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Photography Blog | News, Technology & Inspiration

Camera tests, news, tips and inspiration for your photography! In the Foto Koch Blog you will find current topics and trends around photography and video production. We inform you about new cameras, lenses and other electronic devices, write testimonials and give inspiration from other photographers and artists. In the Foto Koch blog you will also find many articles from our photography magazine Schnappschuss.


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26. May 2020

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On July 23, 2015, photographer Philip Reichwein and his creative group, consisting of two models, two filmmakers, a make-up artist and a designer, spent four days in Venice, Italy. They all remember this day to this day. Find out what happened there in this article from the "100 photos 100 stories" series.

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24. May 2020

Moody moments - Paul Hüttemann

From Snapshot 63 "Moments": 12 questions for Paul Hüttemann aka huettehuette. He is a young photographer from Berlin and has been capturing moments since 2018, including at concerts by Lena Meyer-Landrut and Wincent Weiss. Read now.

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23. May 2020

07 | 100 The journey to cold Greenland

Due to the hot summer, our employee Andreas Funk took his long-awaited "Greenland trip" in July 2018. Find out what he experienced there and what advantages Greenland has to offer in this blog post from the "100 photos 100 stories" series.

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22. May 2020

Fabio Antenore - 10 tips for better night pictures

SIGMA reference photographer Fabio Antenore specializes in hyperreal landscape images. He is less interested in capturing a realistic image of the landscape, but rather in capturing the feelings and beauty of nature to make the viewer dream. Find out more in this article.

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21. May 2020

05 | 100 Invisible moment

Photographer Josua Kaden spent his first night in Sweden on a campsite. Find out what he experienced there and how this picture came about in this article from the "100 photos 100 stories" series.

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20. May 2020

04 | 100 The Giro d'Italia cycling race

This is not really how you would imagine preparing for the second most important stage race, the Giro d'Italia. Find out what's behind this photo in this article from the '100 photos, 100 stories' series.

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19. May 2020

100 years of Foto Koch history

Once upon a time, 100 years ago, a passionate man named Fritz Koch founded his photography business on Graf-Adolf-Straße. A lot has happened in that time. Changes have taken place in all areas of the company and photography. Today we look back on some of the anecdotes and milestones that have accompanied us since then.

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12. May 2020

Peter Neill - Tips in music photography

According to music photographer Peter Neill, limiting yourself to a fixed focal length Lens can even be beneficial for your creativity. You can find these and other tips on concert photography in this blog post.

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11. May 2020

01 | 100 Schadowstrasse - A street in transition

One of the most popular shopping streets is constantly changing and will soon appear in new splendor. Düsseldorf's Schadowstraße has already been redesigned several times in the past and is currently undergoing reconstruction work as part of the Wehrhahn line.

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11. May 2020

100 photos - 100 stories

We are showing very special pictures this year. Pictures that tell a special story, perhaps a story that you don't even recognize at first. Stay tuned and check back regularly!

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06. May 2020

Schnappschuss: The Power to Change David Tesinsky

Another article from Schnappschuss No. 62 shows pictures by photographer David Tesinsky, who has set himself the task of capturing current events.

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27. April 2020

At home with Olympus

In this blog post you will find a collection of video tutorials on photography at home, provided by Olympus.

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17. March 2020

We are here for you!

Current information and updates on the effects of coronavirus

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06. March 2020

Either...Or with Armin Rohde

Actor Armin Rohde has revived his old passion and always has his camera with him. So for our snapshot, we asked him "Either..or?"

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06. February 2020

"On Rusty Ground" - an interview with Thorsten Zimmer

Thorsten Zimmer portrays his homeland - the Saarland - in a very rough and tough way in his current project "On Rusty Ground". We took his high-contrast images as an opportunity to ask him a few questions about his photographic life and his work.

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21. January 2020

The Pink and Blue Project

Jeongmee Yoon has set herself the task of photographically capturing the gender color division of children and questioning its causes, because as we all know: Boys like blue, girls like pink - that's just the way it is, isn't it?

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19. December 2019

Our most popular YouTube videos 2019

On our YouTube channel you will find the latest videos on product presentations, hands-on videos on the latest cameras and much more. We have summarized our most popular videos in this blog post.

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29. November 2019

A night in the wilderness of Finland

In this new blog post, Alessandro Sgro reports on his trip to the wilderness of Finland. For all wildlife photographers - and those who want to become one - this article is a must-read!

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27. November 2019

Inspired by the beauty of light

Chris Nicholls' photographic style is known for his sensitive use of light and color. His work focuses primarily on fashion and portrait photography, for which he is world- and industry-renowned. We are delighted that Chris will be sharing his perspective on photography and contrast with us.

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27. November 2019

On the road with the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

The test of the OM-D-EM5 Mark III took us to the beginnings of the Icelandic highlands. We take you on a legendary journey.

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05. November 2019

Contrast of time

This year we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gerd Danigel has compiled an entire archive of comparative photographs of Berlin and thus created a documentation of the rapid changes of our time.

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28. October 2019

Contrasts

After much deliberation, our jury decided on the best five pictures. Here you can see our winners.

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16. October 2019

Photo Popup Fair

We interviewed Wolfgang Sohn, the founder of the Photo Popup Fair, and asked him what we can expect this year.

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