About us

I have been involved in photography since my youth; I therefore come from analogue photography and spent many years there with small, medium and large format up to 8×10″; in 2003 small and medium format was replaced by a Canon digital camera; in 2008 I finally parted with the analogue large format equipment and replaced it with a digital camera from Hasselblad.

I am a graduate of the Prager Photo School and the subject of my diploma thesis became my first book: ‘The Digital Workflow in Nature Photography’, followed a year later by ‘Fine Art Printing’ and only the 3rd book was actually my intended subject for the diploma thesis (if digital technology hadn't overtaken me) ==> ‘Komposition und Bildwirkung in der Fotografie’. I then published my 4th textbook in 2010 ==> ‘Digital Nature Photography’; my partner Beate was my co-author for all of these books.

The 4th book brings us to my real passion, nature photography. I'm interested in everything that has to do with nature and I use everything from microscope to telephoto lenses. So far, I have only restricted myself in terms of where I shoot; I specialise in Europe. I still have a darkroom, but only for black and white and I'm in the fortunate position of being able to call a small photo studio my own. I use Hahnemühle speciality papers (such as William Turner or Pearl) for the fine art prints.

I am one of 6 founding members of the Association for Animal and Nature Photography Austria, which we founded in 1988.

I have been working intensively on the various techniques of microscopy photography since 2010. In 2015, we summarised what we had learnt in our fifth book ‘’Mikrofotografie‘’.

In autumn 2020, I was elected to the board of the Mikroskopische Gesellschaft Wien - as Vice President - and then President at the 2021 General Assembly.

It is very important to me to pass on my knowledge and to learn from others. That's why I have been offering regular workshops on a wide range of photographic subjects for many years. The topics I offer also reflect my current focus and interests.