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 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 Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Abu Dhabi, UAE.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Paris, France.</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>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Big brother is watching you. <br />Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>The three stooges of the Swiss alps.</p>
<p>A messy´s storage in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Nizza, France.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</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>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </p>
<p>Communication is key. Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>Pre-Corona: Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The ancient entrance door of the Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Kids are always posing when seeing a camera. So great.<br />Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco.</p>
<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>
<p>Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Berlin Treptow, Germany.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</p>
<p>Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</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>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>On the way to Nizwa, Oman.</p>
<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Neuschwanstein Castle with Königssee, Germany.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Beckham in Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Back in the days in NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Somewhere in Marocco. At some time in the year 2002.</p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Abandoned stadium in Šiauliai, Lithuania.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</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>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>
<p>Feathers of a white peacock.</p>
<p>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p> Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </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>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, 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>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), 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>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Personal motivation.</p>
<p>A short stopover in a random village on the way to Accra, Ghana.</p>
<p>Kumasi Market, Ghana. </p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>Masada at the dead sea, Israel.</p>
<p>London, UK.</p>
<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>
<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>
<p>City-Center of Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Waldhessen, Germany.</p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>A selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and possibly North Korea.</p>
<p>Zurich Seeufer in winter. Switzerland.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Milano, Italy.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Nepal.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Sossusvlei, Namibia.</p>
<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Chewton Glen, New Milton, UK.</p>
<p>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</p>
<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>At the DMZ Information (a.k.a. propaganda) Center, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>London, UK.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Arosa/Lenzerheide, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Workshop Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Grumpy dude, Australia.</p>
<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>
<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>
Adalaide, Australia
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Streetlife, Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
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