I have been passionate about photography since I was a child.

I started out quite literally small – with a pocket camera and the negative format 13 × 17 mm.

For my 16th birthday, my grandmother gave me a single-lens reflex camera – a real quantum leap that opened up completely new photographic possibilities for me.

I got up at 4 a.m. to photograph deer in the fog, and at night I captured the light trails of passing cars in pictures.

I spent entire weekends in the darkroom – fascinated by how slowly an image emerges on paper.

My camera was my constant companion. One day, a disc jockey approached me and asked if I could take photos at his event – that very same evening.

There wasn't much time to think. With a bit of improvisation and borrowed equipment, I mastered my first assignment, which was soon followed by others. Event photography became my entry into professional photography.

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 photography, lighting techniques and image composition.

Today I no longer take photographs professionally, but as a free, creative outlet.

I am primarily interested in capturing the genuine moment – the expression on a face, the interplay of light and shadow. Whether serene portraits or experimental projects: every photograph arises from a personal impulse and the pure joy of photography.

And when I'm not taking photographs, I'm out and about with my dog - either at home in Ahrensburg or in Hamburg and the surrounding area.