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Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses

August 23, 2018

March 20, 2015. Faroe Islands. 09:42am. The solar eclipse is about to reach totality. The last rays of the sun and the moon moves across the sun. A last ray causing the “diamond ring” and the moon’s shadow bathes photographers from around the world in close to complete darkness. The day turns night in the midst of morning. But the from one moment to the next a thin circle of light appears around the moon … the corona becomes visible to the bare eye.

Most photographers have to be careful not to miss these moments while they are busy taking pictures and adjusting their cameras to cope with fast changing light situations. From time to time they watch up to the sun to enjoy this rare moment, a cosmic spectacle, that happens exactly on spring equinox and in conjunction with a super moon. It can be seen in only it two locations around the world on land. The Faroe Islands and Spitzbergen.

The Faroe Islands – voted the number one travel destination 2015 by the renowned National Geographic Magazin – are stunningly beautiful even on one of the 300 annual rainy days. On the Faroe Islands live more sheep that human beings.

March 20, 2015 marks the start of a new passion for my daughter Rebecca and me – Eclipse Photography. Since than we had the opportunity to see the great American Eclipse in August 2017 and two Total Lunar Eclipses in 2015 and 2018. And if a Mercury transitions happens, we’ll take it in as well.

What a great experience. See for yourself here.

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New York City keeps me on the toe

June 6, 2018

NYC is an unbelievable city. On every corner one can pictures. That’s why I started with the icons – as everyone does. But I’m just not the street photographer. I enjoy doing what many photographers have done before me and to try to just do it a little bit different – and hopefully with good light.

On my last visit to NYC I went out very early to catch the full moon setting over lower Manhattan. It was freezing cold. By the time the moon was in the right position there were only a small group of photographers left. Nobody seemed to have been interested in the moon. So I walked up to the group and stopped in my tracks when I recognized my biggest photography idol Elia Locardi with his wife and the Lee and Patrick fro f-stoppers. So I walk up to them and tell them that I have a great admirer of Elia and the Photographing the World Series. I shook hands with them and exchanged a few words before I let them get back to work. For this was the highlight of the day!

Buy the way Elia: I’m desperately waiting for Photographing the World 4!

Find my NYC pictures here.

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Paris – a city to fall in love with

April 4, 2018

When one revisits cities you either try to get pictures of locations you have been shooting before … but in better light or else you try something new. I’m constantly trying to keep things interesting by finding new locations. La Defense in Paris has been on my list of locations to shoot for a long time. Checking it out in 500px revealed a few locations I absolutely had to shoot.

The shot on the left shows La Defense from Esplanade, where I had to get om top of the Esplanade fountain (which I was glad it was turned of and dry when I was there). Other shots show a few buildings of which I don’t know the name, all I know is that they are connected by the “Place Japan Bridge”.

The major challenge I had this time was that I only had a small table top tripod with me as I needed to travel very light. Some of the multi exposure shots and panaramas where quite a challenge with such limited equipment. But thanks to the strong Lightroom CC panorama feature one can still yield decent results. Equipment reduction to the max is what travel photography is all about after all 😉

Click here to see more pictures. Hope you enjoy.

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Frankfurt Skyline

January 7, 2018

When living in Europe and Skylines are a passion then you can’t get around the Frankfurt skyline. Frankfurt with its many bridges, the Main river and the modern financial district makes for a great scenery for panoramic photos. And while one is out there on a beautiful summer night what better opportunity to have a cool drink from one of the mobile bars set up along the river and enjoy the change of light … as long as you don’t forget to snap a picture once in a while that is.

The boat on the last picture – is one of these bars where you can have a great and refreshing drink.

Check out the pictures here.

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Berlin

November 24, 2017

While in Berlin for Business I took a small time slot to quickly check out the Reichstag Dome and the Brandenburg Gate. Two iconic sites in Berlin!

Enjoy 😉

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Bournemouth Air Festival and Patrouille Swiss

September 9, 2017

The Bournemouth Air Festival is an annual air show held along the coast at Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. It has featured aircraft from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as well as civil aviation displays. See their official website here.

It was a blast to see these great performances which I guess reasons why I show way too many pictures in this post 😉

But there is also the Patrouille Swiss which are breathtaking with the precision of their performances. All in all … I guess I just like aircrafts! See here!

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Singapore – a city of beauty

April 5, 2017

I haven’t been to Singapore in at least ten years. Having seen pictures of the new and modern bay area I was really looking forward to have the opportunity to travel to Singapore and – as mentioned in my last post – take my version of shots seen many times over.

When preparing for Singapore I also checked 500px and other sources for great locations. I stumbled upon a few pics that really did it for me. Many of the pics where by a local Singaporian photographer by the name of Jonathan Danker (http://500px.com/JonathanDanker). When out shooting one night – taking the b/w picture of the downtown skyline with the colored net – I was sitting next to photographer and we started talking about gear (he was using the canon 8 – 15mm fisheye, a lens I would love to call my own). We had a great conversation and I asked him where I can find his work on the internet. He gave me his name but at that time I did not even realize that it was him who I adored on 500px. Only back at the hotel when I checked out his online presence I found out. Amazing how small the world can be at times 😉 I was a bit disappointed that I hadn’t realized who he was right on the spot. I would have liked to get to know Jonathan better. At least here goes a greeting to Jonathan and a big thanks for his inspiring photos on 500px and yet a bigger thanks for telling me the best spot to shoot the wonderful laser show at the bay!

You can find my take of Singapore below. Hope you enjoy!

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Vintage Cars and a Vespa

December 23, 2016

Uhhh … this was an exciting vintage car shoot. Not only did I have the opportunity to shoot to beautiful cars but I could do it in an outrageous location.

The shooting was quite challenging as it was freezing cold in the derelict building and the light conditions were quite challenging too. The reflections in a place like this are basically uncontrollable, so one better gets used to that fact right off the bet and tries to make the best of it. Allmost all photos where shot with multiple pictures and composing of sorts for the final image. We worked mainly with one or two strip-lights that we moved around the car to get some rim lighting.

That goes for the car shooting in the old steel factory. All the vintage cars and the Vespa have bee shot at different occasions and locations. None of the shooting were done in a studio. So lighting is always a challenge because of all the reflections involved with shiny surfaces.

Well you best check out the results here and see if you like them!

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Tokyo a lively city with many interesting views

September 3, 2016

Having been to Tokyo a couple time before within the past year and knowing that I would have some spare time I knew what I wanted to shoot and I also realized that the opportunity would be perfect as it was just the day of full moon. The weather was perfect which would guarantee a nice sunset up on Mori Tower – unfortunately without any clouds in the sky, which was quite fine as I knew that about one hour after sunset I would be able to shoot the rise of a full moon on the opposite side of Mori Tower! Before the sun went down and during sunset everything was perfect but the it got really windy and cold and I had to wait one full hour before the moon came up. But it was well worth it. One thing to keep in mind when going up to Mori Tower for picture taking: no tripods allowed, no bags allowed! So I had to carry ma lenses in a plastic bag and try to find opportunities to rest my camera for some of the shots after sunset.

Then I also wanted to take some city skyline from the Odaiba side which included the Rainbow bridge an the city in the back. Location scouting was quite challenging and took quite some time. The waterfront is quite accessible but the view from there is not very nice. So I had to scout for some other locations. As I stayed at the Grand Pacific Le Daiba I used the opportunity to take the early morning breakfast up in the top floor bar. With service starting at 06:30 this was perfect for the sunrise. They really cater to people who like to enjoy the nice city view early in the morning when the sun came up.

Enjoy the pictures here.

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Namibia, Landscape

June 10, 2016

Wildlife is not the only excitement Namibia has to offer. The landscapes with the dunes at Sossusvlei, the salt pan with its dead black trees at Deadvlei, the Nightskies, the Etosha Pan and the Namibian version of “The Racetrack” 😉 guarantee for some fantastic photo opportunities as well. But a few animals belong in any Namibia post anyway.

Just look for yourself and enjoy.

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