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

<p>Art installation from Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</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>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</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 South Atlantic Ocean.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</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. <span style=

Arosa, Switzerland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</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>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

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

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

<p>The three stooges of the Swiss alps.</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>The two stooges at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Me, myself and I – under the surface.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</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>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</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>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</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>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A chaffinch at lunch. Switzerland.</p>

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

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</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>A small boy selling boiled eggs at a dancing festival in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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