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>Somewhere in a Kasbah in 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>Jebel Kawr, Oman.</p>
<p>Kaesŏng, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Dubai Marina, UAE</p>
<p>Milano, Italy.</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>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Streetlife, Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Nkawkaw, Ghana. </p>
<p>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>At the DMZ Information (a.k.a. propaganda) Center, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</p>
<p>London, UK.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>
<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Personal motivation.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</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>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Back in the days in NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Hallgrímskirkja, Hallgrim's church, Reykjavik, Iceland.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Hamburg Airport, Germany.</p>
<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>The Kraftwerk Berlin is home to a popular club - the Tresor.<br />Berlin, Germany.</p>
<p>Colori di Venezia, Italia.</p>
<p>Şile, Turkey.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Prague, Czech Republic.</p>
<p>Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Early bird Copacabana snapshot, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p>Kyanjin Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Prague, Czech Republic, 2019.</p>
<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>
<p>The Bosphorus Bridge of Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Ortaköy Mosque Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>Old harbor crane in the Hafenmuseum Hamburg, Germany.</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>Zelyonyi Bor, Kazakhstan.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>The Piazza della Rotonda is located close to the Pantheon in<br />Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Chewton Glen, New Milton, UK.</p>
<p>Murmansk, Russia.</p>
<p>Berlin, Karl-Marx Allee, Germany.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</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>The Saint Petersburg Mosque is the largest in Europe outside Turkey. St. Peterburg, Russia.</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>Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>I´m such a fan of London, UK. It´s always a pleasure stoping by. </p>
<p>Cairo Downtown, Egypt.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Paris, France.</p>
<p>London, UK.</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>CaixaForum Madrid, Spain.</p>
<p>Factory farming in Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Rag shop in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Sicily, Italy.<br />@Zash Boutique Hotel Sicily.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>The Goalie, Kumasi, Ghana. </p>
<p>Kakum-NP, Ghana. </p>
<p>Abandoned Hotel in Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>A great place to sit, relax and watch people (and of course some art) – the British Museum, London, UK.</p>
<p>Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Barcelona, Spain.</p>
<p>Workshop Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Gansbaai, South Africa.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>On the way to Nizwa, Oman.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</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 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>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>City-Center of Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>The Kunsthaus Zürich with the new annex by David Chipperfield, which will be officially opened next year, 2021.</p>
<p>Athens, Greece.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Nizza, France.</p>
<p>The ancient entrance door of the Çırağan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Abandoned villa in Accra, Ghana. </p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Staircase in an old Hamburg old town house. Hamburg, Germany. </p>
<p>Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</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>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.</p>
<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>
<p>Venice 2020 (during Lockdown), Italy.</p>
<p>Juist, Germany.</p>
<p>At the EXPO2020 (Nov 21) the UK Pavilion in Dubai, UAE.</p>
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