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>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>
<p>Masada at the dead sea, Israel.</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>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</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>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
Adalaide, Australia
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, 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. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Bláa Lónið, Iceland</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Jebel Kawr, Oman.</p>
<p>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>
<p>Kumasi Market, Ghana. </p>
<p>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>
<p>Sossusvlei, Namibia.</p>
<p>Campsite at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</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>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</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>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Coober Pedi, Australia.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.</p>
<p>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</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>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Oryx at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>Pelican at Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>Waldhessen, Germany.</p>
<p>Not a shooting star but just as rare to see in the sky at the moment: an airplane. Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Sardinia, Italy.</p>
<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</p>
<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>
<p>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>Rhône Glacier, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE </p>
<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, 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>Kyanjing Gompa, Nepal.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </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>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Erongo NP, 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>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Fishmarket, Suhar, Oman.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</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>Berlin Treptow, Germany.</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 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>Langtang NP, Nepal.</p>
<p>Kaesŏng, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Atlas Mountains, Marocco.</p>
<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Chäserugg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>
<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>
<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Simon's Town, South Africa.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</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>Kyanjin Ri, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Marina di Pisa. Tuscany, Italy.</p>
<p>Wrocław (Breslau), Polska.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</p>
<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Flumserberg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Arosa/Lenzerheide, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
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