A well-trained eye for over 30 years.

I was about 11 years old when I got a used Olympus OM1, 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>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>

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

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

<p>Zurich Seeufer in winter. Switzerland.</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>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</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>A selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A messy´s storage in Athens, Greece.</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>Somewhere in a Kasbah in Marocco.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</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>Communication is key. Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</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>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>

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

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

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

<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </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>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>

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

<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, 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. <span style=

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</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>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Colorful and beautiful traditional garments Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </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>'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>Me in my hotel room in Pyongyang, 2019, D.P.R.K.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Kids are always posing when seeing a camera. So great.<br />Accra, Ghana. </p>

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

<p>Me at the exhibition of Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</p>

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

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</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>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </p>

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

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

<p>Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.</p>

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

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

<p>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</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>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>

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

<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.<span class=

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

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

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

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

<p>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</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>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</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>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>

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

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

<p>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </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>Thousands of white small jellyfish in Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey.</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>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 awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</p>