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

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

<p>Art installation from Ólafur Elíasson at the Kunsthalle Zürich, 2020, Switzerland.</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>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</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>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>

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

<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>

<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</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> Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</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>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>

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

<p>Me, myself and I – under the surface.</p>

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

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

<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>

<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>Seebrücke/Limmat during Corona lockdown, Zurich, Switzerland. </p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</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>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A weber bird building his nest, 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>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

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

<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Fans cheering for their club, Real Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</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>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>

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

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

<p>Somewhere in Marocco. At some time in the year 2002.</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>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</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>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</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 selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>

<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</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>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</p>

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

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

<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>

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

<p>A curious Rock Hyrax at Erongo NP, Namibia.</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 three stooges of the Swiss alps.</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>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Thousands of white small jellyfish in Bosporus, Istanbul, Turkey.</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 squad arrives at the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

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

<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</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 seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>

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

<p>The two stooges at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>View from the top of the Rigi, 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>The Stoupa, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<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>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>

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

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

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

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