WELCOME

You are interested in landscape photography and long-time exposures (bulb)? – this might be your site.

… and of course for all cat lovers – look at my cat pictures.

  

My Nickname is BigOllie. I was born in Switzerland, and grew up there.

I was interested in photography since I was a little boy. With digital photography and digital image processing my interest for photography was getting stronger.

Photography is my hobby – my passion is taking pictures of big cats and small tigers.

WILDLIFE

Outdoor-Photography has a calming effect – even if the set up of the equipment takes a little eternity (tripod, correct settings of aperture and shutter speed, choice of the right filter, etc.). And then – the picture composition – this can take a long time until the first shot.

But the first shot rarely meets my expectations, so I try again and again: different frame, different exposure settings – maybe  bracketing? This fills the memory card faster.

If comes to long-term exposures , then I can feel the decelerated photography on my body – I get hungry and thirsty.

Suddenly the battery packs are all empty – then it’s time to go home …

more landscapes … 

CATS

Taking pictures of cats is one of my favorite jobs. It is very important to have the confidence of your model and a lot of patience. Good observation skills are mandatory in this subject.

 

The shutter has to be set to silent permanent fire – fast sequences, not too loud. Cats don’t like too much noise – they get out quickly before I have made the camera settings …

more cats …