Mare Magazin: Ostsee – verborgene Fracht

Hallo! Ich möchte Euch auf meine Publikation in der Ausgabe 123 vom mare-Magazin „Sand“ aufmerksam machen: Ostsee-verborgene Fracht. „Die Ostsee ist ein ruhiges, kleines und bei Seglern und Touristen beliebtes Binnenmeer mit herrlichen Stränden und großartigen Naturräumen. Oberflächlich betrachtet. Unterhalb der Oberfläche gibt es allerdings Gründe zur Sorge. Die Ostsee ist das schmutzigste Meer der […]

Ostsee – verborgene Fracht/Baltic Sea – hidden cargo

In this summer I am going to finish my work on the Baltic Sea and its hidden cargo. The photographs are captured with an old school 4×5″ analog field camera. Film is definitely not dead at all. The picture above is made with my iphone and shows the bad weather we had in northern Europe […]

Ostsee – verborgene Fracht/Baltic Sea – hidden cargo 2

I spent the last two weeks capturing new images for my photographic series „Baltic Sea – hidden cargo“ in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. Find the editorial text for this series here. The Baltic Sea is a unique natural area which suffers from human exploitation. This picture below shows the Baltic Sea in the Kurische […]

Baltic Sea – Panoramabilder

In Sweden I took some panorama shots. I composed the following images out of seven single shots taken with the 1:1.2 50mm Nikkor AIS at f 1.4. During shooting I used a simple self-assembled panorama head to avoid any parallax. For stitching the frames together I chose PanoramStudio 3 Pro. Grading was done with FilmConvert.

Baltic Sea – behind the scenes 3

Carrying a field camera for my series „Baltic Sea – hidden cargo“ is no fun. Try to reduce the weight by renouncing on lenses or gear you do not really need. I decided to take two lenses with me (150mm, 90mm), a spotmeter, a sekonic lightmeter, a few film holders, front and rear panels, bellow, hardware, […]

BALTIC SEA – behind the scenes 2

June 25, 2016 My tour for „Baltic Sea – hidden cargo“ leads through sweden. The lovely country has a long coast. Nuclear power is common in sweden for decades though the majority of the people wanted to leave it since the 1980ies. Nuclear industry knew well how to slow down the exit and has great […]

BALTIC SEA – behind the scenes 1

June 21, 2016 The first trip for „Baltic Sea – hidden cargo“ takes me to Northern Germany in the Lübecker Bucht and the Kieler and Flensburger Förde. All the imagery will be influenced from the type of camera I have chosen. I have worked with many different models so far. I try to imagine how the […]