When autumn arrives in Patagonia sometime between late March and early April, a transition is started. Every day the sun stands lower above the horizon and the first frost arrives during the nights. Within a few weeks, and starting from…

When autumn arrives in Patagonia sometime between late March and early April, a transition is started. Every day the sun stands lower above the horizon and the first frost arrives during the nights. Within a few weeks, and starting from…

Having a huge archive of photos is something I enjoyed even before the arrival of Covid19. Revisiting places and moments has always been a great way to spend an evening or two. Although the RAW images are still the same, it often happens…

Usually the end of a year - or the beginning of a new one - marks the period of looking back. Unfortunately last year didn't quite turn out to be THE year to be looked back at. And so I will take the freedom to look back even further, to a…

Behind Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre lies a place most visitors to El Chaltén will never see. This is the story of my visit to Circo de los Altares — an otherworldly place stuck between ice and vertical granite on the edge of the Southern…

Leaving bed early to go on a pre-dawn walk with unknown outcome often turns into a mental challenge for me. The uncertainty that comes with landscape photography made me change my mind many times before. I have skipped alarms, turned…

Früh aus dem Bett zu kriechen, um weit vor Sonnenaufgang einen Spaziergang mit ungewissem Ausgang zu machen, wird für mich oft zu einer mentalen Herausforderung. Die Ungewissheit, die mit der Landschaftsfotografie einhergeht, hat mich…

Interaction with other human beings had been limited for the past eight days. We were going south on isolated roads alongside the chilean/bolivian border. We  passed few trucks carrying their heavy loads, blowing huge clouds of black smoke and some of their drivers raising their hands to greet us. We bought coca leaves from an old woman selling goods on the plazas of otherwise lifeless pueblos high in the Andes. And we handed worn bills to men selling fuel from big blue barrels in the backyards of their small houses. Only few words were exchanged. The Altiplano is a quiet place.

If you visit Antarctica chances are high that at some point you end up at Port Lockroy, a british base on Goudier Island. For most visitors arriving aboard their comfortable cruise ships the highlight is sending greeting cards from the southernmost post office, or adding an Antarctica stamp to their passport - mine was breathing fresh air and photographing a (probably) nameless peak.

Wer die Antarktis besucht kommt früher oder später unweigerlich in Port Lockroy, einer britischen Forschungsstation auf Goudier Island, vorbei. Für die meisten Besucher, an Bord ihrer komfortablen Kreuzfahrtschiffe, ist der Höhepunkt das…

What has long been overdue was finally accomplished: A few days ago I hit the publish button on the project that I had been working on for almost a decade - my website. Well, of course I haven't spent 10 years actively working on it, but…

Exactly one year ago I was on a 12-day trek around Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru. I will not have to introduce this place to those of you who read Joe Simpson's incredible book "Touching the Void". For those who haven't: Cordillera…

Vor genau einem Jahr war ich auf einer 12-tägigen Wanderung um die Cordillera Huayhuash in Perú. Denjenigen unter euch, die Joe Simpsons unglaubliches Buch "Touching the Void" gelesen haben, werde ich diesen Ort nicht vorstellen müssen.…

Bei der Planung meiner letztjährigen Reise nach Peru bin ich zufällig auf einen Berg in Regenbogenfarben gestoßen und habe beschloßen ihm einen Besuch abzustatten. Was als kleiner Abstecher von unserem 5-tägigen Trekking um das Ausangate…

I coincidentally stumbled upon Perú's Rainbow Mountain while planning last year's trip. What was intended as a little detour from our 5 day trek circling snowcapped Ausangate turned into an arduous 11-hour hike above an altitude of 4700m.…

Last year in March I visited the Altiplano - the andean high plateau shared by Argentina, Bolivia and Chile - and returned deeply impressed. I had an incredibly productive time up there, being treated to one crazy sunset after the other.…

Im März letzten Jahres war ich im Altiplano - die andine Hochebene, die sich Argentinien, Bolivien und Chile teilen - unterwegs und kehrte tief beeindruckt zurück. Es war eine unglaublich produktive Zeit dort oben und wir wurden mit einem…

Da ich im Moment in den Genuss einer brauchbaren Internetverbindung komme, dachte ich, ich gebe euch ein kleines Update... Ich befinde mich im Moment in Ushuaia und habe noch ein paar Stunden Zeit, bevor ich zur Isla Navarino weiterfahre,…

Since I'm being treated to some decent internet connection these days I thought I'd give you a little update about my whereabouts... I'm reciding in Ushuaia at the moment with a few hours off, before i continue to Isla Navarino to do one…

Frohe Weihnachten und Merry Christmas euch allen!! Ich habe das Glück dieses Jahr in Patagonien feiern zu dürfen. Hier ein Foto von letzter Woche. Sofern es die Internetverbindung hier erlaubt kommt nächste Woche noch ein Update.

