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Welcome to my weblog and thanks for stopping by! My most recent posts are all on this page, for older ones browse the archives or click the keywords in the sidebar. See Potomac Adventures for posts that I wrote between 2011 and May 2013 and Brobo Photo for those from 2006 to 2011. My weblogs contain hundreds of articles and photographs and are an essential part of my work. They show my never-ending passion for visual storytelling and the interaction of photography and text. For less volatile information about my work, see my Home Page.

Nasti in the Mirror

October 31, 2013

Killer cat Nasti (the squirrels, baby rabbits and mice in our backyard really don't think she's cute): Reason for the photograph: Playing around with the new Olympus E-M1 (more on it later;-) PS. "Nasti in the Mirror" might also refer to Wim Wender's "Paris, Texas". Figure it out! Read the Full Post »

Road Trip No. 2

October 30, 2013

As a photojournalist, I always try to find a good balance between content and form within my images. In most of my PJ classes, I have been told that content is paramount, but that's not the whole story. Try to publish your work, and you'll soon find out that form is almost equally important, and that visual attractiveness (however defined) is an undeniable part of photojournalistic success. After... Read the Full Post »

Point-And-Shoot #5: Glenstone

October 29, 2013

Als Torpedo-Factory-Künstler Eric Margry mich einmal beiläufig fragte, ob ich schon "Glenstone" besucht hätte, das "World Class Museum in Potomac", habe ich ihn ungläubig angeschaut. Ein Weltklasse-Museum im verschlafenen Potomac? Kann das sein? Er drängte mich, es anzuschauen, und so habe ich mit einem Bekannten zusammen auf den Weg gemacht. Eric hatte nicht zuviel versprochen! "Glenstone" is... Read the Full Post »

Experimental Tweets

October 03, 2013

I'm in Germany right now, helping Jasmin with her relocation to Konstanz. Of course, I was planning to shoot a story about it, just for private purposes, but for the first time ever, I have left my "real" photographic equipment at home. Instead, I created a Twitter account before I left and downloaded the Twitter app onto my cell phone. I'm going to use my iPhone 4 for all the photography tasks, a... Read the Full Post »