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