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>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</p>
<p>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana.</p>
<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>
<p>Hamburg Airport, Germany.</p>
<p>The highest mountain in eastern Switzerland, the Säntis, even if only 2502m high, but with an exceptional view of the surrounding Alps. </p>
<p>Ephesos, Turkey.</p>
<p>Women always doing tough jobs without complaining. <br />Also here: Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </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>The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>
<p>Fooling around with some kids in Hohoe, Ghana.<br />Picture: Mirka Laura Severa </p>
<p>Sirius - the brightest star in our solar system shines above the Swiss Alps. The clear starry sky allows the beautiful scene of light and shadow on the mountain peaks. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Sirius - the brightest star in our solar system shines above the Swiss Alps. The clear starry sky allows the beautiful scene of light and shadow on the mountain peaks. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Red Kite, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The squad arrives at the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>A curious Rock Hyrax at Erongo NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture.</p>
<p>The Goalie, Kumasi, Ghana. </p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</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>Young girls discuss their pictures taken in traditional Korean robes in front of Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Campsite at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>Art installation from Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Not a shooting star but just as rare to see in the sky at the moment: an airplane. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Simon's Town, South Africa.</p>
<p>Me, myself and I – under the surface.</p>
<p>Kestrel in Switzerland</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE </p>
<p>Togbe Cephas Kosi Bansah, King of Hohoe Gbi Traditional Ghana. In 2010 I had the opportunity to visit his Ewe tribe in the Volta Region for the first time. Here he is with his insignia and his official robe (Kente).</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>A red kite is circling over our house in Zurich. As a notoriously impatient person, I am then grateful to be able to have a home office right now.</p>
<p>A weber bird building his nest, South Africa.</p>
<p>A giraffe in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Abandoned Hotel in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>A brown snake at Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Cairo Downtown, Egypt.</p>
<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Thousands of white small jellyfish in Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Langtang NP, Nepal.</p>
<p>A Secretarybird at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Kingfisher, Switzerland, 2021</p>
<p>Nkawkaw, Ghana. </p>
<p>Ortaköy Mosque Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>
<p>Me in my hotel room in  Pyongyang, 2019, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Colori di Venezia, Italia.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture.</p>
<p>Full spring time. Our neighbor's magnolia tree in front of his somewhat difficult (#notaste) wall color, makes the flowers really shine even brighter.</p>
<p>Marina di Pisa. Tuscany, Italy.</p>
<p>Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>Sardinia, Italy.</p>
<p>Dhunche, Nepal.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, The Maldives.</p>
<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>
<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Kos, Greece</p>
<p>A small boy selling boiled eggs at a dancing festival in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Red Kite, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>One of the most beautiful birds on earth, a lilac-breasted roller at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Colorful and beautiful traditional garments Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Zelyonyi Bor, Kazakhstan.</p>
<p>Staircase in an old Hamburg old town house. Hamburg, Germany. </p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Fishmarket, Suhar, Oman.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>Pelican at Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Erongo NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) the UK Pavilion in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Savety first in Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Chäserugg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</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>White Turf, St. Moritz, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>
<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>
<p>'Monte Kali' near Heringen, 2020, Germany.<br />A Monte Kali, Kaliberg, or Kalimandscharo is the colloquial term for several slag heaps in Germany, which consists of spoil from potash salt production.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Bláa Lónið, Iceland</p>
<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Ri, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>A seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</p>
<p>Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</p>
<p>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>In 2013, as co-founder, I was able to bring L`Arbre Switzerland AG on the road. <br />The company was basically focused on the development, production, and of course, the sales of exclusive accessories, such as the L`Arbre d`Or, a – in a special electroplating process – gold-plated bonsai.<br />If you are interested in the product,... please, let me know.</p>
<p>At the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </p>
<p>Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Oryx at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>'Monte Kali' near Heringen, 2020, Germany.<br />A Monte Kali, Kaliberg, or Kalimandscharo is the colloquial term for several slag heaps in Germany, which consists of spoil from potash salt production.</p>
<p>The European lynx.</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Kingfisher, Switzerland, 2021.</p>
<p>It has not yet been finally discussed whether my dear wife took this picture with my camera, or I... therefore, in case of doubt (and for my own safety): Picture Credits to Seda Sirin and myself.<br />Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>
<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>
<p>Bambi</p>
<p>A chaffinch at lunch. Switzerland.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>Redback spider also known as the Australian black widow is one of the highly venomous spiders in the world.<br />Sydney, Australia.</p>
<p>A Cheetah mother lets her cubs eat first after a successful hunt of an Impala, South Africa.</p>
<p>The Piazza della Rotonda is located close to the Pantheon in<br />Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Juist, Germany.</p>
<p>Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Atlas Mountains, Marocco.</p>
<p>Dubai Marina, UAE</p>
<p>Kakum-NP, Ghana. </p>
<p>Hallgrímskirkja, Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.</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>Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>Coober Pedi, Australia.</p>
<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>
<p>The Kraftwerk Berlin is home to a popular club - the Tresor.<br />Berlin, Germany.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>
<p>Flumserberg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Wrocław (Breslau), Polska.</p>
<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </p>
<p>A Baby-Southern Right Whale (±10-15 tons!) is fooling around in Gansbaai, South Africa. </p>
<p>The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar.</p>
<p>Woomera, Australia.</p>
<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Kids in Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>Jebel Kawr, Oman.</p>
<p>Old harbor crane in the Hafenmuseum Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Gansbaai, South Africa.</p>
<p>Rhône Glacier, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>
<p>A zebra with her calf at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</p>
<p>Şile, Turkey.</p>
<p>Encounters at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Grindelwald, Switzerland</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</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>Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Me at the exhibition of Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The lovely bright voice of the robin is a real sign of spring. </p>
<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Seebrücke/Limmat during Corona lockdown, Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Kaesŏng, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>A sheep on the soccer field while playing a serious match. <br />A fully normal thing in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>The Stoupa, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>The two stooges at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Pre-Corona: Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Colorful and beautiful traditional garments Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Scala dei Turchi, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
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