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>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>City-Center of Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</p>
<p>Streetlife, Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</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>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</p>
<p>Workshop Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Cairo Downtown, Egypt.</p>
<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco.</p>
<p>Nizza, France.</p>
<p>Dubai Marina, UAE</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </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>Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Colori di Venezia, Italia.</p>
<p>Hallgrímskirkja, Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Back in the days in NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>
<p>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Kakum-NP, Ghana. </p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</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>Ortaköy Mosque Istanbul, Turkey.</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>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>Jebel Kawr, Oman.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p>Accra, Ghana. </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>Unfortunately, not everyone sees the uniqueness of the last remaining wonder of the world. At the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Fishmarket, Suhar, Oman.</p>
<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Zelyonyi Bor, Kazakhstan.</p>
<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</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>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned Hotel in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>The ancient entrance door of the Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</p>
<p>Paris, France.</p>
<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>At the DMZ Information (a.k.a. propaganda) Center, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Personal motivation.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Nkawkaw, Ghana. </p>
<p>Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>The Piazza della Rotonda is located close to the Pantheon in<br />Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) the UK Pavilion in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>London, UK.</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>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Staircase in an old Hamburg old town house. Hamburg, Germany. </p>
<p>Old harbor crane in the Hafenmuseum Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>London, UK.</p>
<p>The Kraftwerk Berlin is home to a popular club - the Tresor.<br />Berlin, Germany.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Chewton Glen, New Milton, UK.</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>On the way to Nizwa, Oman.</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>Hamburg Airport, Germany.</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Gansbaai, South Africa.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</p>
<p>Şile, Turkey.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Juist, Germany.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.</p>
<p>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Milano, Italy.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Goalie, Kumasi, Ghana. </p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>Kaesŏng, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
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