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

// ENGLISH VERSION BELOW... //

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

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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.