The biggest challenge for a concert photographer is to get the exposure right. It is almost impossible to use the camera’s built-in light meter as it gets confused by the huge differences and changes in light all the time. For example, when there is a spotlight on the artist but the background is -like it
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Photo essay: A trip home
I’m fascinated by train stations. People, leading lines, lots of colours and more. In other words lots and lots of opportunities for interesting subjects and compositions. A trip home by train, from a little bit south of Stuttgart, therefore was a great way to get better acquainted with a recently acquired new piece of gear,
Sport in evening dresses – The German closed championships formation dance
This article originally appeared as Sport in Abendkleidung – Die Deutsche Meisterschaft im Formationstanz on Sigma Germanys blog. Saturday November 11th, 2017: outside it is cold and grey as we walk towards the ÖVB Arena in Bremen. In the arena, however, everything looks completely different: lots of color and glitter, a great atmosphere. On this
dp1 Quattro and some cars
Dropped by the Audi Forum in Neckarsulm today to pick up something and have a cup of coffee with my contactperson there. As she was still busy I killed the waiting time by shooting around a little with the Sigma dp1 Quattro. A different but interesting camera. Have it here already for a few months but