions including the closure of Széchenyi Chain Bridge. But I walked around photographing familiar sites in a day light.
Hi, everyone! Welcome to mybeloved.camera. Yes, it was 10 years ago. I have been going through my photographs and reorganizing/rewriting my blog posts and came across some photos from my first visit to Budapest. The reason I started photography was to capture the pictures of my kids and send them to my parents living away from me. But I have to say taking pictures while traveling, especially on my business trips was the reason I really got into photography. I have to say this trip back in March 2023 started all. Looking at my photos from 10 years ago was little embarrassing in a way. I realized how bad I was back then. Nevertheless, this trip was the beginning. It was the first time I really took time on my own to shoot what I wanted to shoot. By myself. Taking the time I needed to take.
One of the cities I had the opportunities visiting several times in the past decade for business was Budapest Hungary. It is a beautiful city, and I felt safe enough to walk around by myself with my camera gear even at night time. My mission this time around (March 2016) was to shoot the city using Lensbaby 2.0 and also to take the Chain Bridge from different angles.
I had another opportunity to visit Budapest Hungary for work. This time, it was in January. It was cold, and we had little snow. Also, there were ice floating in the river. In this trip, I brought a plastic toy lens: Holga by Lomography.
I took most of these night time photo while walking with my colleagues. For that reason, I did not have the opportunity to use a tripod and had to handhold resulting in high ISO and really noisy images. But for a toy lens with a fixed aperture of F8, it was not too bad and it produced images taken with a toy lens/toy camera on a film.
September 2015
I had another chance to capture sunrise in Budapest. First time was March, and this time was September. Little warmer sun and color. Lights in building. You can see a part of Chain Bridge and St. Stephen's Basilica. Taken from Buda Castle right by St. Matthias Church.
Budapest Hungary is one of my favorite cities to visit in the world and make photography. It has history, interesting architecture, and safe enough to walk around with heavy camera gear early in the morning or late at night. Also, it is simply beautiful.
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