A well-trained eye for over 30 years.

I was about 11 years old when I got a used Olympus OM, 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 squad arrives at the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, 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>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>

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

<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>

<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>

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

<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>

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

<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</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>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>

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

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

<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>

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

<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, 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>

<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>

<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</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>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>

<p>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</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 chaffinch at lunch. Switzerland.</p>

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

<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</p>

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

<p>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </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 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>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>

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

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

<p>The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and possibly North Korea.</p>

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

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

<p>A Baby-Southern Right Whale (±10-15 tons!) is fooling around in Gansbaai, South Africa. </p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A Cheetah mother lets her cubs eat first after a successful hunt of an Impala, South Africa.</p>

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

<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</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>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </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>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at 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>

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

<p>A giraffe in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</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>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>

<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>

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

<p>A weber bird building his nest, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</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>Encounters at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

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

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

<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>

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

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

<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</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>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>

<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</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>Unfortunately, not everyone sees the uniqueness of the last remaining wonder of the world. At the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.</p>

<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>

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

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

<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>

<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) the UK Pavilion in Dubai, UAE.</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>Fooling around with some kids in Hohoe, Ghana.<br />Picture: Mirka Laura Severa </p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </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 seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</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>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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