I started to develop my interest into photography when I was a child and my father showed me and my brother how to develop our own films in the darkroom. I still remember that as a child I was so disappointed when I saw that our first photo developing on the paper in the darkroom was just a B&W image without colors. I just would have liked to see photos representing a colorful world - and I never changed that preference.

I always liked to take photos of nearly anything with all kinds of equipment but I started to dive more deeply into my hobby in February 2008 when I bought a great camera (Nikon D300). I am excited to have started on an ever lasting journey of learning and discovery.

My equipment:

Nikon D300

Nikkor 50mm 1.4

Micro Nikkor 105mm 2.8 VR

Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4

AF-S Nikkor 17-55mm 2.8 G ED DX

Tokina 12-24mm 4.0

For me nature is the finest artist there is...that's why I love taking pictures of nature's beauty. Whenever I can capture a good shot of nature's beauty I feel happy. My love for nature was given to my by my father who is a Microbiologist. I studied Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology and also in my professional life I'm working to a certain degree with nature. I never cease to be deeply fascinated by nature.

As explained above I love colors and I'm not fond of B&W; there are only very few exceptions to that. I don't share the mainstream view of art. I have my own taste that seems to be a bit different. Too often I have the feeling that I just see chaos or I don't see anything meaningful or I just don't understand it when other people feel it's art. Again, there are very few exceptions to that.