Kreativität und Leidenschaft
Fotografiert habe ich schon als Kind unwahrscheinlich gerne.
Angefangen habe ich im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes klein -
mit einer Pocketkamera und dem Negativformat 13 x 17 mm.
Zu meinem 16. Geburtstag kam dann, als Geschenk von meiner Großmutter, der technische Quantensprung:
Eine Spiegelreflexkamera
Sie eröffnete mir ganz neue Foto-Welten.
Ich stand morgens um 4 Uhr auf, um im Frühnebel Rehe und nachts auf einer Brücke,
um die Leuchtspuren von Autos zu fotografieren.
Ganze Wochenenden habe ich in der Dunkelkammer verbracht - fasziniert davon,
wie auf einem Stück Papier langsam ein Bild entsteht.
Meine Kamera hatte ich fast immer dabei. Eines Tages sah mich ein Discjockey damit und fragte,
ob ich Fotos auf seiner Veranstaltung machen könne - noch am selben Abend !
Nun hatte ich außer meiner Nikon keine weitere Ausrüstung - aber auch nicht viel Zeit zum Überlegen.
Ich sagte zu und mit etwas Improvisation sowie einem geliehenen Stativ habe ich meinen ersten Auftrag gemeistert. Das Ergebnis gefiel offensichtlich - seitdem wurde ich regelmäßig engagiert.
Die Eventfotografie wurde für eine Zeit lang ein fester Bestandteil meines beruflichen Lebens.
In dieser Phase habe ich mich intensiv weitergebildet - unter anderem an der Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Schule
und der Foto-Design-Schule Pforzheim, sowie durch zahlreiche Workshops rund um Porträttechnik, Lichtführung, Bildgestaltung und Bildbearbeitung.
Doch all das liegt heute hinter mir.
Geblieben ist jedoch die Leidenschaft.
Nicht mehr als Beruf - sondern ganz bewusst als freier, kreativer Raum. Heute fotografiere ich rein aus Freude - vor allem im Rahmen von TfP-Projekten.
Mich fasziniert der echte Moment, der Ausdruck eines Gesichts, das Spiel mit Licht und Stimmung.
Ob ruhige Porträts, emotionale Schnappschüsse oder bewusst inszenierte Szenen -
jede Aufnahme entsteht aus einem persönlichen Impuls, nicht aus einem Auftrag.
I loved taking photos even as a child.
I started out small, in the truest sense of the word -
with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 x 17 mm.
Then, on my 16th birthday, as a gift from my grandmother, came the technological quantum leap:
A single-lens reflex camera
She opened up entirely new things for me
Photo worlds.
I got up at 4 a.m. to photograph deer in the early morning fog and at night on a bridge to photograph the light trails of cars.
I spent entire weekends in the darkroom, fascinated by how an image slowly emerges on a piece of paper.
I almost always had my camera with me. One day a disc jockey saw me with it and asked if I could take photos at his event – that very same evening!
Now, apart from my Nikon, I had no other equipment -
but also not much time to think.
I agreed, and with a bit of improvisation and a borrowed tripod, I mastered my first assignment. The result was obviously well-received – since then I've been hired regularly.
The event photography was done for
a regular feature for a while
my professional life.
During this phase I pursued intensive further education – including at
the Wilhelm Wagenfeld School and
the Pforzheim School of Photo Design, as well as through numerous workshops on portrait techniques, lighting, image composition and image editing.
But all of that is behind me today.
What has remained, however, is the passion.
No longer as a profession – but consciously as a free, creative space. Today I photograph purely for the joy of it.
especially within the context of TfP projects.
I am fascinated by the real moment,
the expression of a face,
the interplay of light and atmosphere.
Whether serene portraits, emotional snapshots or deliberately staged scenes - every photograph originates from a personal
Impulse, not from a commission.
I loved taking photos even as a child.
I started out small, in the truest sense of the word -
with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 x 17 mm.
Then, on my 16th birthday, as a gift from my grandmother, came the technological quantum leap:
A single-lens reflex camera
She opened up entirely new worlds of photography for me.
I got up at 4 a.m. to watch deer in the early morning mist.
and at night on a bridge to see the light trails of
Photographing cars.
I spent entire weekends in the darkroom, fascinated by how an image slowly emerges on a piece of paper.
I almost always had my camera with me. One day a disc jockey saw me with it and asked if I could take photos at his event – that very same evening!
Now, apart from my Nikon, I had no other equipment -
but also not much time to think.
I agreed, and with a bit of improvisation and a borrowed tripod, I mastered my first assignment. The result was obviously well-received – since then I've been hired regularly.
Event photography became an integral part of our work for a while.
my professional life.
During this phase I pursued intensive further education – including at the Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-School and the Photo-Design-School Pforzheim, as well as through numerous workshops on portrait techniques,
Lighting, image composition and image editing.
But all of that is behind me today.
What has remained, however, is the passion.
No longer as a profession – but quite deliberately as a freelance one.
Creative space. Today I photograph purely for the joy of it -
especially in the context of TfP projects.
I am fascinated by the genuine moment, the expression of a face,
the interplay of light and atmosphere.
Whether calm portraits, emotional snapshots or
deliberately staged scenes - each shot is created from
a personal impulse, not from a commission.