Color Grading with LUTs — using normal photos without profiles
Colors have an enormous effect on the mood of the image. If the colors aren't right, a picture doesn't feel finished to me. There are many ways to colorize images. Today I explain why LUTs are perfect...
View ArticleWhy the film look appeals to us
There are many photographers who imitate the film look or even shoot on film. Our technology is getting better and better, but the old-fashioned and past looks more interesting. Why is that?
View ArticleMinimalism versus Maximalism
We live in a world of sensory overload. I've written about that many times. Our brain is overwhelmed by too much information from the senses, leading to a sense of confusion, fatigue, and anxiety. But...
View ArticleFree Photoshop Action for Glamorous Shiny Glowing Skin
In glamour photography, skin is actually always shiny. For this you need body lotion or oil, so in any case greasy skin. But also in post-processing you can push the image even more easily. I have...
View ArticleDealing with haters
In today's digital world, there are no more hurdles and people can share their thoughts and opinions faster and more directly. Sometimes manners fall by the wayside, and that's exactly what I've...
View ArticlePlaymate Production July 2023 for Playboy Germany
My fourth Playboy publication this year is now on the newsstand. I'm very happy to finally be able to speak about this pictorial, because it was a very nice production in the Canary Islands. Working...
View ArticleBeauty is not quite subjective
Many people believe that beauty is subjective and that everyone has their own unique preferences. However, there are objective standards of beauty that everyone can appreciate. In this article, I write...
View ArticleKenopsia
Alone at night in the department store? Or in the natural history museum? As a child you have such fantasies and the thought of such images excites me to this day. I've now learned that there's even a...
View ArticleHypersensitivity
When you hear the word hypersensitivity, you immediately think of a crybaby. Someone who cries when he forgets his packed lunch. Or the bus drove away in front of them. But hyper only means excessive,...
View ArticleTime leaps in Wetzlar
I live in Frankfurt and here in the Rhine-Main region there is really only one company that is dedicated to photography and that is Leica. At the company headquarters in Wetzlar, an exhibition by...
View ArticleSmall LED light: Molus G60
Sometime in the spring, my social media feeds were full of ads for an LED steady light from Zhiyun Tech. A real tongue twister company name, but the product immediately piqued my interest.
View ArticleGlimmer Glass
A while ago, I fell in love with diffusion filters. Digital photos often felt too perfect to me. Too much perfection can easily look robotic and to add a human touch to my pictures, these diffusion...
View ArticleLeaving your comfort zone
I get asked quite often how one actually becomes a Playboy photographer. Often, photographers who actually photograph completely different things want to do it on the side. To check it off their bucket...
View ArticleCars and Girls
Before the pandemic, I had planned another book project. I wanted to dedicate a new coffee table book to the good old theme of cars and girls. This cliché topic suits me very well and I was very keen...
View ArticleThe hedonistic feeling of the 1970s in Europe
Do you know it, when some foreign words just don't want to be memorized in your brain? There is this word that I sometimes need to describe a lifestyle that looks good in nude photography. It's about...
View ArticleBaking my dream model
I just read in an internet forum that Simon Bolz will have it even harder in the future because models will be generated by artificial intelligence. So before it's too late, with a wink, I thought I'd...
View ArticleSeeing double: How mirrors confuse our brains
Mirrors are an everyday object that we often take for granted, but they can be surprisingly complex and mysterious. Despite their ubiquity, many people have misconceptions about how mirrors work and...
View ArticleUnderstanding nudity and overcoming shame
Although we live in an enlightened society, nudity is often still perceived as indecent and many people view nude photography as scandalous. This piqued my curiosity and I began to search for the...
View ArticleCalendar 2024
For the sixteenth time I am pleased to present my new calendar. For the year 2024 I have again photographed many models and compiled unpublished photos for the calendar. This is what it looks like.
View ArticleCandid Moments on TV: Watch me in action
Since 2019 I'm working on my new coffee table book and all the work on it I keep secret. Next year my book will be published and now there is something to see for the first time. Because by a funny...
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