Merry X-Mas everyone!! I'm lucky enough to be celebrating in Patagonia this year. Here's a shot from last week. I'll post some updates next week - if internet connection permits...

Heute gibt's eine neues Bild von meinem letztjährigen Trip nach Nord-Norwegen. Von dort habe ich übrigens noch eine paar weitere herumliegen, die auf ihren Upload warten...

Today I'm bringing you one more shot from last year's trip to northern Norway. I still have a few lying around waiting to be uploaded...

Was die Einheimischen den "bolivianischen Winter" nennen, durfte ich schon bei meinem ersten Besuch im chilenischen Altiplano erfahren. Damals wurden meine Hoffnungen, in San Pedro de Atacama den Sternenhimmel zu fotografieren, von Wolken…

I had already learned about what locals call the 'Bolivian Winter' during my first visit to the chilean Altiplano. Back then my hopes of doing some nighttime photography in San Pedro de Atacama were crushed by clouds and rain. One day we…

Es ist zugegebenermaßen schon ein bisschen spät, um auf 2014 zurückzublicken, aber mein Ziel war es, diesen Post wenigstens vor Ende 2015 zu veröffentlichen - so gesehen könnte man sogar von einem Erfolg sprechen! Wie auch immer - sollte…

I agree, it may be a bit late to have a look back at 2014, but my goal was to at least publish this post before the end of 2015 – so I’d call it a success! Anyways, if anyone is still interested in what my past year was like go ahead…

I'm finally back in front of my desktop computer after 11 weeks of travelling. Lots of new stuff to process and work on, but for now all I can offer is this older shot of mine. Found it deep down in my archive last year when I was looking…

Nach 11 Wochen auf Reise sitze ich endlich wieder vor meinem Desktop-Computer. Es gibt zwar jede Menge neuer Bilder, im Moment kann ich euch aber nur diese ältere Aufnahme anbieten. Ich habe sie noch vor der Abreise aus meinem Archiv…

Ende September war ich zwei Wochen unterwegs, um den Norden von Norwegen ein wenig zu erkunden. Nachdem ich die Lofoten ausgelassen hatte (warum, erkläre ich jedem der es wissen will gerne bei einem Bier oder zwei), MUSSTE ich zumindest…

In late September I spent two weeks exploring northern Norway. Since I had skipped Lofoten (for reasons I'm happy to explain to anyone interested over a beer or two) I HAD to stop by at the equally iconic (but tolerably so) island of Senja.

Als wir unseren Flieger nach Kolumbien bestiegen, waren wir durchaus etwas aufgeregter als sonst (aus offensichtlichen Gründen), aber trotz seines fragwürdigen Rufs als Reiseland hat Kolumbien bewiesen, dass es viel mehr zu bieten hat als…

When we boarded our plane to Colombia we were considerably more excited than usual (for obvious reasons) but despite it’s questionable reputation as a tourist destination, Colombia proved that it has a lot more to offer than cocain and gun-toting guerrillas…

Würde man mich mitten in der Nacht aufwecken und nach meinem Lieblingsberg fragen, die Antwort wäre sehr wahrscheinlich Cerro Torre. Seit meinem ersten Besuch in Patagonien haben mich der Berg und die Geschichten um seine Erstbesteigung zu…

If you'd wake me up in the middle of the night and ask me about my favourite mountains, Cerro Torre would probably be one of the first I came up with. Ever since I first saw a picture of it, and even more so after my first visit to…

31st of December. Top-Of and Best-Of lists all over the social webs – you’ve probably seen enough of these. Still, this is the time to look back at the past year and so I thought I’d tell the story of my year with the help of a few shots…

Regelmäßige Leser meines Blogs erinnern sich vielleicht an meinen Post über die Reise zum Khangchendzonga Nationalpark im Nordosten von Indien. Ich erzählte damals von den Höhen und Tiefen, die ich während meines 13-tägigen Treks durch den…

If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you may remember my post about the trip to Khangchendzonga National Park in northern India. In this post I talked about the ups and downs I experienced during a 13-day trek through the park – and I…

Vor ein paar Tagen bin ich über diese Aufnahme gestolpert, die ich zwar ursprünglich bearbeitet dann aber wieder verworfen hatte. Ich erinnere mich, dass mir das Bild zwar gut gefiel, es aber auf Grund des starken Bildrauschens durch meine…

A few days ago I stumbled upon this shot that I had initially started processing but then forgot about. I remember liking the shot a lot, but due to extensive noise I didn't really bother. The noise came from a hot sensor (high temperatures, extended use of live view mode and long exposure) and looked much like what I had to deal with in "A Desert's Sky".

