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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Another beautiful day here in St. Johan in Austria. Whenever you get the chance to play here…dont wait. I think it’s one of the most beautiful venues. Just one step outside the tournament area and you get the most beautiful view (I attached a photo at the end of the gallery). And at the very…
Here we are again 😉 After a four hour drive I arrived in Alpendorf, checked in and went with my new gear to the tournament. Meeting old friends again and shooting photos that’s what I came for. And that’s what I did 😉 I’m getting a little bit sick of shooting on and on the…
After arriving in Las Vegas at night we drove directly to Boulder City to get some rest. Our first morning was beautiful….we had a great American style breakfast and drove afterwards to Hoover Dam (sorry guys, no Transformers there 🙂 ). Next day was Grand Canyon day. I was very excited….not only because of…
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It all started with an coincidence. We went to US for vacation and my last stop was California. Visiting some friends overthere, I figured out that there are tournaments in Hard Times. My gear was with me, so I had to shoot some photos there. The main event (The Hard Times Ten Ball Open)…
I just read on Facebook that Grady Mathews passed away. I met him some years ago during the Derby City Classic. The little time I spoke with him and saw him on the table showed me a man who loves our sport and enjoys playing it. Rest In Peace…
Congrats to Albin for winning the Sarajevo Coloseum Open. He is the first Austrian player who wins a Eurotur event(one of the toughest pool tournament series in the world). After winning 9:4 against Darren Appelton and 9:5 against Chris Melling he played the finals against Dimitri Jungo. The clash of the Alps (©Marco Takis)…
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Slowfrog again. This time they played during the Vienna Band Contest in Replugged. I enjoyed it again a lot and shot some pics too. Visit the slowfrog website: http://www.slowfrog.net/ Enjoy the photos (Click on the picture to see the gallery):
Finally I had some time to redesign my other homepage. Check it out! You will find there my portfolio of my work from the last three years. www.markus-hofstaetter.at
Buddies of mine started some time ago a band…their name is slowfrog http://www.facebook.com/#!/slowfrog. I listened to their music in the office sometimes and thought they are ok, but first time I saw them life they blew me away… So I took the opportunity and joint their trip to Graz with my cameras. This gallery is…