Anglophilus' Photo Site

In November and December 2025 I took part in the joint exhibition „Nah und Fern“ with three of my paintings together with about 30 other photographers.

The Fotofreunde Herborn and the Fotoclub Niederscheld showed a selection of photographic works on the subject of „Near and Far“ in a joint exhibition. On Friday 28. November 2025 the exhibition was opened at 7 pm in the Haus der Vereine (Alte Färberei), Mühlgasse 5-7.

The images on display reflected different angles and motifs – from wide landscape shots to detailed close-ups. Thematically, the photographic range extends from scenes from the Herborn region to impressions from other parts of the world. The exhibition illustrated how proximity and distance can be implemented in photography both spatially and in terms of design.

I co-organized a new shared exhibition project of our local photo club and another regional club. We present more than 100 photos contributed by 30 photographers. The grand opening took place this week with more than 100 attendees and was well received by all visitors and the press.

These days, I got another chance for some event photography for the municipal marketing in Herborn. The venue was the local Bavarian style beer festival with great show acts on stage.

These images were all taken on the opening night with Mission2Party and Micky Krause on stage.

The acts and the crowd were really good fun as a photo project.

The exhibition project „Red“ by Bildsymphonie.de and friends goes into a second round… this time, the venue is a shoe shop (Schuhhaus Schmidt) in Gladenbach.

I will be presenting three images which are playing with illusions, inviting a closer look:

The common concept of these images is to create illusions with everyday items – be it a Lego™️ toy bus replacing its original counterpart in a scene in London or being captured as if it was driving through the vicinity of Herborn, or a red pencil in extreme closeup.

If you missed the first chance, come and see the stunning interpretations of the color Red from October 21 to October 26 at Schuhhaus Schmidt, Marktplatz 2 in 35075 Gladenbach.

Be our guest and look for yourselves!

Sometimes a quick „snap“ (here: an image of a sunflower with a bee on my balcony) proves how essential an intuitive selection of the perspective, the colors and the focus range are for the quality of an image.

If any of them are „off“, the entire image simply „does not get to you“.

On the other hand, if the situation is right, you have the right perspective and a good combination of depth of field, bokeh, colors and lighting, this can have a stunning effect, pulling you into the image, inviting a second (or third) look.

On March 19th and 20th, I got a chance to participate in an exhibition on the color „Red“ in Lohra (Hesse, Germany).

I presented three images:

Bildsymphonie & friends „R O T“:
https://www.facebook.com/events/628883404988404

The exhibition took place in a carpenter’s workshop giving me a chance to shoot some impressions of the tools and machinery as well:

The exchange with the co-artists and visitors was great after all this time of being artistically locked-in.

These days I experimented with a new setup using my old analog lens on an adjustable macro extension.

I started to shoot what I had available on my desk and thus picked a red pencil. These pictures were the result.

Your first impression was slightly different, even X-rated, wasn’t it? 😉

Here’s the pencil from another angle. Just to prove my point. 😉

I really liked the optical illusion created by a super closeup of such an everyday item.

What do you think?

By the way, here’s what the retro setup looked like:

In September, our local photo group „Fotofreunde Herborn aka. DieFotoMafia“ held a photo competition on the subject „Eyes“. As my 6-year-old daughter as my usual favorite model did not show too much motivation this time, I thought of an alternative. As „eyes“ also occur on dice and the German word for the grease drops on a soup etc. is „Fettaugen“ („fat eyes“), I improvised and turned a champagne bowl, some vegetable oil, water, syrup and two dice into my setup for the shot, and lit it with my mobile’s torch.

The result was stunning, I think, and it turned out at position three in the competition. I am quite pleased with this result.