Yesterday I finally had the chance to watch the critically acclaimed documentary “Chasing Ice” in which environmental photographer James Balog sets up 25 timelapse cameras to record the decrease of arctic glaciers. While the topic itself…

It has not been long since I returned from a short trip to Asturias on the northern coast of Spain. The trip was not focused on photography and the weather did its best to make taking out my camera senseless, but I still managed to bring…

Es ist noch gar nicht lange her, dass ich von einem Trip nach Asturien an der Nordküste Spaniens zurückgekehrt bin. Eigentlich ging es bei dem Trip ja garnicht um Fotografie und dank des schlechten Wetters wäre es auch beinahe sinnlos…

Patagonia is mostly known for its famous mountains, but you’ll also find a fair share of stories being told about the notorious weather. And indeed it’s not uncommon to experience four season within one day. Rain, sun and clouds often…

I’m back again with news about conservation efforts – this time it’s bad news though. The headline struck me like lightning last week: Nicaragua signed an agreement allowing a chinese investor to build an inter-ocean shipping canal right…

The last news about Patagonia that made it into austrian newspapers was when a tourist accidentially set Torres del Paine National Park on fire in December 2011. A few days ago, on May 16th I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read a headline…

I’ve been trying to capture the beauty of my homecountry Austria for some time now. So far with limited success. But two days ago, after many not so satisfactory attempts, I finally got what I had been waiting for so long. And here it is:…

Excuse me for jumping back and forth between continents, but today I didn’t really feel like posting another himalayan shot. I’ve been busy planning another patagonian adventure that’s supposed to take place during the next few months and…

As some of you (those who are following me either on facebook or google+) may already know, I just returned from a 3 1/2 week trip to the indian Himalayas. Apart from travelling around in jeeps for countless hours, we also spent 13 days…

It’s been a while since I posted here on my blog (and other websites too). I’ve been quite busy lately and I cannot wait to get out again to do some shooting. As of now it looks like new images will not follow until April, but in the…

I was asked by fellow austrian photographers at NatureHighlights.com to participate in their blog showcasing one nature image a day. I have been following the blog for a while already and have been impressed by the quality of the images on…

I have travelled through Patagonia quite a lot and the rugged landscapes have been a huge inspiration for me. But even in a place were beauty is abundant you have to go a bit further – so, by the end of our last stay we left the well…

We had planned to visit Iceland in June, but due to a few circumstances beyond our control we were forced to postpone our trip to September. In the end this turned out to be a good choice: less tourists and the prospect of viewing the northern lights…

There's a lot more to discover about Iceland than just epic landscapes. But although Iceland is well known for its literature, I for one did not pay too much attention to icelandic sagas – at least not until we had photographed a lava…

After all these posts with a landscape tag I think it's about time for a little change. It's not all about mountains, streams and coastlines - so here we go: here's a wildlife image from just little over a year ago.

It takes some time to accomodate to the sulfurous air, but the smell only adds to the otherworldly experience of a visit to the Hverir high-temperature area, where smoking steam vents and bubbling mud pots are scattered right next do Iceland’s Ring Road.

Heute, nach wir beim letzten mal an Islands eisigen Ufern unterwegs waren (siehe: "Beached Jewel"), geht es zu einem einsamen Ort an Südafrikas Küste. Gut versteckt und gut geschützt durch eine lange und holprige Schotterstraße liegt ein…

Today, after my last post's visit to Iceland's icy and well-known shores (check out: "Beached Jewel") I'm going to take you to one of South Africa's secluded gems. Hidden away and well protected by a long and bumpy dirt road lies a unique…

In my last post "Last Moments of Light" I tried to explain why I prefer shooting at little known locations far away from civilization. That's right, I do strive for a certain amount of uniqueness and adventure in my images but drawing the conclusion that I wouldn't stop for shooting an icon right next to the main road would be completely wrong.

If you're a photographer yourself, you may well have experienced that the most demanding challenges you face are the ones that leave lasting memories. It's the outer circumstances that make those moments, regardless whether they are of success or failure, so special. A picture taken from a car park, no matter how iconeous the scenery or dazzling the light, will never be the same as one that you took one day's march away from civilization.

Ich mache nicht oft Schwarz-Weiß-Konvertierungen. Nicht, weil ich nicht gerne in schwarz-weiß arbeite. Ich finde aber, dass es um einiges schwieriger ist, ein wirklich gutes Schwarz-Weiß-Bild zu machen, als in Farbe zu arbeiten. Es muss an…

I don't do black & white conversions very often. It's not that I don't like working in monochrome. I rather think that creating a truly shining b&w image is way harder than working in colour. All possible flaws become far more prominent when you reduce a photograph to it's minimum: contrast and texture.

