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 great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives</p>
<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Rhône Glacier, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</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>Fishmarket, Suhar, Oman.</p>
<p>Marina di Pisa. Tuscany, Italy.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</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>'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>Erongo NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>
<p>Simon's Town, South Africa.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</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>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Berlin Treptow, Germany.</p>
<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</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>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Bláa Lónið, Iceland</p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Sardinia, Italy.</p>
<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>
<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>
<p>Chäserugg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Wrocław (Breslau), Polska.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Nepal.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Atlas Mountains, Marocco.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>
<p>Campsite at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
Adalaide, Australia
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Masada at the dead sea, Israel.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE </p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</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>Not a shooting star but just as rare to see in the sky at the moment: an airplane. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>
<p>Coober Pedi, Australia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Sossusvlei, Namibia.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</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>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Arosa/Lenzerheide, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</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>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
<p>Dubai, UAE.</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>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>
<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Oryx at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </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>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>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Pelican at Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>Flumserberg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Jebel Kawr, Oman.</p>
<p>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>Langtang NP, Nepal.</p>
<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Waldhessen, Germany.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>
<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</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>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Kumasi Market, Ghana. </p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Ri, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>
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