A well-trained eye for over 30 years.

I was about 11 years old when I got a used Olympus OM1, and 3 black and white films from my aunty in the mid-80s, I was ultimately enthusiastic about photography itself.
Years later, during my design and communication studies, I found the right professional approach to photography in the obligatory photography classes.
The Olympus eventually became a Canon EOS 50E. Since then, I have been loyal to Canon for over 20 years.
Since 2012, my loving wife's wedding present was a Leica X2, which showed me that there is another league as well in the (photography)-cosmos.
For more than 2 years another toy was added to my toolbox - a Mavic Pro 2 from DJI. Such a fun and great gimmick.

Photography was, is, and will always be the main focus of my leisure time activities just capturing the fleeting moment. This also helps me in my work in the experience economy and marketing in general.

<p>The ETH Zurich - so far 21 Nobel laureates, two Fields Medalists, two Pritzker Prize winners, and one Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the University.</p>

<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>At the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>A short stopover in a random village on the way to Accra, Ghana.</p>

<p>In 2013, as co-founder, I was able to bring L`Arbre Switzerland AG on the road. <br />The company was basically focused on the development, production, and of course, the sales of exclusive accessories, such as the L`Arbre d`Or, a – in a special electroplating process – gold-plated bonsai.<br />If you are interested in the product,... please, let me know.</p>

<p>Encounters at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

EQUIPMENT.

Take a look into my tool-box.

But please don't think that I always carry all this stuff with me. Usually, I limit myself to one camera and - depending on the location - the DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone. The big toys (Canon EOS R6 + lenses) I only take along on explicit journeys or jobs.

Key learning: Good strong lenses are more important than a body. Period.

Cam-Bodies:

Canon EOS R6
DJI Mavic Pro2 + DJI Smart Controller
DJI Osmo Pocket 60p, 4K
Leica X2

Lenses:

Canon R-Mount Adapter
Canon EF 50 mm, f/1.4
Canon EF 35 mm, f/1.4
Canon EF 70 - 200 mm f/2.8 L IS
Canon EF 70 - 300 mm f/4.0-5.6 L IS USM
Canon EF-S 18 - 135mm f/3.5 - 5.6 IS USM
Multi-layer Coated Lens Filter ND4 ND8 ND16 ND32 UV CPL

Tripods:

Manfrotto Stativ Compact Light
Joby GorillaPod 3K Kit

Cases/Bags:

Herschel Rucksack Classic, Little America
Tineer water-resistant DJI Mavic Pro2 drone body Case
Tineer water-resistant DJI Smart Controller Case

Plus a few more photographic toys, tools, and gadgets to have fun with, like my DIY kit of a pinhole camera (wide-angle 6 x 6 – you can see the results at the bw-section) for analog medium format development, several lightboxes, and flashlights, or further filters and converters.

<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

<p>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</p>

<p>The ancient entrance door of the Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Me in my hotel room in Pyongyang, 2019, D.P.R.K.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </p>

<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>

<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>

<p>The three stooges of the Swiss alps.</p>

<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</p>

<p>A messy´s storage in Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>Venice with my pinhole camera. </p>
<p>This picture is 1 of 9 (!) pictures I took during my whole stay in Venice in 1999. </p>
<p>I know it sounds silly to take only 9 pictures in total, but the thousands of mobile phone pictures you take nowadays don't look any better. </p>

<p>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>

<p>A red kite is circling over our house in Zurich. As a notoriously impatient person, I am then grateful to be able to have a home office right now.</p>

<p>Me at the exhibition of Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The Kraftwerk Berlin is home to a popular club - the Tresor.<br />Berlin, Germany.</p>

<p>A small boy selling boiled eggs at a dancing festival in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p> Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>The lovely bright voice of the robin is a real sign of spring. </p>

<p>Somewhere in Marocco. At some time in the year 2002.</p>

<p>Fooling around with some kids in Hohoe, Ghana.<br />Picture: Mirka Laura Severa </p>

<p>Staircase in an old Hamburg old town house. Hamburg, Germany. </p>

<p>Full spring time. Our neighbor's magnolia tree in front of his somewhat difficult (#notaste) wall color, makes the flowers really shine even brighter.</p>

