My girlfriend wanted me to shoot some photos of her beautiful orchids. I just thought that might be a good idea for a focus stacking project. So I took a tripod, a cam and a macro lens, sunlight some time and that’s the outcome. First I started stacking with Photoshop CS6 (also manually), then I…
Yesterday I had a shooting with the guys from dogz.at (Check their website, the right place for dog / human training 😉 ). It was so much fun and I can’t wait for the next one. Click on the photo to open the gallery. Do you need photos or posters for…
On Staruday I had a studio session for my new art photo project. Before we started I agreed to mix some of my famous Mojitos, so I went for mint leaves in my garden. What I saw there on the leaves made me run back into the house and grab a camera with a macro…
Other name – same stuff + more! So why the change? I started this blog 2009 because of the derby city classic and back then it was called dcc2009.markus-hofstaetter.at. After that event I shot more and more tournaments around the world so I changed the name to appb (a pool players blog). But now…
The Death Valley and its colors are amazing 😉 Thats a funny start right? But you gotta see that place and then you tell me. After a big sand storm we got somehow to Pasadena and enjoyed the city and its gardens.(and the Simon Norton Museum) At our last stop in LA we saw by…
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About the trip: This trip was really breathtaking, full of canyons, valleys and other great views..Just with my girlfriend, me and our car. Driving miles over miles on lonesome roads, mostly no reception, far away from civilization. But you never get bored on such a trip….after every second corner you experience new views and landscapes….
I guess not everybody knows that I am also an IT guy beside photography and pool. SCCM, MDT, MSI and Orca, when you are familiar with those terms, then you know a little bit of what I am doing. So we went to Amsterdam for a week to attend the Microsoft TechEd. One week full…
Touch Magazine just released their new issue and I’m allowed to puplish the article about me online (Thanks guys):
Just visit my events page (click on the banner underneath) and click “photos” in the menu
Nikos played solid during the whole tournament and had to win against Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland for the title. Some of the spectators called Wojciech god of billiard because of his beautiful stroke. It was also a pleasure for me to watch the 17 year old kid. Nicolas Otterman of Germany and Marcus Chamat finished…
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