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Who am I?
I am a 24 year old German student and just finished my
bachelor of Communication and Multimedia Design in
Aachen. Before that I graduated at high school in Bonn,
and made an apprenticeship as media designer.

I always liked to take pictures, but not very seriously. In
1998, I spent half a year at a high school in the US and
took part at a photography class, where we shot in black
and white and developed the films and pictures ourselves.
At the time in the US I also discovered digital photography,
since my host father sometimes brought a company's
digital camera home. It was one of that Sony Mavica's
with a floppy drive. The resolution was horrible, but this
new technique really fascinated me.

A year later in Germany I got my first digital camera, the
Sony S70, which was a pretty good camera. Around a year
later, I sold it and upgraded to the S75. The only thing I did
not like about these two cameras were Sony's candy colors.
Therefore I sold it again and bought a Canon G2. This
camera delivered more realistic colors and had a nice
swivel screen. Before Photography was just for fun, but my
uncle asked my if I want to take concert pictures for a music
website, which I did. I realized very fast, that the G2 did
not fulfill my needs, saved money from my apprenticeship
and bought my first digital SLR, the EOS 10D. This camera
enabled me to shoot almost everything I want and I kept
it until this year. In 2003 I also started working at a
newspaper as photographer for the local news. The job
didn't challenge me and after my first cover picture, I left.
In the following years I took pictures on my travels to Thailand
and Hong Kong, for my class at university, for brochures,
a magazine and a calendar.
Just a few month ago i switched to the EOS30D, which is
my current camera.