Berlin's warm Spring breezes blow in flocks of amateur photographers. They descend on the city, pop off their lenscaps & snap pics from one end of town to the other. By days the visiting shutterbugs search for the perfect perspective on Berlin's architectural icons, and by night their tripods pop up faster than mushrooms after a Spring rain.

Cycling along Unter den Linden becomes dangerous business as I find myself swerving between the camera buffs blinded by their viewfinders and their subjects, smiling & waving as they walk backwards into traffic. In addition to the migratory minicam operators we also have a growing population of professional photographers, who ply their trade as part of Berlin's burgeoning creative class.

The ever multiplying number of music, film & fashion festivals guarantee that there is always someone somewhere in need of a talented lensman (or lenswoman) to document the action. Even I've been known to whip out the pocket camera now and then to snap a quick pic for Momondo's stylish cityhoppers.

Meanwhile, all this focusing, filtering & film development hasn't escaped notice by Berlin's art mavens. So, in addition to our world famous Helmut Newton Foundation / Museum of Photography, we now have numerous smaller galleries showing the work of established & amateur photographers. If you're a camera clutching connoisseur, a practicing paparazzi or just looking for large format prints to lug home as souvenirs of your Berlin vacation, you'll want to find your way to one of these local shot spots: