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>Kyanjing Gompa, Nepal.</p>
<p>Simon's Town, South Africa.</p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>3:55 am at Langtang valley, Nepal.</p>
<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</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>Evening mood in the Etosha National Park, Namibia.</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>
<p>Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.</p>
<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>
<p>The Sahara Desert at the border region of Algeria and Marocco.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Gullfoss waterfall, located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.</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>The desert takes back the city of Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Atlas Mountains, 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>Abandoned Theme Park, Muscat, Oman.</p>
<p>The awesome blossom of Glyzine or Wisterie in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, 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>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>One of several harbors. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>Rhône Glacier, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Walvis Bay, Namibia.</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>Maybe I exaggerated a bit with the pink slider in Lightroom... Pretty nice here in Zurich/Bertastrasse.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</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>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Rostock Ritz Desert Lodge at Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia.</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>Off-road is always big fun, like in the Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Opal mining in Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>Litchfield NP, Australia. </p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>The most southern point of Africa, Kap Agulhas, South Africa.</p>
<p>Pelican at Walvis Bay, Namibia.</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives.</p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Arosa/Lenzerheide, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Autumn in the Black Forest near Freiburg, the city where I grew up.<br />Freiburg, Germany.  </p>
<p>Marina di Pisa. Tuscany, Italy.</p>
<p>Sossusvlei, Namibia.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Berlin Treptow, Germany.</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>The coastline at the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Allotment garden colony. Zurich, Switzerland. </p>
Adalaide, Australia
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Serious soccer game in Hohoe, Voltaregion, Ghana. </p>
<p>Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Pyongyang, D.P.R.K.</p>
<p>First snow in Zurich in 2018, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Langtang NP, Nepal.</p>
<p>Etosha National Park, Namibia.</p>
<p>Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.</p>
<p>Tremola, St. Gotthard, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, Italy.</p>
<p>Sardinia, Italy.</p>
<p>One of the big landmarks in Switzerland - the Landwasser Viaduct. <br />Graubünden, Switzerland.</p>
<p>At the beach at Wilderness, South Africa.</p>
<p>Rainforest nearby Hohoe, Volta Region Ghana.</p>
<p>Kumasi Market, Ghana. </p>
<p>Scenic flight over the South Atlantic Ocean.</p>
<p>Teufelsbrücke, Andermatt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>View on the top of the Cheops Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>Chäserugg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Masada at the dead sea, Israel.</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>View from the top of the Rigi, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Niyama, Maldives.</p>
<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</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>'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>Campsite at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>Waldhessen, Germany.</p>
<p>Auberge Kasbah Meteorites, Marocco.</p>
<p>05:32 at Kenton-on-Sea, South Africa.</p>
<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>
<p>St. George's Chapel (Berschis), Walenstadt, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Oryx at Damaraland, Namibia.</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE </p>
<p>Kyanjing Gompa, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>The ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>
<p>A cemetery in Likpe Bakwa, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</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>View from the Siegessäule to the Tiergarten and the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. </p>
<p>Caumasee, Flims, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Wrocław (Breslau), Polska.</p>
<p>Bláa Lónið, Iceland</p>
<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</p>
<p>Two rhinos in the sunset in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</p>
<p>Sydney, New South Wales, 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>Protea sometimes also called sugarbushes, South Africa.</p>
<p>Coober Pedy, Australia. </p>
<p>Kyanjin Ri, Langtang, Nepal</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
On the way to Ouarzazate crossing the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
<p>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>
<p>Dubai, UAE.</p>
<p>Roundabout in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Erongo NP, Namibia.</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>Coober Pedi, Australia.</p>
<p>Flumserberg, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>The Milky way with the Southern star, South Africa.</p>
<p>Niyama Private Islands, Maldives</p>
<p>Fishmarket, Suhar, Oman.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Mirador Es Colomer in Mallorca, Spain.</p>
<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</p>
<p>Giardino Garibaldi Palermo, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>Volcano Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy.</p>
<p>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>The great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>
<p>Magnolias in Zurich, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Fullmoon shooting in Arosa, Switzerland.</p>
<p>Mölltaler Gletscher, Kärnten, Austria.</p>
<p>Rainforest evening mood somewhere in the Volta Region, Ghana. </p>
<p>Scenic flight over the Namib desert, Namibia.</p>
<p>Tällistock, Switzerland.</p>
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