Happy new year everybody!!! Let it be the best year ever! You rock! I love you!

Last finished goal this year: my photo shoot tutorial is ready for download: http://ping.fm/U0JEK wow, that was a lot of work

#0572 - Feet in Christmas Mood

Good tidings we bring,

To you and your kin,

Good tidings for Christmas,

And a Happy New Year.



Have a wonderful Christmas my friends!

Soooooo cold ;-)

The trip from Beijing to Duesseldorf took us 22 hours this time because of the snow in Germany. But at least we now can celebrate a white Christmas ;-)

Kisses to @SabineWe for sending me the cool 1960 nude art video: http://ping.fm/LPhj2

Yoda is a photographer: Focus you must, young Jedi!

10 good articles on photography copyright collected by the awesome Jim M. Goldstein: http://ping.fm/nNsLQ

I read that the D3S features a new quiet shutter release. Does that mean it has an electronic shutter? That would be cool!

Hab' gerad vor 2 Tagen ein Video von FotoTV so richtig gelobt ( http://zelbel.com/de/haar) und lese nun dass die gestern den IP TV Award gewonnen haben. Glckwunsch!!!

Hab' gesehen wie man superklasse Haare fotografiert: http://zelbel.com/de/haar

Dear stylist, don't show up late, on location the light is waiting for nobody

Dear photographers, did you already shoot xmas photos?

Dear photographer, please tell me what frustrates you most in photoshooting - eMail is OK as well, I am curious

Nice: Sølve Sundsbø photos of Mariacarla Boscono in Vogue China December http://bit.ly/1zH6cU

A little xmas present for a photographer? Give him the tradecards of Chase Jarvis and Strobist: http://bit.ly/EBdJ - he will love you

Olaf Bathke pflegt ein offenes Twitterverzeichnis für Fotografen http://bit.ly/3JcNWC - cool - eintragen!

Photographer Robert Knight does rockstarsearch with his SLR: http://bit.ly/muwLh - cute! I like the first two minutes in particular

Impressed: Finn O'Hara puts such a lot of efford into his shoot http://ping.fm/CkUMt

Never fear - Michael is here! Happy Halloween! http://zelbel.com/hween

Superklasse Foto-Charity Projekt: der Karma Kalender http://zelbel.com/karma - bestell' nun schnell deinen Kalender und hilf!

Dear photographer, anyway we are surrounded by illusions, so why not make up some new nice ones?

Sometimes before taking a photo, all I know is what I don't want in the photo. But that's a starting point.

Dear model, shootings usually seem so much harder BEFORE they actually started

Nude models, celebrate your courage today! You are awsome and add to a lot to the beauty of our world!

Some photoshootings should be done just for the pure fun of it.

Photographer, please test-read my ebook on how to organize glamour shoots http://ping.fm/XVPds and please provide feedback

Photographers, if U started playing with multiple lights and things run out of control...appreciate it! U R just about to get better.

nude art performance 1960 http://ur1.ca/bbij via @SabineWe

Why I think the book Crush It! is important for us photographers: http://www.zelbel.com/crushit

found on @indigodita 's website: art should be done for the sake of art and humanity

Photographers, if I love Drew Garders and Dave Hobbies DVDs, what else should I watch?

Superklasse Foto-Charity Projekt: der Karma Kalender http://zelbel.com/karma - bestell' nun schnell deinen Kalender und hilf!

The next exciting photo? Won't find it in Glamour-City, on Wow-Mountain or Sexy-Spa.

I would love to get my hands on the new EOS-1D Mark IV. AF with 39 cross-type points sound like it is really working accurate. But it exceeds my budget ;-)

Life should be one big, long Friday ;-)

all genius photographers know how much more there is to photograph

RT: @dreamon51: Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. ~Robert A. Heinlein

photorapher, too many photos is better than too few photos - keep shooting

Friends, trust me with your questions regarding photography

Seid ihr auch bei Foto TV? Wenn nicht, ihr verpaßt was. Kostenlos anmelden: http://snipr.com/e9v6q

Superklasse Foto-Charity Projekt: der Karma Kalender http://zelbel.com/karma - bestell' nun schnell deinen Kalender und hilf!

Request from model Yumiko: Any volunteer who can make a comic drawing out of this photo?

Another way for Leonard Nimoy to improve this world: Artistic Nudes http://twurl.nl/lgk5w5 I'm loving it

Happy-happy-joy-joy! Going out with my sweet Chinese wife and her Friends

Please tell me whenever you spot a typo in my tweets?

now working on a blueprint for a really good glamour shooting

Dear stylist, please tell me what frustrates you most in photoshooting - eMail is OK as well, I am curious

Photographers, you're gorgeous - so always be grateful for criticism.

Superklasse Foto-Charity Projekt: der Karma Kalender http://zelbel.com/karma - bestell' nun schnell deinen Kalender und hilf!

#0481 Portrait from my shooting with Samara

Photographers, your thoughts are free, right? So is everything else. Thus, all your shooting ideas ARE POSSIBLE.

