This year marks 20 years of my self-employment madness. And I mean that in the very best way! It all started with me translating and writing techy stuff, and somewhere along the ride I traded in my keyboard for a camera. Losing my job 20 years ago seemed frustrating at first, but it turned out…
Today I’ve got something special for all those interested in pet photography — Unlock the secrets of more than 40 top pet photographers — To all those interested in (pet) photography, I have something special for you today. Together with more than 40 (!) other pet photographers from all around the world (you will know…
The following is a little preview of a project of mine, which started a while ago as a tongue-in-cheek small series. ______________________________________________________________ FROM THE LIBRARY OF A. MUTT Do you ever wonder what your dog is thinking? What if they could express themselves in words? What would dogs read if they could? Here are some…
For quite a while now I was looking for a continuous light set. I’ve found it in the Hobolite Avant Creator Kit, which is now part of my equipment. Especially, for puppies, kittens or very shy pets it might be advisable to use continuous light instead of a strobe. The flash light might be spooky…
The lovely people over at Flickr have a new Photographer Spotlight out and look who they chose. I’m super happy about this, as I’m with Flickr for 13 years now and absolutely love to present my images there. They do have the best options for sorting and presenting your images. And no, I’m not just…
Black and white dog photography love There are endless ways to photograph a subject. That‘s what I love the most about photography. There‘s no limit to the choice of perspectives, techniques, approaches, styles, etc. Having to make a living from photography more or less forces you to show one particular style that you get known…
Goodbye, 2023! And thank you… Sometimes life throws stuff at you … lemons, curveballs, punches, well, whatever it is, it’s seldom glitter. And I had my fair share of shiznit thrown at me the last fifteen years. It taught me patience, resilience and perseverance, because all these challenges somehow turned into something new and something…
Back from my trip to the USA where I was a speaker at the absolutely glorious Shutterhound Conference at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in fascinating Las Vegas. Here’s an image of all speakers. And yes, that’s also the one and only William Wegman. I absolutely can’t believe this all happened. I had such wonderful…
Licensing archive with more than 3000 pet images My licensing archive with pet images is constantly growing. My dog and cat images can be licensed for commercial and editorial purposes. I’m about to upload my 3000th image to my licensing archive. If you are interested in licensing personally-packed images of pets, send me an email…
Can’t put into words how happy I am about this wonderful blog post the editor of the Science Magazine, Kaitlyn Dolan put together about our cooperation on this cover of the April 22 edition.