There was no time to scout for another composition. I didn't want to miss a second of what was going on on the main stage (more on that in another post). I simply turned around, positioned my tripod, pressed the shutter button twice and…

It's a remote, but incredibly beautiful mountain and has a massive, unclimbed east face - that's more or less all I could find out about Cerro San Lorenzo researching the web. What seemed to qualify this peak as a tempting challenge for…

In addition to lots of positive feedback (thank you all for your comments!) my image "A Desert's Sky" has also raised lots of questions all around the web. How did you do it? Which settings did you use? What equipment? Here's a little…

On 27th of December 2011 a severe case of human ignorance caused a fire in Chile's Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. Within a few days more than 15.000 hectares of native forest, brushland and steppe fell victim to the flames and the…

It was our third morning out there and we had already been thinking about not even getting out of the car. All that we could see in the west was a thick layer of low lying clouds. A few curtains of rain were hauled around by the wind.…

We were excited when we jumped into the car at Halali Rest Camp a few minutes before sunrise. It was our second morning in Etosha National Park and we had big hopes. “If you want to see the predators, you have to be out there around…

After returning from our first trip to Patagonia I somehow had the feeling that I had to go back. We had seen a lot, but I felt there was so much more. Even the parts that we had already visited had so much to offer, that I was more than…

Wir sind gerade von einer sechswöchigen Reise nach Namibia und Südafrika zurückgekommen. Es fühlt sich gut an, zu Hause zu sein, nachdem wir 11.500 km gefahren sind und selten zwei Nächte am selben Ort verbracht haben. Trotzdem machen wir…

We have just returned from a six week trip to Namibia and South Africa. It feels good being home after driving 11.500km and hardly ever spending two nights at the same place. But still we are almost ready to leave again – this time to…

For many hikers the W-Trek is a first introduction to multi-day trekking in Patagonia. Parque Nacional Torres del Paine offers everything you'd expect from Patagonia - the rugged mountains, the turqoise lakes, the endless glaciers and of…

I had already buried my hopes for a sunset shoot when we were cooking dinner (noodles in vegetable soup). The last clouds had disappeared and my legs felt too tired to climb up to the Torres del Paine again (I knew this was a sunrise…

During a recent trip (actually it was work) I was on with a friend of mine, we decided to spend one night photographing in the mountains. We finished work a bit earlier that day and started our ascent around 5pm. Most hikers were already…

It was on the bus from El Calafate to El Chaltén, when I first saw the panorama of the cordillera and the shapes of Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy with my own eyes. And in this very moment I realized that trekking in El Chaltén was going to be…

Finding an untouched area like the surroundings of the Giglachseen lakes is difficult in Austria. The lakes are located in an alpine valley above the tree line and are a breath of fresh air in the jungle of exploited mountains in Austria.

Es ist garnicht so einfach in Österreich eine unberührte Stelle so wie die Umgebung der Giglachseen zu finden. Die Seen liegen in einem Hochtal oberhalb der Baumgrenze und sind bieten einen Hauch von frischer Luft im Dschungel der…

Yesterday, we were lucky in Europe - we could expect to see a total lunar eclipse. In Vienna weather wasn't perfect, and the moon had to pass a layer of clouds before it was visible. Luckily the eclipse wasn't over before.

Chaltén as Fitz Roy was called by the indigenous people is a peak of 3.406m and is well known amongst climbers all around the world. Not only is it a great mountain to climb but also to photograph. Patagonia’s climate and strong winds are…

Patagonien und insbesondere der Los Glaciares Nationalpark sind ein Traum für Fotografen. Als ich unseren Trip dorthin plante, wusste ich nicht wie schön es sein würde. Ich ahnte nur, dass der Besuch einer der Höhepunkte unserer…

Patagonia and especially Parque Nacional Los Glaciares is a photographer's dream. I had no idea how beautiful it would be when I was planning our trip. I knew that it was going to be one of the highlights of our 8 weeks trip through southern America, but it turned out to be more than that.

Today I decided to relaunch my blog. Not that it had ever been launched before, but at least I had posted a few pictures. Pictures.. Well, I guess a blog's purpose isn't just displaying pictures. Actually, I wouldn't need a blog if it were…

If there is something like the epitome of an alpine view from a mountain hut, it might as well be the incredible view of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo seen from Rifugio Locatelli in the Dolomites. For generations this view has inspired…

Lago di Braies has become such a popular destination for tourists and photographers alike that quietness and solitude aren't easy to find. One weekend, when winter had set in early, things were quite a bit different. Late in October, when…