Saturday, November 9th, 2013
Marcus Horn!
Congratulations Marcus, you will receive soon a email with all information.
Enjoy your Buffalo Horn Qpod from the wildlife impressions series.
Thanks to Qpod for making this competition possible. I had the opportunity to have all their products in my hand during the product photo shoot (a more detailed posting about that will follow soon). The workmanship and quality is top notch. Go to http://www.qpod-billiards.com/ and get yourself a beautiful Xmas present.
Enjoy you Qpod Marcus!
This article was written completely on my iPad and the image was shot tethered with an eye-fi card to the tablet. Retouching was done with Snapspeed and Watermark P. I’m a little surprised about myself, but honestly I have to say, that for lots of stuff my laptop will remain in the bag from now. Interested a similar read? Check out http://blog.markus-hofstaetter.at/2013/10/iphoneography/
And here ist the full picture from the riddle:
Friday, November 8th, 2013
Here is the second part of the riddle contest:
Give it another try!
Here is the second picture:
Use the comment function for your answer (answers per email in forums or elsewhere are not valid).
Please leave your email address in the email field (email addresses will only be used for this contest).
Only one answer and entry per person is allowed for each picture posted.
Dealers are not allowed to participate.
Only the answer with the exact product name will win.
If there is no winning answer after 4 days, I will post another picture until there is a winner.
The winner will receive one of the products.
Good luck!!
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
Recently, I had a product photo shoot that I really enjoyed.
Here is a picture I took for fun during the shoot.
Care to guess what product I shot?
Here is the first picture:
Use the comment function for your answer (answers per email in forums or elsewhere are not valid).
Please leave your email address in the email field (email addresses will only be used for this contest).
Only one answer and entry per person is allowed for each picture posted.
Dealers are not allowed to participate.
If there is no winning answer after 4 days, I will post another picture until there is a winner.
The winner will receive one of the products.
Good luck!!
followup:
Only the answer with the exact product name will win.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
When you would have asked me some years ago about shooting pictures with my phone, I would just give you a smile. I usually use my 40D, 7D or 5DmkIII (and sometimes a medium format camera).Everybody knows, there is no doubt about the quality compared to a phone. For holiday fun I use a Sony dsc-TX30. This camera is really tiny and you could carry it easily in your pocket all day long without getting bothered about it. But still, you have to charge the battery and you have to put it in your pocket.
My phone is always with me, it’s mostly charged and it also can shoot pictures.
So it’s time to give it a serious try to shoot what I love -> people.
I’m not afraid to shoot people close with a wide angle lens (33 mm equivalent, from an actual focal length of 4.13 mm on a iPhone 5). It gives the viewer the feeling to be very close to the subject. Speed is also a important point -> I was driving with the car during the second shot, so i would be way to slow with my dslr to capture this beautiful moment.
I also did the post processing on the phone. I mostly use Snapspeed, because I’m used to it from my PC (Nik filters). For the watermark I used Photomarkr. And to write this article and post it, I used the WordPress app.
From my point of view, the quality is ok for web, but I will also give it a try and develop a print.
The usability is unbeatable -> shooting, editing and posting on the same device. But it’s tough to change settings the way I’m used to from my dslr’s. I also love to use an optical viewfinder and a fast autofocus that snaps to a (moving) subject at 1.4 for example. (I mostly shoot wide open)
Big prints is also something I like a lot. And there is so much more that an cell phone cannot do (right now). An iPhone will never make me happy in my professional approach.
Anyhow, there is a true saying: The best camera is the one that’s with you.
lunch hour
morning hour
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Just went thru my older photos and found that one. Was a great time during the World Pool Championship (WTC) in Hannover 2010.
Oliver Ortmann WTC 2010
Need high quality photos, prints or posters for your pool room, go to poolaroids:
Monday, October 7th, 2013
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Ich hatte das Glück, Sandras Geburtstag zu Fotografieren.
Danke nochmal für die Einladung!!
Hier die Fotos und ein kurzes (auf alt getrimmtes) Video:
Aufs Bild klicken um die Bildergallerie zu öffnen
I was lucky to be invited to shoot Sandras birthday party.
Thanks again for the invitation!!
Check out the photos and the old style video:
Click on the picture to jump to the gallery
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
I got that one with my old 40d and a 50 mm 1.4 (captured at 1.8). The bird flew arround for a while and I knew my gear is to slow to capture him, so I started to focus on one of these flowers….I thought, maybe I get lucky and he will fly close to that one. Ten seconds later I got that shot:
Captured at the Pasadena flower garden.
Friday, September 20th, 2013
Sometimes its good to be not that present (close) to the couple, so they can relax a bit. (for a nice shot 
)
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Or what to do if the boy wont smile for the picture
Just make him cool:
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
First 14.1 (third time) and then 9 Ball (second time) World Champion. Sounds like a pool god to me
What a great performance!!! Congratulations Thorsten, very happy for you!!!!
