How to prepare a wedding photography session

How to prepare a wedding photography session

I knew it would be work, and it proved to be quite some work. Preparing a wedding shoot, and especially your first wedding shoot as a professional photographer (“professional” as in “paid”) takes quite some time. It is a church wedding of a...
First job – Wedding photography

First job – Wedding photography

Yesterday I got confirmation on my very first job as a commercial photographer. I will photograph a church wedding ceremony. This is quite a responsibility and I am very (positively) excited about it. Now the real planning starts: Meeting the bride and groom for...

iPhone battery … can’t hear it anymore

Growing tired of the same old headline. Ok, short summary: My iPhone4 started to suck battery power again. 100 % => 10h standby => 0 %. iPhone reset => problem solved. After some syncing back and forth I also managed to transfer all important data to the...
DIY Wedding Rings – Finished

DIY Wedding Rings – Finished

The rings we made ourselves in the workshop are finished now. The goldsmith made the final touch – polishing, engraving and setting the diamond. The rings came in a handy red box, as rings usually do. 1/60 sec, f10 Tadaa ! 750 white gold and a 2.2 mm diamond for...
DIY wedding rings

DIY wedding rings

I am getting married this year. My future wife and I decided to make the rings ourselves. There are a number of goldsmiths and jewelry designers who offer courses in ringmaking. Today we made the course. It lasted only about 5 hours and in the end we had the rings...
Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Last Sunday I went with my Friend Keb Leynad to Cologne to attend a photo seminar conducted by grenzgang, a non-profit organisation dedicated to organising exotic and spectacular presentations on people who did unusual things. People holding presentations there are...