Mountain Photography in the Alps
3. July 2019 | Behind the Shot, Landscape Photography
It’s summer, which means it’s finally time for some overnighters in the Alps again. When it’s hot down in the valleys, it’s just great to breathe some fresh mountain air while enjoying a spectacular view. The only problem with such trips into the Alps for me is that I only have time at the weekend[…]
Gopro Hero 7 Settings and Video Editing
7. May 2019 | Equipment
After years of using the Gopro Hero 4 Silver to record my Vlogs and travel videos, I finally made an upgrade. For a long time I was contemplating getting a mirrorless camera for vlogging, but eventually decided to stick with Gopro because of the ease of use and robustness of their cameras. And with the[…]
Is Time Blending the same as Compositing
12. April 2019 | Landscape Photography, Post Processing
A recent article I wrote over at CaptureLandscapes about how I used image averaging and time blending to create my photo Desert Nights stirred some discussion. Particularly the time blending technique was topic of the comments I received. An opinion was that time blending is nothing other than compositing. But I think there’s an important[…]
Photographing Morocco – Casablanca and Fes
4. April 2019 | Travel, Travel Photography
In the final part of my Photographing Morocco series I show you Casablanca and Fes. Casablanca was our first stop after Essaouira – just a layover on our way to Fes. And I have to be honest here: Casablanca is not the most beautiful city. For Moroccan standards it’s a bit boring, without the charm[…]
Photographing Morocco – Desert to the Coast
27. March 2019 | Landscape Photography, Travel Photography
After two wonderful days in the desert we continued our tour with Wild Morocco and drove through the vast Iriqui Lake, which could easily have been a setting for Mad Max Fury Road. Then we went past an impressive, jagged mountain range until after nearly two hours of off-road driving we went back into civilization.[…]
Editing Night Photos
23. March 2019 | Post Processing
I just released my newest Start2Finish post processing tutorial. This time I show you my complete workflow for editing night images. The aim here is to create moody photos that look like night but still show enough details in the landscape to intrigue the viewer. To achieve this I had to make a few changes[…]