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>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>

<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>

<p>The Kraftwerk Berlin is home to a popular club - the Tresor.<br />Berlin, Germany.</p>

<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</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>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>

<p>Me in my hotel room in Pyongyang, 2019, D.P.R.K.</p>

<p>Savety first in Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>

<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>

<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>

<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>

<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>

<p>The two stooges at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </p>

<p>A curious Rock Hyrax at Erongo NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>

<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>

<p> Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>

<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>

<p>A seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</p>

<p>A giraffe in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>

<p>Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</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>Redback spider also known as the Australian black widow is one of the highly venomous spiders in the world.<br />Sydney, Australia.</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>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</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>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>

<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>Back in the days in NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>

<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>

<p>At the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>

<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>

<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</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>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>

<p>A messy´s storage in Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany. </p>

<p>Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture.</p>

<p>Colorful and beautiful traditional garments Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Neuschwanstein Castle with Königssee, Germany.</p>

On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

<p>Abandoned stadium in Šiauliai, Lithuania.</p>

<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Hallgrímskirkja, Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.</p>

<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</p>

<p>Somewhere in Marocco. At some time in the year 2002.</p>

<p>A brown snake at Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>

<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</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>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, 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>Me at the exhibition of Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Scala dei Turchi, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>Encounters at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>Pre-Corona: Metallica – what a massive show. Letzigrund 2019, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</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>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) the UK Pavilion in Dubai, UAE.</p>

<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>

<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>

<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>

<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>

<p>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

<p>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>

<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>

<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>

<p>The Stoupa, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</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>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>

<p>Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>Staircase in an old Hamburg old town house. Hamburg, Germany. </p>

<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>

<p>The three stooges of the Swiss alps.</p>

<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>Old harbor crane in the Hafenmuseum Hamburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>

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<p>Not a shooting star but just as rare to see in the sky at the moment: an airplane. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p>A short stopover in a random village on the way to Accra, Ghana.</p>

<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>

<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</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>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </p>

<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>At the DMZ Information (a.k.a. propaganda) Center, D.P.R.K.</p>

<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>

<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>

<p>Women always doing tough jobs without complaining. <br />Also here: Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

<p>Abandoned Hotel in Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>

<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <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>Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.</p>

<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>

<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>

<p>A chaffinch at lunch. Switzerland.</p>

<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>

<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>

<p>The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar.</p>

<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>

<p>Seebrücke/Limmat during Corona lockdown, Zurich, Switzerland. </p>

<p>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>

<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>

<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>

<p>A Secretarybird at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>A weber bird building his nest, South Africa.</p>

<p>The lovely bright voice of the robin is a real sign of spring. </p>

<p>A small boy selling boiled eggs at a dancing festival in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>

<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>

<p>A zebra with her calf at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>A Cheetah mother lets her cubs eat first after a successful hunt of an Impala, South Africa.</p>

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<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</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>A selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>

<p>The Piazza della Rotonda is located close to the Pantheon in<br />Rome, Italy.</p>

<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>

<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</p>

<p>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </p>

<p>Me, myself and I – under the surface.</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 sheep on the soccer field while playing a serious match. <br />A fully normal thing in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Zurich Seeufer in winter. Switzerland.</p>

<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</p>

<p>The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and possibly North Korea.</p>

<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>

<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>

<p>The squad arrives at the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>

<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>

<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Big brother is watching you. <br />Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

<p>A Baby-Southern Right Whale (±10-15 tons!) is fooling around in Gansbaai, South Africa. </p>

<p>Niyama Private Islands, The Maldives.</p>

<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Fooling around with some kids in Hohoe, Ghana.<br />Picture: Mirka Laura Severa </p>

<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</p>

<p>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</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>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</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>

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<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>Thousands of white small jellyfish in Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Art installation from Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>

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<p>Young girls discuss their pictures taken in traditional Korean robes in front of Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea.</p>

<p>The ancient entrance door of the Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

<p>Kids are always posing when seeing a camera. So great.<br />Accra, Ghana. </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 lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</p>

<p>One of the most beautiful birds on earth, a lilac-breasted roller at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

<p>White Turf, St. Moritz, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Communication is key. Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>

<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>