Announcing insect week

Announcing insect week

Spring is here and nature is buzzing with activity. In the last weeks I had the 105 mm macro lens mounted on one camera all the time and took the opportunity to photograph insects which I encountered outdoors. This week is thereby declared insect week. Within the next...
Nighttime photography – alone in the crater

Nighttime photography – alone in the crater

Recently I was on vacation on the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is home to Spain’s highest mountain: El Teide, a volcano with 3.817 m height. El Teide is located within an even larger and older crater, which gave me the...
Half moon at 800 mm

Half moon at 800 mm

I love the moon. My father has a pair of strong binoculars which, when I was a kid, used to point at the moon to see the craters. The moon never fails to mesmerize, so my apologies for blogging a picture of the moon for the tenth time 🙂 Every now and then, when the...
More Sportscars

More Sportscars

The sportscar fever got me after I shot the Ferrari FF and an Audi R8 in the studio. So I borrowed a bunch of model cars and launched an extensive shooting session in the studio. To add a little extra wow to the images I went to my local hardware store and purchased a...
Audi R8 shooting

Audi R8 shooting

Following the positive response on my Ferrari FF post I got hold of another RC model car and took it into my studio. Again a red car, but this time it’s an Audi R8. In the studio I used a black backdrop, placing the model on a table which is also covered by the...