A chance encounter in a lunch queue leads to a technical photography session at the University of Siegen’s wind tunnel, documen...
Discover how technical precision, compositing, and strategic consultancy created impactful campaign imagery in the 2025 elections.
Portraits of Joy Wangechi Muriithi and Stella Kemboi during their CARS research stay, documenting the international collaborati...
Exploring the intersection of precision and grace in a dance photography masterclass with dancer Daria Stratovych, and photogra...
Photographing a Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy Setup: An exploration of conflicting spatial demands and the interdisciplinary...
Exploring the intersection of high-level research and visual strategy: Dr. Jan Söhlke captures Europe's unique PVD system, focu...
A look at the researcher behind the CARS instrumentation. A study of focus and professional trust in science photography at ZES...
A photographical look at capturing nonlinear four-wave mixing and the precision of optical delay lines in a CARS laser setup.
Explore how a strategic approach to photography elevated the brand identity for coaching agency Sunny Monday – from location sc...
A foggy morning session with pioneer of colour photography, Joachim Brohm. A reflection on capturing a master with the Mamiya R...
Sometimes you have to do it yourself. A look at the clunky DIY engineering and surgical precision of my Nikon D850 medium forma...
Behind the scenes at "The Sixty" gallery in Düsseldorf: A spontaneous portrait of photo artist Wolfgang W. Sohn. Discover how a...
Hunting for variety within the familiar: Maintaining visual diversity in corporate portraiture within a fixed architectural env...
High-level research documentation meets rooftop reality – hauling six-figure equipment up a ladder, racing against cloud cover,...
High-end lighting meets low-budget survivor - A closer look at a year-old chocolate Santa that perfectly captures the end-of-ye...
Paolo was a guest researcher with Center for Sensor Systems (ZESS). Usually, Paolo tackles problems of shape matching and neura...
Farewell postrait session with Thomas Wienkamp, head of finance at University of Siegen, in his office shortly before retiring.
Mayor candidate Katja Behrendt's visit to fashion brand Takko's head office in Telgte.
For my photo project "At Work", I visited the workshop of master organ builder Mathias Mebold in Siegen-Breitenbach.
A historical golden Remontoir watch with cylindrical works and 10 rubys - an heirloom from my wife's family. Difficult to see w...
Front and back of the classic five Deutsche Mark coin plus a 10 Pfennig coin from 1949 balancing on a 100 EUR note.
My friend Luke gave me his leather cricket ball when I visited him in Melbourne in 1998. I love the way it looks and feels and ...
Hangar project Theme "Something from the Sea" - spent an hour exploring this shell...
...might not be the worst of ideas if it's such a pretty vase!
This wonderfully crazy bottle by Cantina Pizzolato jumped out at me while shopping, so I had to take it home...
Interior and exterior views of a prototype for a heating module with four heat pumps mounted on a container.
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With more than a decade of experience, I strengthen the visual identity of my clients through industrial, academic, and corporate photography.
I also headed communications departments in both the corporate and the academic world and this background enables me to get you the visuals you need – every time!
What I enjoy about product photography is that through spending time with an object that otherwise gets overlooked as a mere utility, beauty can be found in unexpected places.
Making the extraordinary within the ordinary visible for others always is a very exciting process.
In the words of Arnold Newman, Portrait photography is 10% inspiration and 90% moving furniture.
It never seizes to amaze me how, by moving some furniture around and thus creating a carefully designed context for the subject, photography can condense the many facets of a personality into a still image.
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