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hello, i'm jacob (ヤコブ) or kev (ケブ), a (you disabled scripts, guess you'll never know how old i am)-year-old, my pronouns are he/him. for me, it's currently loading.... photography is my latest passion. besides photography, i also enjoy editing videos -- and yep, despite how this site looks, i do have a bachelor's degree in computer science: umweltinformatik (environmental informatics).

i always wanted to build my own website, but procrastination got the better of me. i wanted the site to also serve a purpose, and until now, i didn't have one. that's why i dedicated this site (mainly) to my newfound hobby: photography. on top of that, i'm using this site as a playground to test things i've learned during my studies so i don't forget everything, haha. so, welcome to my online space, where pixels meet purpose!
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some of my pictures:

big thanks to w3schools, stackoverflow, stackfindover, and my good friend nauti -- whom i can always turn to when i have questions about javascript, php, or anything programming-related, really! (unlike me, he studies pure computer science and can actually code properly -- whereas i, as an environmental informatics student, only ever covered applied computer science and can really only pull off basic scripting, haha.)
what i'm trying to say here is that without their services or nauti, i wouldn't have been able to design the site the way i wanted, which -- although designed responsively for the mobile web nowadays -- is intended to be viewed on an hd monitor.


my lenses:

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ef 24-105mm f/4 l is usm
my all-rounder lens, great for landscapes and street photography.
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ef 50mm f/1.8 stm
my go-to lens when i want something light and autofocus.
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ef 300mm f/4 l is usm
my new lens for wildlife (and possibly sports, eventually).
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ltm shanghai 50mm f/3.5
the cute little lens that came with my shanghai 58-2.
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m42 carl zeiss jena flektogon 35mm f/2.4
my favorite lens, its great for landscapes and close-ups.
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m42 kmz helios 44-2
the lens has a beautiful bokeh with a lot of character. too bad i can't focus to infinity without hitting the mirror...
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m42 pentacon electric f/1.8
my first vintage lens -- cheap, yet surprisingly sharp.

my lenses:


above, you'll find my small but growing collection of lenses. i currently own seven lenses across three different mounts: canon ef, m42, and ltm. all of them -- except for the ltm lens -- can be mounted on my canon 6d. click on any lens to learn a bit more about it.

explore the places i've been with openstreetmap:

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view southern france | view japan

above, you'll find a map featuring some of the photos i've taken during my travels. my goal is to have at least one pin on every continent someday!
to reach that goal, i'll try to keep the map updated. it's not necessarily difficult, but it's definitely time-consuming. tweaking the json file, pinpointing the exact location for each picture -- especially when adding pins months later -- can be tricky. the built-in gps in the 6d, when it works, only gives an estimate, so i often have to fine-tune the location afterward.

-> in 2024-12, i did a complete overhaul of the whole site. while it might not look all that different from when i first created it nearly a year ago, the frontend is now much more organized. big thanks to jquery and bootstrap for making many aspects easier to manage. i had never used these tools before, but they've been incredibly helpful for formatting and scripting, respectively.
-> the views expressed on this site are my own and do not represent the views of my university or employer, past, present, or future.
-> this is a private website intended for my friends and family members. the site is hosted by manitu gmbh. you can contact me via email at kev[at]pixelgallery[dot]net.

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