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Kinbaku Safeguards

The following questions help you to understand how we can work with each other during a Shibari session. I compiled my point of view...

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Editorial Moods

Sample images taken from a random selection of editorials around people and moods. Those can be taken from the Noh and Kabuki theatre, simple...

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Editorial Fashion

Sample images taken from a random selection of editorials based on fashion styles. Features small series where the muse and I setup a specific...

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Why I am no longer using the Phaseone camera system

For most people it is a rather frightening decision to move to another camera platform and for a good reason. You invest quite an...

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Alex – Cello Moods

This is session where I wanted to test a set with a musical instrument. Alex was kind enough to join me. I  wanted to...

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Do not use Capture One. Its broken …

One remark … I do not like Lightroom. So I am not gaslighting here … I am just annoyed by this broken mess. This...

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Creating hard sunlight on location

In my last article I claimed that one can create harsh sunlight on location using artificial light and without expensive light modifiers. To achieve...

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Jewish Cemeteries – Xanten

Jewish cemeteries are marvelous relics from a time when numerous communities flourished throughout Germany enriching the intellectual and cultural life of our country. Today...

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Snapshots from Dusseldorf

Last year I had the opportunity to work with Rubi Stri from Brussels. She is not only a wonderful model but a very charming...

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Snapshots from Bruessels

Last winter we visited Brussels for a few days and I wanted to use the opportunity to do another photo session with the lovely...

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Photographing Bumble Bees

I live in a house that is located in what was the park of one of the many embassies that once graced the former...

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Dragon of Wisdom

Lately I had some time to wield the paintbrush again … concepts from a newer campaign in the reaches of the Southern Dayinel and...

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Mimic the effect of the Profoto Hardbox and save 994 Euros

If you like to mimic intense sunlight using artificial light sources and look for a suitable way to do this you might have come...

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Journey into the realm of photography – A resumé

A few years ago I started to explore the art of concept illustrations. Not just out of curiosity but because I wanted to do...

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Equipment I use and why

Actually one could use any camera to produce great images. I take the liberty to state that it is mostly a point of personal...

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Available Light versus artificial light …

Is available light better than artificial light ? Am I stuck with images that look like as if taken in a dentists lab if...

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A glimpse of the past: Meeting Mr. Mubarrak

First images from a meeting with the president “Mubarrak”. Last weekend I met a friend of mine to go through some test scenes for...

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Jewish cemeteries in Germany

Jewish cemeteries are marvelous relics from a time when numerous communities flourished throughout Germany enriching the intellectual and cultural life of our country. Today...

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Post Tower at sundown

When I tried a first round of photographs of their headquarters I used the Mamyia 35 mm lens on the Phaseone IQ system. This...

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Snapshots from a session with Milena

In this session I was supported by Rolland Flinta a well known wet plate photographer from Bonn. His former atelier has a gently natural...

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Tee

Some initial raw images for a tee session testing.

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