Portrait of Svetlana Morel in Metzingen

Svetlana Morel

Two questions for graphic designer Svetlana Morel who loves a good rebranding challenge for established companies.

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Heiko Schöne

Two questions for interior designer Heiko Schöne, the man who has solutions to the most intractable of interior design problems.

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Simplify

Simplify

Trying to implement all the ideas and strategies I had heard about or that came to my mind, I used to overcomplicate things. I wanted...

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Claus Goergens

Two questions for tiling specialist Claus Goergens, who tells us about his customer-focused approach.

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Lifestyle Portrait of Sharon Decker at Aesthetica in Ulm

Sharon Decker

Interview with Sharon Decker, founder of the practice for aesthetic medicine ‘Aesthetica’ in Ulm.

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Portrait of IT Consultant Julian Fox in London

Julian Fox

Two questions for IT consultant Julian Fox, who helps clients make the most of technology.

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Time in Spring

What are our priorities this spring? What does really count? Here are two partly funny and certainly true quotes that may help with these questions.

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Tayfun Sevgilli

Two questions for real estate specialist Tayfun Sevgilli who buys old houses and turns them into newly refurbished flats.

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Matthias Grüninger

Two questions for flooring specialist Matthias Grüninger who gives an interesting insight about providing choice for customers.

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Stefan Maier IWM Strahlcenter GmbH

Stefan Maier

Two questions for entrepreneur Stefan Maier, who leads a team of around 30 employees at his company IWM Strahltechnik GmbH in southern Germany.

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Ana Grigorovici

Two questions for Brand Identity Specialist Ana Grigorovici who shares some surprising insights about branding.

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Love

A beautiful, especially lovely soul has made its way to paradise today.

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1 more sleep

1 more sleep - Christmas Eve is one of my favourite days of the year when I am in London.

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Advent

Quote about Advent: "Advent: the time to listen for footsteps ..."

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Patricia Trickett

Patricia Trickett

Two questions for Social Media expert Patricia Trickett who makes her clients get recognized on Social Media.

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Berthold Ebner

Two questions for Leadership Trainer Berthold Ebner who says: "But strictness doesn't work with today's young people".

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How to mark your Territory

Practical advice from businesswoman Astrid Winkeler on how not to be dominated at work. What happens on the non-verbal level of body language and gestures...

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I see sea

Film Photography of a bike trip to the English sea side around Margate.

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O

Our Parks

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” 

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Photos of Molly in London

Molly in London

The Story of Gods surprising ways resulting in a photo session with American graduate Molly in London.

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View from the boat near Venice on Film

Venice on Film

“If I were not King of France, I would choose to be a citizen of Venice.” - Henry III

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unforgettable photoshooting

Unforgettable

I had a photo session with Nadine (she shares my name) YEARS ago and I would never have expected her to write this recent review...

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Girl on Black and white film in May on Ilford Delta 3200

May on Ilford Delta 3200

I forgot to ask the airport people to hand-check the film so I was a little worried that the x-rays of the security check have...

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Early Summer Photography

Sun and heat have been greatly missed. I tried to catch the few sunbeams that came by. Other than that, I rediscovered some fashion items...

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lifestyle photo of a girl with a pot of a plant on her head

Gleich12

Gleich12 is the label of my beautiful friend and extremely talented designer & artist Tatiana Zhabina . We studied Fashion Design together, and while career...

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wild air in London

Wild Air

Last summer on black and white film. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea,..."

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Curating

What a house of plants teaches us on curating and our creative work.

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drawing of East London artist Ellie

Niche down

WHY IT PAYS OFF TO NICHE DOWN YOUR BUSINESS. When it comes to doing any form of art as a profession finding a niche is...

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Victoria Park

Text and Photography by Nadine Wilmanns Victoria Park “If someone would have told the 18 year old me that I […]

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Ellie draws interview

Ellie draws

Interview with Illustrator Ellie Smith. When I first saw Ellie Smiths drawings on Instagram, it made me want to pick up a pen to draw...

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Fashion MIE

Interview with Fashion MIE founder Marina Rajkovic who is selling and advocating for sustainable fashion.

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Celebrate

Celebrations are a great opportunity to have photos of your friends and family taken - so why not plan a celebration?

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Your genuine smile

When being photographed, don`t be afraid to smile wholeheartedly and openly. With openly, I don`t mean that you necessarily need to show your teeth –...

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A bittersweet state of mind

Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty...

