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Book of Paul

I first became aware of Paul Ripke sometime in 2009. I was incredibly proud when I won a prize in his first competition…

Christmas gifts for photographers

There is a perception that it is almost impossible to give photographers inexpensive Christmas gifts. Most of the equipment…
Capture NX2

My personal RAW converter test

Of course, I shoot a lot in RAW. Simply because the editing options are much more diverse. After all, I use…

Book presentation: Portrait Retouching

This week is review week. After introducing a variable neutral density filter yesterday, today I'm reporting on a book. And…
Variable gray filter - the strength of the effect (extending the exposure time) can be adjusted by turning the filter.

Testing a variable gray filter

Last week, this article by Gunther drew my attention to a very inexpensive variable neutral density filter. I'd never heard of anything like it...

Air instead of Pro

Today, a blog post without any direct photography reference. After the last Twitter thread, I dropped my camera bag so badly that it...
Lastolite Ezybox

Equipment I like

I work very often with system flashes. And I've tried a lot of different things. System flashes are super practical because they're small and flexible...

iPhone pictures of the sky over Hamburg

Since I'm currently somewhat limited in terms of time, I've also limited my equipment and today I'm showing you pictures I took with the current...

Taking photos underwater

Nobody probably goes into the cool water with their camera voluntarily - not even at these temperatures. Underwater photography is…