RT: @inf3ktion This month's Practical Photography is so full of nudes, I had other readers 'join' me from behind my shoulders in the train! #Photog

RT: @ChrisSavas #Photography: Nude PETA Women Shower at 7th and Penn http://bit.ly/j6nb4

Sometimes it seems like everybody is interested in nude photograpy- the entire worlds and even strange, alien life forms beyond.

That rocks, photographer Tito da Costa shooting a thriller: http://zelbel.com/rtr

Superklasse Foto-Charity Projekt: der Karma Kalender http://zelbel.com/karma - bestell' nun schnell deinen Kalender und hilf!

Photographers, what if you were given complete dominion over light? Cool hu?

beautiful photos are responsible for more smiles, happyness, proud memeories and life extentions than doctors will ever comprehend

A mediocre day with photoshooting beats a good day without one

my reasons for photography: fun, celebrate beauty and the 5th dimension

A day with a photoshooting beats a day without any day of the week.

Dear models, I am reasonable. Really. I just have my own reasons...

Someone said DIFFERENT is greater than BETTER, but I have a different opinion on that ;-) Joking!

Wednesdays the happy amateur photographers traditionally celebrate the middle of the week by making afterwork shootings. Have fun!

Photographers, this rocks: accept complete and total responsibility for everything in your shooting, and you will be very powerful

Photographers, the opportunity for a good photo lies in pretty much every moment

Too bad, my 50mm prime lens is broken. The USM is spinning only into one direction and not into the other anymore.

RT @dreamon51: I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. ~Robert A. Heinlein

In case you haven't yet seen Another 15 Awful Photoshop Mistakes: http://zelbel.com/15w

I'm still laughing about the 12 worst photoshop mistakes ever: http://zelbel.com/12w

Photographers, seen the latest What the Duck...? http://bit.ly/3EL97

Dear photographer, please create cool new beautiful illusions - we are surrounded by illusions anyway

Dear photographer, shootings usually seem so much harder BEFORE they actually started

"pussy" is a highly technical term if you are into artistic nude photography

nude art performance 1960 http://ur1.ca/bbij via @SabineWe

Yoda is a photographer: You must focus, young Jedi!

found on @indigodita 's website: art should be done for the sake of art and humanity

That rocks, photographer Tito da Costa shooting a thriller: http://zelbel.com/rtr

Heeeay! It's my birthday today!

Any photographer who did not yet read thinktanks excellent Fear for Your Gear tipps? http://zelbel.com/thk

Friends, ask me about photography. I'll answer!

If I make it to Munich until September I will visit Nude Visions: http://zelbel.com/nvi

Fucked up your shooting? Don't worry, true skills are build up slowly! ... enjoy... the... ride

Dear gurus, people never care how much you know until they know how much you care. - John Maxwell

Dear photographer, once you have an appealing vision of your next photo, no road will be too bumpy to get there!

Dear photographer, focussing on a posingguide instead of the model is eating the menu instead of the meal

Dear photographer, don't allow delays, on location the light is waiting for nobody

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take (found on @NewbiePhoto's website)

I prefer any day with a photoshooting over any day without.

Foto TV hat immer wieder gute Filme! Fotografen: anmelden! http://snipr.com/e9v6q

Photographers, a lot of models can come up with amazing poses, expressions and charisma ... if you let them.

"This [insert piece of art] speaks for itself!" - I keep hearing that over and over. But my friends, it does not work like this anymore

Spring is starting, use this good mood and energy, freshen up your photo portfolio ;-) !

Creative people, do you have a ritual like retiering to a lonely place for a day per month or so?

Hey photographers, did you already shoot your easter photos?

Chinese photographers, do you know where I can print Diasecs in Beijing? That's Perspex facemounts with aluminium back.

I like photos taken with ONE major lightsource much better than photos made with TWO or more major sources. I'm fine with fill in lights and hairlights though

It's my moral obligation to help fellow photographers and models with advice - so just ask me.

excellent makeup always beats retouching in photoshop

What's the best way to travel with photoequippement on the plane? Handluggage? Aluminium cases? Anything?

Anybody who like to model for an artistic nude shooting? Give me an eMail!

Photographers, do you know any really good locations for artistic nude shootings?

Ok, this is my secret little weapon for communicating in all languages: http://bit.ly/Amniv - it rocks

Using lightroom to sort my photos from China. Lightroom rocks, but it's still quite some work

the freedom of artistic expression in Germany is amazing. it's a great country to live in

What a magical and fantastic world!

a well choosen model always beats makeup and retouching in photoshop

I might be able to make a 2nd exhibition of Skin&Nylon. In Berlin. In May.

I am back in Germany now. I'll go through the photos I made in China and publish some on my website http://www.zelbel.com

I used the Hegre archives as posing guide for my China shootings. Great resource: http://ping.fm/Qn0Y9

Good news from Germany: My exhibition in Duesseldorf has been prolonged by one month until the end of March! Yieppiiieee

Please don't be polite - If you spot a typo on my website please tell me, I really want to better my English and Chinese

And even one more try to post the photo from the Beijing livingroom...

one more try to post the photo of Beijing at night...