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Business Cinema

When you spend a complete day in a business you can create a different kind of Business Portrait.

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Decide not to give up

If you have set your heart on something, don’t allow yourself to become discouraged but decide ahead of time that you will keep going.

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Nadine Wilmanns London petals photography spring

Photographs and time

"Look, last week this tree was pink and now it`s basically green", said Annie and took a sip from the hospital coffee she brought for...

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How to dress…

What to wear? is one of the most frequent questions my clients ask me when we plan our photo session. Here is some advice.

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Part of a story

“As they walked on the sunny side of Columbia Road, Peter turned quiet. It was Easter Sunday and the streets were almost empty. Andy saw...

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Paul Fuller portrait

Paul Fuller

"Having a camera in your hand and a reason to be there gives you motivation and a license to stick your nose into places where...

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Day in your life

Document your "full experience of life": Whatever happens (or whatever doesn`t happen), there`ll always be opportunities for pictures. However eventless or mundane our day may...

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Autumn

About the special feeling at the start of autumn: “April has never meant much to me, autumn seems to be that season of beginning, of...

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Not for everyone

Why we shouldn`t please everyone. “Don`t be a purple drop in the ocean but be a purple drop in a swimming pool."-Seth Godin

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Begin

MOST IMPORTANT LESSON I LEARNED IN PHOTOGRAPHY FROM DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL TAGGART. Don`t wait for extraordinary things like a holiday to happen in order to...

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feel more coffee table by Nadine Wilmanns photography

Feel more to see more

HOW FEELING MORE HELPS YOU SEE MORE. Do you wonder how to slow down time? Or how to get more out of the moments that...

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“the Why”

ON FINDING THE WHY. Time is always different. A holiday now will be different than a holiday in five years. A day at work now...

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Business and Emotion

How emotional storytelling helps your business. Did you know that clients who feel emotionally connected with a brand spend on average twice as much annually...

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Herzstärkend fotografiert von Nadine Wilmanns

Herzstärkend

INTERVIEW WITH THE GIRLS OF "HERZSTÄRKEND": "Everyone threw in ideas, and all of a sudden there was so much manpower! Within half a year, „herzstärkend“...

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Style detail of a jacket photographed by Nadine Wilmanns

Style

HOW TO DRESS IN YOUR STYLE. I`ve never really thought about what style or “finding your style” really means. In the German dictionary, style is...

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highlights magazine article by Nadine Wilmanns

Picture your Highlights

Give it a try and make a "pictures of summer" album. The major surprise will come later: Looking back after let`s say a few months...

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How to remember downtime Nadine Wilmanns photography

Downtime

APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR DOWNTIME are just as important as those for our Should-Do`s. If not even more important. After all, no one will regret having...

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Calendar for the should-do`s photographed by Nadine Wilmanns

Should-Do`s

APPOINTMENTS FOR THE "SHOULD DO`S". Do you have a lot of „Should Do´s” in your head? I have, and I need to get rid of...

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story of pink petals

Story of Pink

STORY OF PINK. "It wasn`t until I looked at the litter on the ground when I noticed all the pink petals everywhere. "

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fashion designer Johanna Riplinger by Nadine Wilmanns photography

Johanna Riplinger

Interview with Fashion Designer Johanna Riplinger: "I do almost everything from a place of intrinsic motivation. It takes courage to do what feels right for...

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Vision Nadine Wilmanns photography

Vision

When making decisions or planning, ask: Does this serve my purpose? This way we can move forward according to our values.

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Ditch that camera bag

Why having no camera bag can improve your photography. Here`s where your camera is supposed to be: Hanging over your shoulder and ready to shoot....

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pictures and us

Self-image

“I PRAISE YOU, FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE...” I want to look at my picture saying: Yes that`s me with a beating heart...

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Christof Sage

Interview with Celebrity Photographer Christof Sage: "...It worked, because I have worked twice as much as others..."

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photographer Daniela Reske

Daniela Reske

Interview with Daniela Reske: "You must not be a perfectionist when doing documentaries, otherwise you`ll end up unhappy."

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Fashion Storytelling

WHY STORYTELLING IS THE HEART OF FASHION. These days, a lot is talked about the future of fashion and how fashion companies can survive. A...

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Networking

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF OUR NETWORK. Having a strong network, we can make use of the brain, ideas and wisdom of many, not...

