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.

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<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>

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

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

<p>Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture.</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 weber bird building his nest, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, 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>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>One of the most beautiful birds on earth, a lilac-breasted roller at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany. </p>

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

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

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

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

<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</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>Boulders Beach Penguin Colony (Simon's Town), South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The lovely bright voice of the robin is a real sign of spring. </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>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A Baby-Southern Right Whale (±10-15 tons!) is fooling around in Gansbaai, South Africa. </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>Encounters at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</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>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>2024, I had the opportunity to do gorilla trekking in Uganda.</p>

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

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</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 most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</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>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>

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

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

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

<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</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>At the Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, 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>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>A giraffe in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</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>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>

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

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

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

<p>I‘m grateful that my passion for traveling is already passing on to my children. Here I was with my son, exploring the Sahara, 2024</p>

<p>A zebra with her calf at the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>A seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</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>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</p>

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