About me
My wife Grace and I moved a year ago from Seattle to Sun City Texas. Before that we lived and worked in Colorado, Australia, New Zealand and Germany. I was born and raised in Munich, Germany.
At the age of 15, I signed up for a photography course at school and was hooked immediately when I saw my first images "magically" appear in the darkroom developer. Soon I started working as a photographer for my hometown's local newspapers.
During my master's degree in mechanical engineering, I became a scuba dive instructor. My diving experience and my engineering background helped me to advance in the challenging field of underwater photography.
I have contributed photographs and articles to many scuba diving and travel magazines, including "AsianGeographic", tauchen and "AsianDiver". Also, I have won awards in international photo competitions taking place in Australia, Palau, Indonesia, Maldives and Germany.
I'm also interested in photographing landscapes, wildlife, travel, astrophotography and large-scale panoramic formats.
Find some of my images here: https://abadschieff.myportfolio.com/
I primarily use DSLR cameras and Adobe Lightroom to tune the image in a way that it best resembles the experience of when I took the photograph.
Banner images:
Cenotes Cave Dive - Milkyway Mauna Kea Hawaii - Hummingbird feeding Seattle