Nightly view from our living room. Guess on which floor we are ;-) And who of you Beijing people can guess in which tower we are?

Nude photomodels, who of you would like to join us for shootings in Beijing, China? New year, new adventures!

What is your biggest question regarding beauty or nude photography? Please let me know!

http://ping.fm/p/RSQ5e - Making a fool out of myself by walzing in front of the new year's wall to the nice music in the park ;-)

Anybody who like to model for an artistic nude shooting? Give me an eMail!

Today it's the birthday of my sweet darling Xihui!

http://ping.fm/p/LbyiO - For launching the lucky lantern balloon both of us had one wish each ;-)

Chinese New Year is wonderful. We entered a park was decorated for the lantern festival - it's a wonderland...

Lampinion festival in China what a great opportunity for a photographer to work with a scenary that is illuminated with 1000s of lights and with love

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Lampignon festival in China! I never saw so much fireworks in my life. Amazing!

How to answer somebody who says "Yes, but for you that was easy"? I mean ... of course it was.

Should photographers edition/limit their C-prints in order to give collectors the nice feeling that they buy something of value? I think yes. You?

The vernissage was grand. Thanks to all the good people who attended and who helped me to make it happen.

Photographers, do you know any really good locations for artistic nude shootings?

Photographers, which geocoding device are you using when shooting outdoor?

photographer, which popup flashes are you using off camera and how do you trigger them?

http://ping.fm/p/XCwkI - Free drinks next Tuesday at 18:00 in Duesseldorf

I formally announce, fellow photographers, that the world is indeed ready for ALL of your photos. Please share them!

http://ping.fm/p/JH9m1 - Photo no 377 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

Next Monday, Feb 2nd, 18:00 I will open my exhibition at Joco Cafe in Duesseldorf, Germany. Who want's to join and party with me?

Photographers, what are your goals in photography. What would you love to achieve?

http://ping.fm/p/Be686 - Photo no 376 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

Anybody who like to model for an artistic nude shooting? Give me an eMail!

http://ping.fm/p/pWSlh - Photo no 375 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon

Tomorrow Colognes DesignerCamp will start, photographers, let's participate! http://ping.fm/5LfB2

http://ping.fm/p/FLcwM - It's your choice

I'll will post the details of my exhibition in Duessledorf over here soon. We will have awesome coffee there...

There is no connection between the economy and my freedom to think big. Absolutely none! ;-)

Nude photomodels, who of you would like to join us for shootings in Beijing, China? New year, new adventures!

http://ping.fm/p/oG1V9 - Photo no 373 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon

Kitkatparty in Essen on Saturday! It's going to be wild!!!

http://ping.fm/p/5lyMk - Photo no 352 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon

Nylon ain't easy to photograph - if the focus is not absultely 100% correct, then the material punishes me

http://ping.fm/p/OSYSS - Photo no 351 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

noticed that all awarded photos in the recent Photographie Magazine contest were taken with amateur cameras - creativity beats technology!

http://ping.fm/p/NWNWp - Photo no 350 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

Das Interview mit Hpker http://ping.fm/foySo ist cool. Im Teil 2 plaudert er dann aus dem Magnum Fotografie Nhkstchen

Do I really need a RIP if I want to produce high quality inkjet prints? Is it better than using the driver that the manufactorer delivers?

Hier gibt's das deutsche Insiderwissen in Sachen Fotografie:
http://ping.fm/wUCk7 Ich hab' mir ein Jahresabo gekauft.

http://ping.fm/p/rodAX - Photo no 347 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

http://ping.fm/p/GHoB4 - Photo no 344 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon

What is your biggest question regarding beauty or nude photography? Please let me know!

http://ping.fm/p/PVdZn - Photo no 342 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon




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The week starts grand: JoCo Coffee in Duesseldorf will exhibit my Skin and Nylon series in February. Cool!

http://ping.fm/p/nPZYJ - Photo no 338 of my series SKIN AND NYLON:
http://zelbel.com/nylon

Please don't be polite - If you spot a typo on my website please tell me, I really want to learn better English and Chinese

http://ping.fm/p/l6DTW - Photo no 335 of my series SKIN AND NYLON: http://zelbel.com/nylon

Is anybody of you in Beijing in February? Chinese new year anybody?

Looks like in February I am going to shoot in Beijing again. I am so happy!!!

Don't want to sell my old Canon 5D. I will keep it as a second camera body.

I love my new Canon 5D MK II - such a nice toy

Q from my favorite photo model: What's a good recipe site or book for low carb diet?

the new canon eos utility rocks - better support for photos via USB cable

Is there an affordable yet good supplier for dibond or diasec prints in Germany?

http://ping.fm/p/FHBXs - I really like the winter time ;-)

http://ping.fm/p/z45m2 - Our BBQ place is buried under the snow ;-)

http://ping.fm/p/kFDS2 - Quite some snow this morning in our garden!

For 2009 I wish you peace, love, and green M&Ms

Nude photomodels, who of you would like to join us for shootings in Beijing, China? New year, new adventures!

Party Pikant last night was absolutely hot! Best pool party so far!