I had my first SLR at the age of 14. From then on I used it mostly on vacations. When I switched to digital, my interest for photography became more prominent and I started taking pictures without travelling first ;)

As several people had asked about my photogear:

I used a Nikon D70 DSLR for the first ~1000 shots on my photostream and then upgraded to a Nikon D200. After about 1600 shots, I added a Nikon D2Hs to my bag.

In 2010, I moved to a Nikon D700.

In 2014, I decided that the system cameras had matured enough for my requirements, so I switched to a Micro Four Thirds camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M1. With the new system, I have a little less minimum depth of field, and a bit more noise in high-ISO-shots, but a system which weights about 30-40% of the equivalent full frame equipment, so I take the camera with me on more occasions... In 2017, I upgraded to an OM-D E-M1 MkII

All pictures on my flickr page got some post processing in Photoshop. Sometimes just a size reduction and minimal sharpening, sometimes more elaborate adjustments (curve adjustments, shadow/highlights, noise removal, removal of unwanted details, creative changes with some plugins etc.)

But the most important elements of my equipment are

- a set of eyes

- a high powered neural processor (aka 'brain') with a 'picture finder' algorithm ;)

Copyright information:

The pictures in my photostream are for your personal viewing pleasure in the context of the flickr page only!

If you want to use them outside of flickr (i.e. on your homepage, as desktop background etc.), please contact me!

For personal / non-commercial use, I typically only want to be credited correctly, but I'd like to know where my pictures are used ;)

If you are interested in using my pictures commercially, please contact me so we can talk about the terms for your purchase. I do respect the work of professional photographers which make their living by selling their photographs, therefore I won't give away my pictures for free.