Bio

I was born and raised in the Franconia region of Germany. It’s landscape is not unlike Vermont’s rolling hills, forests and rivers and this is where I started photography at the age of 10 when I got my first camera. But education and my profession drew me further and further away until I ended up in Vermont by choice, more than 25 years ago. I feel humbled and proud to call this state my home.

Photography Topics & Activities

Travel and landscape photography have been my favorite subjects since the beginning. And over the years, I picked up macro and abstract photography and especially a passion for the night sky. Most recently, I ventured into deep sky astrophotography with telescopes.

Me and my equipment have evolved (matured?) into the age of digital SLR, and now mirrorless photography. The digital workflow is a perfect fit for me. It not only gives full control of the whole process from composition to print or online publishing. But more importantly, the software tools available these days enable every creative freedom possible.

You can find my work in a few Chittenden County galleries and on my website ( https://www.magiclens.net ). I also offer real estate photography services, e.g. for selling your house, or advertising your lodging or interior design/renovations business. This may include drone photography footage.

Another activity is managing the ‘’Northern Exposure (VT)” Photography Group ( http://northernexposurevt.net ): We meet on a regular basis online or in person to discuss our hobby, share photos for critiquing, talk about experiences as well as have presentations on various shooting or post-processing topics. And we also head out on photo shoots together (locally as well as traveling).

Last but not least, I offer individual tutoring and small workshops on various shooting or post-processing topics, including Night Sky Photography and how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic.

Artist's Statement

Photography is more to me than just preserving a memory. It is capturing an emotion, telling a story and expressing myself at the same time. Don McCullin’s described this perfectly when he said, “Photography to me is not looking, it is feeling. If you can’t feel what you are looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when looking at your pictures”.

While classic, journalistic photography is all about capturing and presenting subjects as close to the reality as possible, my style has evolved towards what is called "photo-art". It is all about your personal interpretation of the captured scene and ultimately creating your own artistic vision of it with composition and post-processing techniques.