TORQEEDO

I had the pleasure of shooting images for Torqeedo on locations (read: in and on the water) in Germany and Croatia. I'm totally hooked on their product - electric boat drives, powerful and efficient. No fuel, no exhausts even anywhere close the water, brilliant. If you like go ahead and download the entire catalog from their website Torqeedo.com here're some tear sheets for now. New website, packaging and advertising images coming up. Lot's of highlights during those days, thanks to Stefan, Christoph, Susanne, Maja, Uwe and everyone involved.

vs YOU

vs YOU is a pretty exciting little brand, keep your eyes peeled for them. I recently shot some images for their lookbook and other goodies yet to be formed in the hands of designer Flatau THESIGNER.

ISENSEVEN CLOTHING AD

The latest Ad for Isenseven Clothing. Shot in Munich, thanks to Alex, Philipp and René Reno.

ISENSEVEN CLOTHING AD

the 2012 Isenseven Clothing Ad

Isenseven Movie Ad for Japan

SNOWSTYLE COVER

Had this in the mail the other day, the latest issue of Snowstyle Magazine, Japan. Stoked to see my photo on the cover. Freddy is riding a "I ride for Japan" board, a little message he and the designer of this one-of graphic came up with.

EISBACH

Munich's meanwhile famous river wave hasn't lost anything of it's appeal and still serves as scene for all kind of filming and shooting. One exciting project by Tom Prior should be on his website and blog anytime soon, keep an eye out for it. I find myself keep going back there, here are some shots from this summer. Far and close. The view from above is also the photo on the opening page for the Eisbach chapter of the "River Surfing" book - and yes, I chartered a helicopter to get this photo.

Die mittlerweile recht berühmte Eisbachwelle in München hat nichts von ihrer Faszination eingebüßt, so verwundert es nicht, dass dort noch immer viel gedreht oder fotografiert wird. Ich selbst gehe immer wieder gerne hin um dort zu fotografieren. Hier sind ein paar Bilder von diesem Sommer. Das Luftbild ist übrigens auch der Opener des Eisbach Kapitels im "River Surfing" Buch. Ein Projekt auf das ich sehr gespannt bin, ist das von Tom Prior, es gibt bereits die ersten Bilder auf seinem Blog zu sehen und hoffentlich bald auch das ganze Projekt.

ISENSEVEN FEATURE

Isenseven is a creative force in Snowboarding, they make things happen and have quite some impact on the scene. I'm thankful for being friends with the guys and stoked on this feature they did on me on their new website isenseven.tv, check it out.

OLDIE

Despite the early iTunes release of The Art of Flight, I thought I'd wait until the movie theater premiere to watch it the first time on the big screen. Eventually I didn't make the premiere and had to watch it on my computer screen anyways. Regardless. One part that stood out to me was Travis Rice and Nico Müller riding natural terrain. I remembered this photo I took of them back in 2005. We just cruised Zurich that afternoon and came across this pile of junk, they quickly posed, I took one frame and we moved on. Shot on a roll of Kodak Portra NC with a Nikon FM, 50mm. A small camera with all the functionality of a big SLR (i.e. F5) minus the motor drive. There's still no equivalent in the digital world, neither to this type of film.

Nicolas Müller and Travis Rice in Zürich, 2005.

HIGHSNOBIETY 03

If you get the chance to grab a copy of highsnobiety, do so. It's a real well done high quality print mag, a pleasure to read. To get an idea what it's all about, you can flip through the pages of issue three online.
This are some shots of mine that made it in there.

MENS HEALTH POND SKIM

Über mein Foto in der aktuellen Dezember Ausgabe der Men's Health freue ich mich deshalb besonders, da es schön zu sehen ist wenn Snowboard-Fotografie auch in "Mainstream" Medien einen Bildaufbau haben dürfen. Leider viel zu oft sieht man Actionbilder bei denen der Fahrer möglichst mittig und am besten formatfüllend angeordnet ist. Centered all around quasi. Kompliment also an dieser Stelle, wobei ich sowieso Fan der Men's Health bin die viel hochwertige Fotografie zeigt.

Men's Health, Dezember 2011, Pond Skim statt Sixpack

Zum Thema Centered all around eine kleine Anekdote: Ich war einmal auf einer Portfolio Review wo ich folgendes Feedback bekommen habe - dass das besser ginge. Wie? Also... (die Hände decken alles auf dem Foto bis auf den Snowboarder ab) "so! Jetzt ist der Betrachter gefragt - wohin, woher - so kommt Spannung in ein Bild"

Es hätte also auch so aussehen können, Glück gehabt ;-)

EVERYDAY DIFFERENT

There is no typical day, everyday is different. One of the many reasons I love my job. I'm happy to have had the chance to be working on so many different projects recently. From editorial to catalog work, advertising, lookbooks and portrait shoots, swimming in the mediterranean sea with the camera in a water-housing to the more equipment friendly environment in a photo studio.

Here are some snaps and behind the scenes....

