If you would like to be interviewed for JCH and you have something you want to share, then drop me a line through the site and lets have a chat. If you have not had time, then you should check out the forum here. It is always a pleasure to find out more about someone who manages a site that I really enjoy. Thanks Andreas for you time and for sharing your thoughts with all of us. Not exactly the Leica spirit I’m afraid – but would be very useful for me… Something between a Leica M9 (optical and mechanical quality) and the Fuji X-Pro1 (AF, hybrid viewfinder). And finally, seeing as it is a Leica forum could you tell me your favourite or dream Leica camera. Do you have any photographers that really inspire you?Īugust Sander, William Eggleston, Viviane Meyer, Andreas Gurskyħ. Great images, breaking news and brilliant know-how are nice to have in a community.īut having a good mood and great members beats everything else.Ħ. Try to offer a comfortable place for your users. I was so lucky to start from the pole position – as the official Leica Forum officially supported by Leica Camera.Īfter that two unimpressive things were the most important factors:ġ. What have you found to be the biggest challenge in building L.
#LEICA FORUM FULL#
Over some hard years I tried to manage the Leica Forum in my spare time while working full time as internet project manager. This was very frustrating as I was sure that the Leica Forum could do much better if I make it my first priority. Thus I quit my freelance job three years ago and concentrated on my forum projects. I noticed that you are running the site and working, how do you find the time to do this? I have attached a few of Andreas’ shots)Ĥ. More disclosure: I’m a big Instagram fan – and I love to take little still life shots you find everywhere… (Ed. So I take most of my photos during holidays (with a Lumix GH2 and a Leica D-Lux4). What about yourself…What camera do you shoot? And what sort of situations do you shoot?Īs a photographer I’m an amateur – too little time beside job and family. You have to touch the cameras and lenses and you have to see the images.ģ. And after that long time I’m sure there’s kind of Leica DNA. It’s not easy to describe – almost every Leica photo can be made with other cameras too.īut if you take a look for example at our latest Leica Forum Book (preview at ) you’ll notice something that is well described by “my point of view” or “focus on the essential”.
#LEICA FORUM HOW TO#
I slept one night over that and decided to do it – with no exact plans how to run it as business.īut after working about 15 years for Leica I have a deep relationship with the company, the people working there and their products. The chat turned out to be a complete disaster but the discussion board became the origin of what is now the Leica Forum with about 100.000 members.Īfter the Leica management changed in 2006 the new CEO wanted to get rid of the forum – so they asked me if I was interested to take it over. In 1996 my web agency NOVA worked for Leica and created the first Leica Camera website. In 2000 the Leica marketing guys asked us to build a discussion board and a chat for the website. Camera Forum, what made you decide to do this? I grew up in the very North of Germany but moved to the Rhineland 25 years ago for university. I’m living with my wife and my daughter in Bonn, Germany. I love the site and it has a wealth of information from users all over the world.Īndreas, tell us a little bit about yourself: If you don’t know about this forum and you have a Leica camera then shame on you, as you should get involved. In this interview I was lucky enough to talk to Andreas, the man who brings us the L.Camera forum. I love doing little interviews and when I get to speak to people who are behind the scenes in the industry it makes me very happy. Lets see what makes one of the most well known Leica websites tick… In another first JCH brings you an interview with the man behind the L.Camera forum, Mr. The L.Camera forum is a great resource for all things Leica
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