Day 15: Spittelau jump - Halfway through!

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Unbelievable - we´re halfway through! Time indeed is flying...Today´s jump picture was taken in front of the Fernwärme Wien building. It was designed by Hundertwasser, hence the fantastic design with no straight lines. I love his works, they are just amazing.

Have a good Monday!

Day 13 + 14: A long day´s night

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Hope you had a nice weekend! Mine was great, met a lot of friends, laughed my head off at silly jokes and even went running today...quite active weekend, I´d say.

I have to admit, I forgot to ask my friends yesterday to take a picture of me...so another self-timer one in my hallway :). And I completely forgot to take my camera with me when I went running, so I had to take an "emergency" jump in the street I live in...anyhow...a jump a day it is!

Day 14: Random street jump

Day 13: Hallway jump

Day 11 + 12: Home and party jump

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I admit it - I was a bit lazy and after a long week I decided to post Day 11 today...furthermore the battery of my camera was empty on Thursday so I couldn´t take a picture with that giant M & M costume person...well, maybe another day :)

The jump from yesterday was at a party of a friend of mine. She´s got a beautiful flat with a terrace where you can see all over Vienna. Perfect location for a jump photo!

Enjoy your weekend! :)

Day 12: Party jump on a terrace

Day 11: Home jump..never mind the facial expression :)

Day 10: Train station jump

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It´s not the next morning until I´ve gone to sleep...this is "today´s" jump at the train station Westbahnhof. A long day finally comes to its end...

Day 6 -9: Hiking weekend/A rainy Tuesday

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Due to a holiday we had a long weekend in Austria and I took the opportunity to go hiking...thus I disconnected for a few days from the internet and didn´t post a daily jump. However, I didn´t forget to take a jumping picture everyday :)

Day 9 - Back to Vienna: after a heavy rainfall

Day 8 - Second day of hiking around Türnitz, in hiking gear + waterproof clothing

Day 7 - Hiking in Lower Austria: At the Türnitzer Höger

Day 6 - Hiking around Vienna

Day 5: Campus jump

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I study English next to working and as I had a class at the Campus Altes AKH (these surroundings once were for the general hospital..as they built a much bigger building for the hospital, all the language institutes of the University moved there) I thought I´ d take the time to take my jumping photo for today.

A very nice young mother agreed to help me - we had lots of fun trying several times to get the right jump. I like it, almost looks like I´m in a big hurry to go somewhere...

p.p.s.: The ad in the background was for the ÖH elections, which took place this week...no reflection of any opinion whatsoever.

Day 4: Courtyard Ghost Jump

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Today was quite a long day and somehow my energy resources were very low today...I take that as an excuse for forgetting to take my camera with me during the day so I couldn´t ask someone else to take a photo of me. (Even though I passed by some really nice places to take one - I´ll keep them in mind, got a few more days to go yet ;) )

Anyways, this is a challenge I´d like to pull through and as an emergency plan I took another self-timer picture in the courtyard which is in the middle of the building where I live. I moved to this flat in September and I´m lucky to live now in one of those old Viennese buildings. They are popular for their high rooms (up to 3meters!) and a courtyard in the middle.

Eventually the photo turned out quite interesting, as my camera added a nice motion effect to the pic. Something different and not boring after all!

Day 3: Wieselburg jump

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I work once a week in Wieselburg and as I was one hour early I thought I could take a minute to take a picture...No one passed and I got a bit impatient, so I just decided to use the self-timer option and try out if it works.

As you can see it´s a bit blurry, but it worked. It almost looks like I photoshopped myself into the picture, but I guarantee, it´s no fake. The jump is different and I appear much more relaxed. Completely different story if there´s no stranger behind the camera, who might think you´re a complete idiot to randomly jump around somewhere...

Anyways - just more of a challenge to relax even if you don´t know the person behind the camera. At the end of the day all that matters is a nice picture, right?

Day 2: University Jump

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Day 2: a jump in the inner courtyard of the University of Vienna. An amazing place to relax between lessons: Lots of trees, sunshine and even some deck chairs...
Again, my expression is a bit tense plus I should vary my jumpstyle a bit next time, otherwise it gets boring :)

First official jump!

I proudly present - the first official jump of the blog. I do have to say it took me quite some time to overcome a sudden shyness of asking strangers to take a photo of you randomly jumping around somewhere.
Due to this I chose a setting, where people are more likely to pass by than rather than staying and watching while I try to jump around,
hoping the unknown photographer takes a photo at the right time.

This picture was shot at the Donaukanal - a green pathway next to the Danube, which is amazing to bike along and enjoy some nature in the city. The photo was taken by a very nice girl, who was obviously gifted with the feeling for the precise moment to press the shutter release. Thank you very much! I look a bit tense, but I guess that´s from being nervous of bugging other people to take a photo of you...that´s what I call an exercise in overcoming shyness!

A jump a day...let´s get started!

Hello everyone out there!

You´re probably wondering about the title...to explain how I came up with this idea let me tell you this first: I´m a huge fan of ted.com, one of my favourite videos is this:

http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html

Inspired by his video I would like to take a 30 day challenge as well - I haven´t got time to write a novel in a month and I need to buy a bike first in order to bike to work, but I guess I could make time to take a picture everyday.

Matt Cutts took a random photo everyday, but I thought it would be fun to specify this to jump pics of me or friends of mine, if they´re willing to do it of course.

Let´s get moving - a jump a day keeps you fit and smiling ;)

For a start, this is yesterday´s jump - during a walk in the sunshine, while we were watching a thunderstorm approaching: