Photography tips

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Photography tips

Woodland photography at twilight

I recently spent a few days travelling with my family in the Netherlands and discovered a lovely little forest with some interesting trees close to the beach. However, the weather during those days was a bit unpredictable. It was either pure sunshine or pouring rain. Neither of these conditions encouraged me to go outside and take photos in the forest. How could I still get some great shots? Then I had an idea. I’ll go when the sun isn’t bothering me. Blue, diffuse, mystical. In this blog/vlog, I’ll show you why the blue hour is an underrated time for forest photography.

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15. August 2025 No Comments

One lens for everything

FOMO – Fear of missing out. I think we all know what that is, right? Sometimes it’s really bad for me. When the weather is great and I have to work or I have other plans, I get it – the fear of missing out on the perfect shot. That’s why I quickly expanded my lens collection. It ranges from 16 mm to 400 mm. Now it even goes up to 600 mm. With a teleconverter, that’s actually 1200 mm. I usually have everything with me so I don’t miss a shot. What happens? Sometimes you miss the shot anyway. Changing lenses takes time. Setting out with only one focal length helps creativity; it’s limiting on the one hand, but it gives you freedom on the other. If I had to give up all my lenses except one, which one would I keep?

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8. August 2025 No Comments

Polarising filters in woodlandphotography

It is the only filter that cannot be imitated using other photographic techniques or image processing skills, which is why it is probably the only indispensable filter in landscape photography: the circular polarising filter, or CPL for short. You can find out about its effect on photos and how to use it correctly, especially in relation to forest photography, here. Also: when it’s better to leave it out. Have fun reading.

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16. May 2025 No Comments

The perfect morning? — The only important tip in photography

Oh, it could just have been the perfect morning. The mood of the light, the presence of the perfect amount of misty haze, the spring green and me standing in the biggest sea of wild garlic to take pictures. But the world isn’t perfect and so it is that some places full of wild garlic fell victim to the forestry work in winter and the otherwise perfect morning didn’t coincide with the peak of the wild garlic blossom. A pity really. Nevertheless, some great pictures were taken and I have a very basic tip for you in this BLOG/VLOG!

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2. May 2025 No Comments

The influence of image processing on nature photography

Maybe you’ve been there: You’re on a holiday that you’ve been saving up for for a long time and you capture your experiences in pictures. Afterwards, you’re a little disappointed because your pictures don’t even begin to reflect what you saw. If you have photographed in JPG, you won’t be able to do much about it, and some of the pictures might just be for the bin. However, if you have saved the RAWs at the same time, your chances of getting something out of the images increase significantly. This BLOG is all about what is possible with modern image processing using the RAWs of today’s cameras. PS: Without sky replacement or adding atmospheric elements!

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2. April 2025 No Comments

Taking photos when the weather doesn’t cooperate

Oh man, I wish I’d just stayed in bed. Now I have 30 minutes of hiking uphill in complete darkness through the Palatinate Forest and over an hour’s drive behind me and I’m standing here in the middle of the fog soup instead of above it as planned. And yet the weather models were all in agreement. Fog level, dawn, everything should have been fine. What now? Turn around, go home and give up or pull through and see what you can get out of it with a little creativity? In this BLOG/VLOG, I finally get to grips with the automatic focus bracketing of my Sony a7IV, go in the direction of B&W fine art with my images, show you how to get black and white images quickly and easily in LR/PS and prove to you that giving up is not an option and that you can always find something photographically interesting!

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15. November 2024 No Comments

Photographing mushrooms in the forest

Fall time is mushroom time. And although I was told it wasn’t going to be a mushroom year this year, I was completely surprised when I saw mushrooms everywhere to my left and right on my jogging route. While I was running, I thought to myself that a visit to the forest with my camera would be worthwhile. At home I set up my equipment and saw the email that the Sony a7IV can now do focus bracketing. I have to try that out. So I quickly installed the update and headed into the forest before the sun went down. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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8. November 2024 No Comments

Forest photography in the rain — ideal or torture?

What do you do on a Sunday morning at 6 a.m. in summer? Right, you’re standing deep in the forest in the pouring rain. Instead of wrapping myself up in my comforter again, the rain is dripping off my camera and nose. But I don’t want to moan, I chose this fate myself. Is rainy weather ideal for forest photography, or will the morning be torture for me? Read/see for yourself in today’s VLOG/BLOG

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12. July 2024 2 Comments

Always perfect drone photos

Today I’m reporting back from my home region. More precisely from Steinsberg Castle near Sinsheim. For this morning I had planned to take some wonderful drone shots at sunrise with surrounding fields of fog. In this blog, you can find out whether I succeeded and what I look out for when taking the perfect drone shots!

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5. July 2024 No Comments

One picture is enough — photo challenge in the forest

Suddenly over 1000 followers! 1000 thanks to you all! I actually wanted to tell you about the Faroe Islands this week, but I’m still struggling through the videos and pictures. So you’ll have to be patient a little longer. But to make sure you hear from me again, here’s a short entertaining video today. Out and about with my daughter, I set myself a photo challenge. But see for yourself! 😉

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31. May 2024 No Comments

Das Geheimnis großartiger Landschaftsfotografien

Als Landschaftsfotograf kennst du sicher die “Regeln der Komposition”. Aber hattest du schon jemals Probleme damit zu verstehen, wann du sie einsetzt, wie und ob du sie überhaupt verwenden solltest? In diesem Blog gehe ich der Frage nach, was das Geheimnis großartiger Kompositionen ist und wie du ein besseres Gespür dafür entwickeln kannst, wie du die Kompositionsregeln in der Praxis einsetzen kannst – oder eben auch nicht.

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17. May 2024 No Comments

In 6 Schritten zur eigenen Fotoreise

Es ist immer wieder etwas besonderes, wenn der Fokus einer Reise nur auf dem Fotografieren und dem Genießen der Natur liegt. Doch dafür braucht es Vorbereitungen: Reise-& Location-Planung, Wetter- und Tagesplanung und natürlich eine gut durchdachte Packliste! Wohin ich gehe und wie ihr eure Fotoreise in 6 einfachen Schritten selbst planen könnt, erfahrt ihr diesem Blog. Außerdem teile ich euch meine Packliste und gebe euch ein paar Tipps zum Verreisen mit Fotogepäck.

Photography tips