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