I’m happy to share that the publisher CALVENDO selected my latest calendar project « Die 12 dominantesten Berge der Alpen» for the CALVENDO Gold Edition. From over 30,000 published titles the publishing team selected around 100 calendar projects of exceptional quality. Criteria included layout, image quality, image selection, and originality. Sales figures played no role in…
Have you heared about black ice? It’s a rare phenomenon and also called “congelation ice”. It occurs when water freezes without many air bubbles encapsulated inside. Then the ice is extremely clear so that the dark ground of the lake makes it look black.
This year’s happy holidays photo was taken on a flight from Frankfurt to Newark in September. Fortunately, the window of the Boeing 747-8 was free of scratches, allowing me to capture this beautiful view of the Apuseeq Glacier over Greenland.
The pictures from my series about the most dominant mountains of the Alps are the most viewed on my website. So I thought it could be interesting to offer them as a calendar. And here they are! The calendars are available in German as landscape version and in English as square version.
When taking the photos of Praia de Odeceixe from a quite high, windy cliff, I was surprised by the plants growing there. The diversity was really impressive. So I’m happy to share a little selection. Here a mediterranean thistle, Cynara humilis, also known as wild artichoke.
The westcoast in the south of Portugal is totally different from the southcoast: No sand- and limestone, here it is characterized by schist. The dark schist-bearing cliffs build a massive wall against the wind and waves from the Atlantic Ocean hitting the coast. The red sand builds a great contrast to the black rock like…

