In early 2025, Sarah was so kind to do an indoor portrait shoot with me. Sarah was a fantastic model to work with! After shooting a couple of business portraits (which are not shown here), we moved on to work with the available light to create moody portraits that should convey the atmosphere of winter.…

In late autumn, I wanted to try a couple of “new” film cameras and some films I hadn’t used previously. First up, the one and only Zorki-4, a Soviet range finder from the 1950s that was based on German 1930s technology, coupled with a Jupyter-8 50mm/f2. For this combination, I wanted to try Kodak Colorplus…

In sunny but cold Autumn, a one-day trip to south-eastern Austria, close to the Hungarian and Slovenian border, the town of Güssing. Parts of the town have a rich history, such as the chapel that dates back to the 9th century. Güssing is part of Burgenland, a thin strip of land that historically was part…

February 2023, our first trip together as a couple to Prague. Four hours on the train, very grim, wet and cold weather, but of course we didn’t really care. I brought my Nikon Z5 and the Z24-200, both of which I have sold since, because the combination didn’t give me the results I was hoping…

In late autumn, we travelled to the area of the Nationalpark Kalkalpen for a weekend. This is one of the less touristy places in the Austrian Alps, meaning it is less crowded, cheaper and just as beautiful. Plus it’s only a 2.5h drive from Vienna. Apart from maybe being a week or two late for…

For a while now, I have wanted to try medium format film cameras. In an attempt not to spend too much money, I bought a used Flexaret V, a camera manufactured in Czechoslovakia between 1939 – 1971. My particular copy is roughly 65 years old and in reasonable condition given its age. I tested it…