<p>A sheep on the soccer field while playing a serious match. <br />A fully normal thing in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>

<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>

<p>A zebra with her calf at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>Neuschwanstein Castle with Königssee, Germany.</p>

<p>Abandoned stadium in Šiauliai, Lithuania.</p>

<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </p>

<p>Hallgrímskirkja, Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.</p>

<p>A curious Rock Hyrax at Erongo NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Thousands of white small jellyfish in Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>During my photo class, I did a lot of analog photography as well as the development by myself. This set was done in an abandoned publisher's house around 2000/2001. </p>

<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Not a shooting star but just as rare to see in the sky at the moment: an airplane. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>

<p>Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>

<p>White Turf, St. Moritz, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>

<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>

<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>

<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany. </p>

<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>

<p>A selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>

<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>

<p>Young girls discuss their pictures taken in traditional Korean robes in front of Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea.</p>

<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Big brother is watching you. <br />Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>

<p>Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.</p>

<p>Pre-Corona: Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>

<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>

<p>Togbe Cephas Kosi Bansah, King of Hohoe Gbi Traditional Ghana. In 2010 I had the opportunity to visit his Ewe tribe in the Volta Region for the first time. Here he is with his insignia and his official robe (Kente).</p>

<p>A Secretarybird at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>In 2007 I crossed the border between Israel and Jordan on foot. <br />This is what no man's land (the area between these two borders) looks like. </p>

<p>'Monte Kali' near Heringen, 2020, Germany.<br />A Monte Kali, Kaliberg, or Kalimandscharo is the colloquial term for several slag heaps in Germany, which consists of spoil from potash salt production.</p>

<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>Scala dei Turchi, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>

<p>The squad arrives at the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>

<p>Redback spider also known as the Australian black widow is one of the highly venomous spiders in the world.<br />Sydney, Australia.</p>

<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>

<p>Art installation from Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The Stoupa, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

<p>Zurich Seeufer in winter. Switzerland.</p>

<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>

On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</p>

<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>

<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>

<p>Abandoned Hotel in Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>

<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</p>

<p>At the DMZ Information (a.k.a. propaganda) Center, D.P.R.K.</p>

<p>Old harbor crane in the Hafenmuseum Hamburg, Germany.</p>

<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </p>

<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>

<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>

<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>

<p>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</p>

<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</p>

<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.<span class=

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<p>One of the most beautiful birds on earth, a lilac-breasted roller at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>The highest mountain in eastern Switzerland, the Säntis, even if only 2502m high, but with an exceptional view of the surrounding Alps. </p>

<p>Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture.</p>

<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar.</p>

<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>

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<p>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>

<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>

<p>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</p>

<p>The impressive panorama of the Swiss Alps. Although it has been seen hundreds of times... especially here on Insta,... but still fascinating and beautiful. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</p>

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<p>Communication is key. Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

<p>Sirius - the brightest star in our solar system shines above the Swiss Alps. The clear starry sky allows the beautiful scene of light and shadow on the mountain peaks. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>

<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>

<p>Seebrücke/Limmat during Corona lockdown, Zurich, Switzerland. </p>

<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Kids are always posing when seeing a camera. So great.<br />Accra, Ghana. </p>

<p>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>

<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>

<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>King Togbui Ngoryifia Céphas Kosi Bansah with part of his retinue during an official ceremony in Hohoe, Ghana. In 2010 I had the opportunity to visit his tribe in the Volta Region together with him for the first time.</p>

<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>

<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>A seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</p>

<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Women always doing tough jobs without complaining. <br />Also here: Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>A brown snake at Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>

<p>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Colorful and beautiful traditional garments Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Back in the days in NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

<p>It has not yet been finally discussed whether my dear wife took this picture with my camera, or I... therefore, in case of doubt (and for my own safety): Picture Credits to Seda Sirin and myself.<br />Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

Arosa, Switzerland.

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<p>You always know the entrance view from Instagram. <br />Here is what it looks like from the insight. <br />The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>

<p>The two stooges at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>

<p>Savety first in Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

<p>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Piazza della Rotonda is located close to the Pantheon in<br />Rome, Italy.</p>

<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>