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my story about me

Changes ahead

How will Fashion change after this crisis? Fashion always used to react to crises and political changes. Because people long for change after a period...

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Courage and Massive Action

WHY WE NEED TO TAKE MASSIVE ACTION NOW. Conor McDonnell started out as a teenager wanting to get into concerts for free. After his first...

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Seeing fresh

HOW SEEING WITHOUT THINKING HELPS WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHY. The concept is to capture the moment of “seeing fresh”.

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Creative work

HOW TO GET CREATIVE WORK DONE. One of the biggest traps for creatives is postponing: Either because of “waiting for inspiration” or because of perfectionism,...

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Trust the next step

WHY THE VERY NEXT STEP COUNTS. Often, I think: "Man, why don`t I seem to be able to think of a smart plan for my...

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Dream big

HOW A CRAZY GOAL CAN ADD FUN TO YOUR WORK. Would you like to release a crazy amount of joy and fun in your work?...

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Feelgood Photography

Special feeling for special photographs. When feeling emotional, have your camera with you. In my experience, I tend to see more when I feel good.

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Lockdown Photography

HOW HARD TIMES CAN HELP YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Do you recall the last days before your personal Corona lockdown? I remember them like it was yesterday...

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New Year

As we start the new year, it`s a good time to go through all our photos of this year. Of course, to reflect on the...

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Life is now

This life, I want to avoid saying "I can do that later" to something that I fancy doing.

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Creativity

Creativity needs some prayers and letting go. It needs fresh air and downtime. Chats with friends, some laughing out loud and being childish.

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Light-Photography

Some of my favourite photographs are of light. By that, I mean light as the main element; those pictures that are purely about the light.

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Capture the 50:50

Be ok with the 50 : 50 of life by photographing the full human experience - including positive as well as negative, and everything inbetween.

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How to win time

How making appointments for your task is freeing up time. Time Manager Dave Crenshaw is calling this "positive procrastination".

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Work for joy

When nothing has to but everything can become. Is your work giving you more energy back than it takes?

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Shadow stories selfie with dog and man

Shadow stories

Have you ever been out and wondered how to take a picture with yourself in the scene - but without taking a typical selfie?

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Enjoy. Dried plant on notebook

To enjoy

Would we ever regret having enjoyed too much in our life? Practise to enjoy on purpose.

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Fashion and Memories

How fashion photographs can help you clear out your wardrobe. Detail shots of clothes or shoes are not pointless at all.

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Time and progress

How to validate your progress. "...But if your goal is the time itself, just the time, then it becomes much simpler and more achievable...”

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How to be creative Nadine Wilmanns photography

How to be creative

How habits help with our creativity. “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you`re inspired or not.” (Octavia E.Butler in “Bloodchild...

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How to catch the moment Documentary photography Nadine Wilmanns

How to catch the moment

THE DECISIVE MOMENT. Overthinking is very inconvenient in photography, especially photojournalism. If you think instead of just pressing the shutter, you will usually miss the...

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how to not give up Nadine Wilmanns photography foot walking a step - courage and massive action

How to not give up

The big majority of all photography graduates don`t actually work as photographers, because they have given up too early. Talent is nice, but what really...

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In your style

“You're not going there to get a job.  You're going there to present what you do. There it is - and walk away… And there...

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about mein the mirror selfie Nadine Wilmanns photography

In the Mirror

...We can blur a bit, we can hide a bit, yet we still have evidence of ourselves in that very moment.

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How to remember

Even if I have never seen the photograph itself: if I have taken a picture, an event is much more likely to stay in my...

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Self-Assignment

Single, strong photographs are all well and good, but a series of pictures can tell a much stronger, more complex story.

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On embracing

WHY EMBRACING SITUATIONS IS VITAL. “It´s always important to have a plan before you go out on a shot. That said, things are going to...

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Home stories cat on arm and camera Nadine Wilmanns photography

Home-Stories

TELL YOUR HOME STORY. Having a camera on me when leaving house has been a habit for me for a few years now. It just...

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Home-Photography

I remember my co-worker saying: “This just made my heart so happy.” This sentence has stayed with me somehow because it`s such a cute thing...

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Nadine Wilmanns empty room

Travel lightly

There was a pilgrim staying overnight in some guys home. Looking around, he noticed that it was pretty much empty except for a table, chair,...

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Festival Attitude

HAVE A FESTIVAL ATTITUDE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. Be responsible and think of the environment around you. Have love to detail. "Understand the power we’ve...

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