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5 Tips for a Fast Website - SEO for Photographers

In this article, I share my favorite tips for creating a fast and optimized website. Over the last ten years, I gradually improved my homepage, which I built from scratch. During that time, I focused on performance and search engine optimization, abbreviated as SEO. I made many mistakes along the…

Ultimate Monitor Calibration Guide

This monitor calibration guide shows in-depth how to achieve a properly calibrated system for photo editing. I take you step by step through the complete process, using a colorimeter and software from Calibrite. I cover the following topics: Having a properly calibrated monitor has always been high on my priority…

How to become a full-time Landscape Photographer?

In this article I share my thoughts on how to become a full-time landscape photographer. It is a question I get asked often, and one I cannot fully answer. Until just recently, I hadn't gone full time with my landscape photography. This changed on November 1st 2021, as I quit…

Best Camera Settings for Astrophotography

Since I purchased the Canon R5* together with the Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 lens*, I became much more confident with night photography. And in this article, I share the perfect astrophotography settings. With the right gear and the correct settings, capturing, for example, the Milky Way over a detailed landscape…

4K Wallpaper Pack - Metropolis

This is my first 4k wallpaper pack designed for PC and Mac. You can also use it on an iPad or other mobile devices. It is inspired by 10 major cities, which I visited over the past years. Each wallpaper is a collage of three photos I've taken during my…

How to make Money with Photography

As a photographer, it's important to have several income streams to balance out the risk of relying on a single source of income. In this video, I share my own experience with different income streams that constantly change in volume. I get asked about ways to earn money with photography…

Seascape Photography Tutorial

Seascape Photography can be very dynamic. That's why the coast is one of my favorite subjects to photograph. To get the most out of the ever-changing scenery and to ensure my camera equipment stays dry, I follow the workflow I share in this tutorial on seascape photography. In the article,…

Time Blending Tutorial

In this article, I answer the question of what Time Blending is and how to use it to elevate your architecture and landscape photos. I use a photo I took in Heidelberg a few years ago as an example. I had photographed this scene many times during previous visits to…

Which GND Filters to buy and how to use them

When I bought my first GND Filters for landscape photography (GND stands for Graduated Neutral Density) more than seven years ago I had no idea, which filters to buy. There are 1-stop (0.3), 2-stop (0.6), 3-stop (0.9) and even 4-stop (1.2) filters. And those are available as hard, soft, medium…

Photographing Anse Patates

Anse Patates is located on the northern tip of La Digue, right in front of the Patatran Village hotel, which is where I was staying. And there was no question that I'd be photographing it a few times. When you are staying in an area for a few days, you…

The Importance of Scouting

I have already talked about scouting in my first article about seascape photography last year. Amongst the different parts that happen before a photo shoot, scouting is the most important for me. And there are different reasons for it, about which I talk in the video below. But I don't…

Behind the Shot – Spanish Steps

In the last article I took you behind the scenes of my photo shoot at the Roman Forum. The day after that magnificent sunrise I ventured out again, this time to the Spanish Steps. Again the sky was covered with clouds as I walked towards my desired photo location. Unlike…

Behind the Shot - Forum Romanum

Two weeks ago I visited Rome for four days and besides taking many photos I also recorded a few behind the scenes videos. But first things first: What an awesome city! It's the atmosphere when walking through the streets, the historic buildings, the spectacular architecture and not to forget the…

Dealing with grey Skies in Landscape Photography

This photography tutorial is about capturing great landscape photos even when the weather doesn't cooperate. Just recently I returned from one week in northern Spain. I was visiting the Costa Quebrada near Santander and some close-by landscapes. During that week, not once did I get a glowing sunrise or sunset…

Photographing Landscapes at low Angle

It's easy to fill whole books describing ways to compose a photo, rules to apply and things to avoid. In this article and the accompanying video I'll just talk about a very certain technique, which can be used to create dynamic compositions. The technique is very simple and works especially…

Behind the Shot - Bloody Causeway

As a Landscape photographer I have to be patient and persistent. Besides that I also need a good portion of optimism. If I would just head out when the weather forecast is nice, I would miss many special moments. So when I travel I go shooting as much as possible.…

Photogenic Places - Prague

I have now visited Prague four times, three of them in the last three years. It's always a pleasure to be back in this beautiful city. There's just so much to love about this place. In this short article I want to focus on some of the aspects that make…

Focus Stacking in Landscape Photography

In this guide about focus stacking in landscape photography, I show you how focus stacking works in the field and how to stack photos during photo editing. One of the first things I learned when starting with landscape photography was that selecting a small aperture results in a large depth…