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>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Simon's Town, South Africa.</p>
<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, 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>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</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>Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Langtang NP, Nepal.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Neuschwanstein Castle with Königssee, Germany.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Ri, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE </p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Nepal.</p>
<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</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 great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>
<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Pre-Corona: Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Arosa/Lenzerheide, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Waldhessen, Germany.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Seebrücke/Limmat during Corona lockdown, Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Chäserugg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</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>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>
<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>
<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
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