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>Abandoned music club in East Amman, Jordan.</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>A sad story: the Freiburg `Herbstmess` during the Corona Pandemic. 2020.<br />Freiburg, Germany.</p>

<p>Abandoned parking lot in Athens, Greece.</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 ghost village of Al Madam, Sharja, UAE.</p>

<p>Venice during Corona Lockdown 2020, 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>Somewhere in Marocco. At some time in the year 2002.</p>

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

<p>A selfie shadow snapshot in the office, 2020</p>

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

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

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

<p>Moscow metro in 2005, Moscow, Russia.</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>The villas of Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, UAE</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The Sky on a random day in Mallorca, Spain.</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 great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</p>

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

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

<p>Seoul Incheon Airport, South Korea.</p>

<p>A Cheetah mother lets her cubs eat first after a successful hunt of an Impala, South Africa.</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>Venice, Italy during lockdown 2020.</p>

<p>At the great pyramids of Giza, Egypt.</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>A giraffe in the South African Savannah, South Africa.</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>Where the Namib hits the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and possibly North Korea.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Ground Zero, NYC almost a year after 9/11. <br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

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

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

<p>Snapshot of my mother during a Don Giovanni performance at the Vienna State Opera, October 2017, Vienna, Austria. </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>A seductive offer at the roadside somewhere in Ghana.</p>

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

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

<p>Container Terminal Hamburg, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

<p>Cairo, Egypt. <br />At the Campus of the German University in Cairo</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>Communication is key. Wadi Rum, Jordan.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>St. Gotthard pass, 2106 m, Switzerland.</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>Redback spider also known as the Australian black widow is one of the highly venomous spiders in the world.<br />Sydney, Australia.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Zurich during Corona lockdown, 2020. Switzerland</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 Olifantsbad waterhole at Etosha NP, Namibia.</p>

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

<p>„Palacio de Cristal“ in Madrid, Spain.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The Grossmünster, Zurich, Switzerland.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>The lions square in Ramallah, Palestinian West Bank.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p>Offenbach(Main) Kaiserlei, Germany.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The place, where I grew up. Freiburg, Germany.</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 chaffinch at lunch. Switzerland.</p>

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

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

<p>The lovely bright voice of the robin is a real sign of spring. </p>

<p>Istanbul is still growing. Yakuplu, Istanbul, Turkey.</p>

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

<p>A Secretarybird at the Etosha National Park, 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>Snapshot Paris Nightlife, France.</p>

<p>Pogona (aka. bearded dragon), Australia.</p>

<p>The coastline at Barton on Sea, UK.</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>The famous Al-Khazneh temple in Petra, Jordan.</p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>New Forest National Park, Southampton, UK</p>

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

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

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

<p>White Turf, St. Moritz, Switzerland.</p>

<p>Switzerland in winter.<br />Elgg, Switzerland.</p>

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

<p>The three stooges of the Swiss alps.</p>

<p>Please, write me a postcard. :)<br />Athens, Greece.</p>

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

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

<p>Snapshot of a yellow-billed hornbill (Toko) at Etosha National Park, 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>Young girls discuss their pictures taken in traditional Korean robes in front of Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea.</p>

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

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

<p>Grand Central Station, NYC in 2002.<br />Good old analog times with my Canon EOS 50E.</p>

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

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

<p>The other way round. <br />Lüneburg, Germany.</p>

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

<p> Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.</p>

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

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

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

<p>The old Jewish cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.</p>

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

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

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

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

<p>The wall on the way to Bethlehem, Palestinian West Bank.</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>Women always doing tough jobs without complaining. <br />Also here: Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana. </p>

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

<p>Niyama Private Islands, The Maldives.</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 weber bird building his nest, South Africa.</p>

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

<p>Unfortunately, the migratory patterns of the storks have changed. This picture was taken in February. </p>