01 Sep
2/28: My Shelter is My Castle

Those are probably one of my most intimate photographs. Photographs of my shelter. Of my castle, hence of my life. I’ve taken these pictures spontaneously and intuitively while trying to keep my mind as clear as possible. Nothing was changed or set up but left as it is. Right out of life. Right out of [...]
11 Aug
The Beach
06 Aug
The Actor [Harald Buresch]
04 Aug
Bipolar Contemplation
24 Jul
Summer Break
17 Jul
Julia & Walter Pre-Wedding Shoot

Light Assistant: Tom Kronsteiner
15 Jul
Elevation

Nikon F3 / Ilford HP5+
14 Jul
Pan Danubia

Nikon F3 / Fujicolor Pro 160S
13 Jul
Harald B.
04 Jul
Business Portraits
30 Jun
Self Portrait
30 Jun
Naschmarkt Urban Explorations
20 Jun
Anja & Tony

A couple & pregnancy shooting with Anja and Tony in the lovely garden of Laxenburg near Vienna. Light by Tom Kronsteiner
14 Jun
Die Analogie der Verhältnismäßigkeit

Ziemlich analog. Und auch ziemlich quer Beet. Aber da kommt noch was. Hoffentlich.
13 Jun
Hallstatt

Hallstatt, a very special place in Upper Austria.
11 Jun
Portrait Lunch
05 Jun
Analogue

Assorted analog photography. Taken with Nikon F3, Fuji Neopan 400, Fuji Reala 100, Fujicolor Pro 160S, Kodak Portra 160NC and Kodak Tmax 3200.
25 Apr
Paris

Spent a few days in Paris. Went there by car cause my flight was canceled.
17 Apr
Test Shoot w/Lisa

Met Lisa today to talk about a shoot and took a few test pictures…
17 Apr
Morning Portrait

Some portraits of Michael while we had a rather mediocre breakfast.
16 Apr
Salomé / Personal

This is the 3rd and last set of my recent studio shoot (see Marco and Basem). Salomé has a really great personality and it was a real pleasure having her infront of my lens.
04 Apr
Naschmarkt Portraits

Tom and I went to Vienna Naschmarkt to take some street portraits. It was pretty crowed and therefore loads of impressions and therefore almost impossible to decide what to photograph.
03 Apr
Spring Portraits

After enjoying the Vienna Pillowfight III flashmob, Alina and I went to Stephansplatz, got some ice cream and enjoyed the warm sun. Because the light was so extremely nice, I took some portraits of her.
03 Apr
Vienna Pollowfight III

Incidentally, we heard about a flashmob to happen in downtown Vienna. A pillowfight, announced via Facebook. We were quite curious and joined the happening without pillows. Just to watch and enjoy. And – of course – to take some pictures. And it was a blast, fantastic fun!
29 Mar
Tastes like Summer

Met Tom and Kathleen to take some Vienna Street Portraits in the warmth of spring sun.
14 Mar
get:closer

This fashion editorial “get:closer” with Basem is the second set of the studio day where I also shot Marco. Basem is an aspiring model is working to build up his look book. I what was a great laughter working with him and I’m looking forward to the plans we have for summer. Here are 2 [...]
10 Mar
Portraits Marco

Here’s another set of portraits of Marco, a handsome guy from Italy who I already got in the studio last year. He’s such a great model to shoot with and I’m really pleased to know him. This set is actually the first of more to follow in the next couple of days/weeks. Last week I [...]
01 Mar
Rays of Spring Light

It was the very first warm day of this year with bright, blue sky and a stunning, warm light. In the lunch break, Tom and I went downtown and I took some street portraits. At first I was a little shy and used my tele lens to take some candid portraits (candid means the subject [...]
19 Feb
pixeljazz

Early January this year, Andreas Fazekas contacted me via flickr and asked if I would like to join and display my photographs in Café Europa. He has planned an event called “pixeljazz” to take place at Lager (formally known as Hinterzimmer), a party location at Café Europa. The plot of this event was to project [...]
15 Jan
Appearance at SPOT ON WIEN

The agency JULAND* BarcelonaVienna has approached and asked me last year to contribute some of my photographs to the project/catalog “SPOT ON WIEN” in course of the 100% Design Tokyo exhibition in Nomber ’09. Finally, 4 photographs have been selected to appear partly double-sided in the book:
07 Jan
Photog Meet

We, 4 (or sometimes more) photographers occasionally meet in Café Alt Wien to network, exchange, have some beers and talk about photography…
31 Dec
Hotel Portrait

A really quick shooting in our hotel room in Budapest before we left to celebrate new year’s eve.
02 Dec
Beauty Make-over

I posted the pictures of the studio shooting to several forums and got lots of feedback. Some bad, some good and some really helpful. First I was a bit reluctant, but looking at the photos from another, more objective perspective reveal some flaws. So, I took some “courses” on the internet and learned from the [...]
01 Dec
Studio Shooting Part II

Second update of the Big Studio Shooting.
30 Nov
Studio Shooting Part I

As announced in the first Studio Shooting post, here’s the first update with 2 single portraits of Alina.
29 Nov
Studio Shooting
27 Nov
Public Display

In course of the 15th anniversary of mica music austria a photo competition was advertised. Tom and myself participated with a couple of photos we took of musicians since 2008 and anticipated the public display during the vernissage. We both have been pretty excited cause we did not know if one of our photos was [...]
03 Nov
RISC Corporate Newsletter

One of my photos taken in Laxenburg when meeting with the flickr chaps was used in a corporate newsletter.
31 Oct
Autumn Portrait
15 Oct
Exposure Value or why you need a strong lens

To emphasize the importance of a strong lens, let me explain you a bit what exposure is all about. First of all, exposure means to capture light. There are 3 factors to control exposure with a (digital) SLR. [See German version of this tutorial]
26 Sep
Portrait in the Park

On a great Saturday afternoon I convinced my lovely girlfriend to shoot some portraits at Prater, the Central Park of Vienna. The leaves started to change color and the sunlight was just breathtaking. It was also pretty warm for September. I packed all my gear, jumped in the car and drove to where I thought [...]
11 Jul
Temporary Dog

We’ve got a dog! Well, not really. It’s just Sia, the pet of Lory. She’s on vacation right now and we look after her. Actually, it looks like I’m surrounded by dogs recently. Anyway, a dog is always great fun!
11 Jun
Marco
22 May
My very first Exhibition

I planned to get my photos developed and framed for a very long time but was completely lost in the vast number of various offers. Additionally, I was suspicious of all the bargains and didn’t expect reasonable quality. Also, none of them offered all-in-one custom framing and professional frame shops are ridiculously expensive. Darn. Weeks [...]
05 May
First Publication
15 Oct
Lichtwerte oder warum Du ein starkes Objektiv brauchst

Um die Wichtigkeit eines starken Objektives zu betonen, lass mich Dir etwas über den Lichtwert erzählen. Als aller erstes heißt ein Foto zu machen, Licht einzufangen. Dazu gibt es 3 grundlegende Faktoren einer Spiegelreflexkamera.