GOLF MATCH

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Eine Runde Golf sorgt für neue Bilder in meinem Sport Portfolio auf meiner Webseite. Die ganze Geschichte zu diesem ernsthaft unernsten Match zweier Spieler gibt es in der neuen Rubrik "Projects" zu sehen, eilige folgen einfach diesem Link.

There's a new section on my portfolio website called projects. I recently added a (not too) serious golf match. A huge thanks to everyone involved!

AS SEEN ON TV

I shot this image in New York, across 66 Perry Street, famous for the exterior shots of Carrie Bradshaw's apartment building in Sex and the City. Figured this location would do for my running shoot as well. Just kidding. The whole neighborhood is amazing and Perry Street is beautiful. One of the better shots just happened to be in front of Carrie's house.

Running NYC location: Sex and the City, Cat Found, Range, Bike, Vespa.

WATER

I know..., this is another water related blog post. This time it's no one jumping, no swimming dog, no fountain - it's water surface from below. This is the kind of photo I take for myself. Personal photo fun. I started to show this kind of personal work on my website, go check it out if you have a minute.

DRINK WATER

drink

water

SWIM

My camera's water-housing didn't see water for about half a year now. Time for a check up and see if it's all working. A subject was easily found, my dog Pepper. I'm using an ewa marine, it's affordable and most importantly you can use different cameras and lenses. I know some people don't trust these things too much, but I've taken my D3 into waves (see here) or been diving with it about 4 to 6 meters (20ft) a couple of times (see here) with no problems. It just needs some preparations like locking the buttons and dials of your camera. Super simple and works just fine.

FOUND

Some of my photos just went 'live' on the Found Folios sourcebooks website, check it out here and take a look around, there's some great work to be discovered.

YAY

NOT WINTER

This winter I spent a lot less time wearing my avalanche receiver than in other years. Instead from early April on it was summer shred mode for whatever shoot I went to, Germany, France, US - it's always been wet snowboard socks, suncream, thin gloves, slush snow, travel chaos, too many people staying at one place, badminton tournaments, no jackets, swimming in the lake and snowboarding at the same day, ...

SEPALOT

Album art and cover shoot for SEPALOT's upcoming Album "Chasing Clouds"

Making Of:

SEPALOT STUDIO SHOOT from Christian Brecheis on Vimeo.

BLUE MAN

casual lifestyle, happened and snapped it, love it.

NOT WIMBLEDON

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Einen Tennisplatz in Manhattan zu mieten ist nicht gerade eine günstige Gelegenheit. Es gibt allerdings jede Menge Wände an denen man sich selbst zu einem Duell herausfordern kann. Den Tennisschläger haben wir aus dem Müll gezogen, Bälle für zwei Doller aus dem nächsten Sportgeschäft geholt und los gings.
Mehr gibt's auf meiner Seite unter Sport...

Tennis courts are at a real premium in NYC, but there's plenty of walls everywhere that you can hit with a ball at no charge. We dragged the racket out of the garbage, got some cheap tennis balls from the next sports store chain and there you go.
Check out the Sports section of my website for more...

BARBERSHOP

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Im New Yorker West Village bin ich an einem sensationellen Friseurladen vorbeigelaufen. Dort gibt es nicht nur perfekte Rasur und Frisur sondern auch Espresso, Whisky oder Bier dazu. Und ist schon deshalb quasi ein echtes Männerpflege Eldorado. Wer dort sein sollte, unbedingt mal vorbeischaun und jetzt schon mal auf Facebook Freund werden.
Das und mehr gibt's auch in meinem People Portfolio zu sehen.

Ivan

I was cruising around in The Village in New York and walked by this amazing barbershop. Ivan is the coolest dude and you'll get a perfect haircut or shave from him. On top of that you'll get espresso, whiskey or beers - pretty damn cool, hu? Get your next appointment there and become friends on Facebook.
Check out my People Portfolio for Ivan's Portrait and more...

WINDOW SEAT

switching seats with the filmer

DRIVE NOW

Für DriveNow, das neue Carsharing von BMW i, MINI und Sixt, ging es mit dem Helikopter über München um einige Luftaufnahmen zu machen, unter anderem habe ich die Fahrzeugflotte fotografiert, die auf dem Odeonsplatz aufgebaut war. Mehr zu sehen gibt's auf der DriveNow Facebook Seite.

PLANET SPORTS

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Kürzlich gings noch einmal in den Schnee, auf Deutschlands höchsten Berg die Zugspitze. Dort und in Garmisch haben wir für Planet Sports Action, Lifestyle und Portraits fotografiert. Jetzt zum Launch des neuen Logos finden sich einige Bilder auf deren Team-Webseite und Facebook. Einen Neuzugang im Team gab es auch zu feiern - Marko Grilc!
Planet Sports hat eins der stärksten und interessantesten Snowboard-Teams, um mehr Fotos und Videos zu sehen, lohnt sich der "Like" auf Facebook auf jeden Fall.

David Benedek

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Bowling

Bowling

Behind the Scenes

Recently I had the pleasure of shooting the fine snowboard team of Planet Sports. Summer snowboarding on Germany's highest mountain the Zugspitze, fun times bowling with the guys and some portrait shoots in and around Garmisch. Good times, thanks everyone involved!