Passing the Passion for Photography
When we trace back our roots, it’s fascinating to see how a passion for photography or creativity can weave its way through generations.
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Environmental Portraits
If you want to win more clients, you need photos that visually show why you’re great at what you do. Here is why the room tells the best story.
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Action Storytelling Photography: Authentic Brand Photos
A band rehearsal shows how action storytelling photography captures authentic, natural brand images for camera-shy business owners in London, Metzingen, and Stuttgart.
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Time Traveller
Do you know the film About Time? It`s about time travellers – father and son – who can travel back in time.
When the right client says YES!
A 30-year restaurant owner told me: choose suppliers who know you by name. It made me think about how I love it when I find the right client — and why that matters for the work I make.
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A little Chocolate Story
It was when he came in that Monday morning, his usual day of the week to be in town, and brought in a little golden box with a blue bow…
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Why rest makes us better photographers (and creatives)
A personal reflection on rest, productivity, and creativity, and why slowing down makes me a better photographer and videographer. Exploring Sabbath and finding balance in creative work.
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Cravings: How the longing for more life led me to Storytelling Photography
There was a time in my life when I craved to go to a coffee shop before work just to feel like the day belongs to me. Coffee shops became the places of possible opportunities for me, where I felt hopeful that there`s the possibility of something happening around any next corner.
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Hospitality Week Excel London
At the Hospitality Week at the Excel Exhibition Center in East London, I found some great examples of branding and design in the hospitality industry.
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An everyday Dolce Vita
If you’re looking for a little escape, it doesn’t necessarily require packing a bag and booking a plane ticket …
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Everyday Stories
This week I have found myself praying much more often than usual. And this is thanks to a little everyday story.
Preparing for Spring
Nature is reminding us of all sorts of important rituals and habits for our seasons – like preparing for spring and new opportunities.
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Happy Women’s Day
The best part of photography is the people in front of the lens.
I’ve had the honor of photographing and filming so many amazing women.
Mirrored Me
Why do we look so different in photos than the picture of us that we see in the mirror? Apart from the fact that we automatically adjust our facial expressions in front of the mirror so that we like how our face looks, it’s mostly because our face is being mirrored.
Instrucions for Connoisseurs
For the photo book ‘Anleitungen für Genießer’ (Instructions for Connoisseurs), my co-author and I invited people from Tübingen and the surrounding area to dinner and talked to them about what they enjoy and how they enjoy it.
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Claudia Akermann
“I don’t think anyone has ever photographed me so nicely — I’m so grateful, and everyone is so happy about it. I usually don’t like having my picture taken, but here I look really natural, just like myself — it’s great!”
Susan Chesney, London
“Balance,” replies interior designer Susan Chesney when I ask her about how she would describe her style. “Materiality is important. I’m not a maximalist and not a minimalist either. I like a layered approach, I’m detail-oriented and a sense of history will always be present, and I like balanced elevation.”
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Questions
Asking meaningful questions can make all the difference in a conversation and can generally be a great habit.
September Christmas Chronicles
September and I`m reading the Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater.
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Networking Events
I’ve attended many networking events over the years, and I’ve come to realize that the only approach that makes sense to me is to connect with people I genuinely want in my life in some way.
Photos of yourself
Imagine you have some business news, such as a special offer, that you want to share on social media. How can you ensure that people actually notice it?
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Colourful Portraits in London
The photo session with Alice was truly colourful. We met in a photo studio on Brick Lane and tapped in some colour magic.
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Health Therapist Tabita Klein
Do you know how your vascular elasticity is (could be better in my case), the function of your cranial nerves (in the green range for me) or your house dust allergy index (slightly high for me, which doesn’t surprise me as I don’t like to clean)?
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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 – and fashion in general for that matter.
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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
Celebrate
Celebrations are a great opportunity to have photos of your friends and family taken – so why not plan a celebration?
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 of the world…
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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 be, we still can document what we see and how we feel with our camera.
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 spring.” – Truman Capote in Breakfast at Tiffany`s.