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