FABIAN MAXIMILIAN

 

PASSIONATE FINE ART LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY OF GERMANY

  

. . . About . . .

 

With a Certo Super Dollina II (ca. 1950s), I learned the basic photographic skills and techniques as well as the feeling for image composition. Nature and landscape always played a special role.

Since 2012, I mainly photograph the landscapes of Germany as well as architecture from time to time. I became fascinated by the 6x17 panorama format that originated in analogue photography, which I prefer to use more and more.

 

Working with the Super Dollina II, which is now about 70 years old and still in use, has had a significant influence on the way I work with digital photography today: My aim is always to take a maximum of one to two shots of each motif on location, through careful and considered procedures. These are then finished at home with as little digital processing as possible.

 

By consciously reducing the amount of work on location as well as in post-processing, I want to retain the sense of photography as a craft consisting of knowledge, experience and skill, despite the countless digital possibilities.

 

The technology I use is the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III with fast focal lengths from 15 to 600 mm (equiv. 35mm format); plus high-quality optical filters by Formatt-Hitech and B+W Schneider-Kreuznach. In addition, I use the previously mentioned Certo Super Dollina II (Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50/2.8) and a Certo Six (6x6 medium format from the 1950s with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 80/2.8) with Kodak Ektar 100 and Fuji Provia 100.

  

. . . Equipment . . .

 

Olympus OM-D E-M5 (Mk. I) »The Original OM-D«

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk.III

 

Laowa 7.5mm f/2 [15mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 17mm f/1.8 [34mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 25mm f/1.8 [50mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 30mm f/3.5 Macro [60mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 [90mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro [120mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 75mm f/1.8 [150mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro [24-80mm]

Olympus m.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro [80-300mm] + Olympus MC-20 Teleconverter

Olympus m.Zuiko 14-150 f/4-5.6 ED II

 

B+W Schneider-Kreuznach Pol-Filters

Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Filter System

 

Cullmann Magnesit 525

Cullmann Cross CB 7.3

SanDisk 2 x 64 GB Class 10

Lowepro Transit AW 350

 

[ The focal length in square brackets specifies the equivalent in 35mm format. ]

  

. . . Copyright . . .

 

All pictures on this account are Copyright © by Fabian Maximilian. All rights reserved!