About Me

Hi, my name is Sami

I am a professional wedding photographer from Zurich with many years of experience with weddings in Switzerland and abroad. I decided to become a wedding photographer because I like to be surrounded by happy people filled with positive emotions. I love to capture these spontaneous emotions in my pictures. I love to be spontaneously creative.
I love to laugh and to make people laugh. Instead of telling you how great I am, I hope you will visit my gallery and let my pictures do all the talking.

If you already want to get an idea of who I am, here some facts about me:

Hometown: Zurich, CH

Age: 37

Family: married to a great wife, 2 kids which I’m crazy about

Where did I meet my wife: In San Diego at the birthday party of my cousin’s friend’s wife’s co-worker (a long story ;-))

Occupation: Full-time wedding photographer

Number of weddings in 2013: Over 50 – and each one unique

If I wasn’t a photographer, I would want to be: Motorcycle travel guide

Love to do: Obviously, taking photos of the moment; starting a conversation with strangers; riding off-road motorcycle; eating sushi with my wife at Yooji’s; tickling my kids until they can’t breathe from laughing; talking to my father on the phone; teasing people

Favorite Place to Travel: Jasper National Park, Canada

Favorite Cities: San Diego, CA; Austin, TX; Nice; Fredericksburg, TX

Places I would like to travel to: Morocco with the motorcycle; Australia (if it wasn’t so damn far)

Best Hotel: Omni in San Diego, CA

Favorite Restaurant: P.F. Changs; Yooji’s

Favorite Food: Sushi; Borekas

Food I don’t like: Cheese Fondue (makes me feel like a cement mixer truck)

Favorite drink: Franziskaner Weissbier (but only in summertime)

How many coffees I drink a day: 2 Nespresso with milk and sugar

What makes me laugh the most: When first one of my children starts giggling, then the other joins in and two minutes later they are still laughing

What can get me really upset: My allergies in spring; when there is no Humus in the fridge

Favorite Magazine: Macworld (US Version); GQ

Favorite Book: A Painted House by J. Grisham, The Perk by M. Gimenez

Favorite Movie: Brides Maids; Horrible Bosses; The Bucket List (it actually made me cry); Long Way Around

Favorite TV show: Sopranos (the ultimate #1); Seinfeld; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Lost; Friends

My Computer:Apple iMac i7 with 32 GB Ram

Favorite Website: Flickr

Favorite Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5

My Phone: Of course, iPhone 5, 32 GB  (just love Apple)

Favorite Band: Lana Del Rey; U2; Pearl Jam; Coldplay; Adele and for a little nostalgia The Ratpack (F. Sinatra, D. Martin, S. Davis Jr.)

Favorite Motorcycle: BMW GS1200R Adventure

Favorite Animal: Snakes (rather a love/hate-relationship, because I admire them but am also so scared of them)

If I had a pet, it would be: Jack Russel Terrier

Hate Animal and what I do about it: Spiders in the house, I call my wife

What I don’t like to see: People picking their nose while driving

Who do I miss: My parents; my childhood friend who lives in Australia; my brother-in-law who moved to South Africa; my cousins in the States

Who would I like to meet: My wife’s mother (G’d bless her soul)

Most memorable experience: RV-trip in Canada with my family