Five Cities, Three Days, Many Encounters: My NRW Tour 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Of course, social media connects us all in some way. A heart here, a comment there, sometimes even a longer message. But do you know that feeling? That quiet sense that something gets lost between all...
View ArticleWhy is Perfection Boring? 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
As we are dominated by filters and flawlessly retouched Instagram feeds, I find myself pondering a curious question: Why are we often more drawn to small imperfections, unexpected moments, and...
View ArticleWhen Bookstores Censor Art 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
The book trade is currently experiencing a remarkable transformation. However, not for the better. While social media overflow with edited body images, artistic nude photography books are quietly...
View ArticleThe Future of Photography Workflow: LUT Preview Directly in Camera 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
As a passionate photographer and self-proclaimed color enthusiast, I'm constantly looking for ways to optimize my workflow. One exciting aspects is the question: Wouldn't it be wonderful to see how an...
View ArticleThe Viltrox Pancake 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
I love pancakes for breakfast. And I love them even more as a lens on my camera. Sounds strange? Not if you know that particularly flat lenses are affectionately called pancakes in the photography...
View ArticleQuick White Balance Check: A Free Web Tool for Photographers and Filmmakers...
Changing the white balance in post-processing on the computer is very easy, provided you don't have mixed light sources with different color temperatures. Otherwise, it will be disgusting and no fun at...
View ArticleWhen Images Go on Strike: A Digital Comedy 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Let me tell you about my recent digital tragicomedy. My website — my digital showcase, my virtual self — suddenly started behaving like a stubborn teenager. "HTTP/2 error server refused stream," it...
View ArticleThe Opposites in Color Temperature 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Imagine being able to measure the temperature of something that has no temperature. Something we see every day but can never touch. That's exactly what we do when we measure the temperature of light.
View ArticleThe Doll Mothers of Instagram 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Recently, I was at a photo shoot with Alina when she told me a story so bizarre that it could only have come from the internet. You know, that place where people spend their days trying to redefine the...
View ArticleThe Hairy Secret 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Just another evening at the Crazy Horse? Not quite! There I am, sitting in the front row of the legendary Parisian cabaret, watching the dancers glide past me on a conveyor belt. Being a photographer,...
View ArticleLUT Revolution on the Smartphone 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Sometimes you have to wonder why the most obvious solutions take so long to arrive. Recently, I discussed in a blog article how fantastic it would be if digital cameras had built-in LUTs. That is, the...
View ArticleGlossary of Modern Social Concepts 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Recently at a photo shoot, a model asked me if I knew what Male Gaze meant. Of course I didn't know. I'm only a photographer with twenty years of experience. But apparently, in recent years, an...
View ArticleThe Moment of Truth 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Recently, during my evening wanderings through the TV landscape, I got stuck watching First Dates— a show that celebrates the magic of first impressions like no other. Amused, I observed how the...
View ArticleWebsite Update: Small Changes 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
As I sit here tweaking my website, I realize something: many of the improvements I make behind the scenes aren't immediately noticeable. Yet there's constantly something new happening! High time for a...
View ArticleNaked on the Net: How Algorithms Strip Our Images 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
The days when humans decided on the appropriateness of images are long gone. Today, algorithms scan our photos for every square centimeter of skin. And it's frighteningly simple, as I'll show you in...
View ArticleSensitiveness: A Rehabilitation 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
What grandmother once dismissed as a character flaw is now revealing itself as a special gift: sensitivity. Join me on a journey of discovery into the world of heightened senses, and learn why we...
View ArticleThe True Cost of Art: Why Real Quality Requires Sacrifice 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
In today's art and photography scene, we're experiencing a veritable cult of minimalism and rapid production. While our grandparents treasured family photos like national treasures, today we feed our...
View ArticleA Little Safari Through Patterns and AI 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Last week I was at an outdoor photo shoot. The model wore sunglasses, which looked cool and added variety to the session. But my camera was confused: no autofocus on the eyes possible. This got me...
View ArticleThe Chemistry of First Encounters 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
Recently, I was sitting at the hairdresser's. A new one, just three minutes from my home. He cuts well, no question about that. But while I sit there staring into the mirror as he works meticulously on...
View ArticleTwo Software Updates, Not Half Bad 🇺🇸 🇩🇪
You know the drill: You're sitting at your computer, your coffee's gone cold, and the RAW files from your last shoot are staring at you accusingly. Quick processing session? Yeah, right. What usually...
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