Jan Breckwoldt Photography

Jan Breckwoldt Photography Sydney based photography enthusiast (originally from Hamburg, Germany) who loves to travel the world

Let’s talk about the Black Forest: a few months ago I visited this beautiful area in Germany’s south west for a week to ...
02/11/2025

Let’s talk about the Black Forest: a few months ago I visited this beautiful area in Germany’s south west for a week to explore Freiburg, the surrounding villages and obviously the mountains and the forests. We spent 4 nights on an isolated farm 15min north of St Peter which was our base for daily hikes, waterfall tours and family adventures.
Photo adventures for me look a little different these days as a husband and dad since spending hours outside in the morning, evening and night and sleeping/location scouting during the day are not really an option anymore. I still get to see a lot while travelling with my family but waiting for hours at a spot for the light to be perfect or wandering aimlessly through nature to find a unique composition are a little challenging.
That’s why I decided to get help from a local and booked a photo tour with ._.corona from on the one morning I allocated for sunrise photography. Luckily, we had a bit of flexibility and waited for the day with the best light. We started in Todtnau and drove to the Herzogenhorn from were we had an amazing 360 degree view of all the major mountains in the Black Forest (Feldberg, Belchen etc) but more impressively the Alps themselves on the horizon in Switzerland with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungrau peaks and even Mount Blanc in France in the far distance.
While it wasn’t a day with colourful cloud coverage (something I often look for in Australia), the cloudless sky and the soft morning sun light created its own unique atmosphere. I could have spent hours up there looking into the distance and can’t wait to be back one day (maybe in winter for sunset?)
Was great chatting with Michael about his story and get to know more about the area as well as visiting his gallery .galerie.todtnau later in town and then catching up with my family again.
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What a show from the over Sydney Harbour back in January.After watching the colourful display on the Sydney Opera sails...
04/03/2025

What a show from the over Sydney Harbour back in January.

After watching the colourful display on the Sydney Opera sails at sunrise, we headed back near the city at midday to watch these planes take over the sky for a few minutes. 

I normally focus more on landscape content but there was something about these planes flying in formation doing their tricks that got me to not only use my camera but now post these shots here on Instagram. I like especially the first one with the planes close together and one of them flying upside down. I used my creative freedom and turned the photo by 90⁰ for a more dramatic effect while they were actually flying horizontally to the right.

While it wasn't a very sunny day, I found the clouds added a bit of texture to make the background more interesting. I warmed up the colour temperature a bit to make it look more vintage.

What do you think about the edit and turning the image?

After 7 months of spending a lot of time with my family traveling and creating memories, it is now time to start the nex...
25/02/2025

After 7 months of spending a lot of time with my family traveling and creating memories, it is now time to start the next office job back in Sydney next week. It will definitely be quite a change but I'm very grateful for all the moments we had together as a family and seeing my daughter growing up, learning how to walk, speak and explore new places around the world.
These shots are from one of our more exotic adventures and images of our backpackers accommodation right at the beach overlooking the coral reef. Such a fun trip



Australia Day 2025 - Beautiful morning today at Circular Quay with my family and lots of other people out and about at 5...
26/01/2025

Australia Day 2025 - Beautiful morning today at Circular Quay with my family and lots of other people out and about at 5.30am watching the sails of the Sydney Opera House light up while the sun produced her own colourful show in the background.
Which one is your favourite shot from this collection?

Insta Advent Calendar Day 24: today marks the last day of this advert calendar and daily posting schedule. I thought abo...
24/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 24: today marks the last day of this advert calendar and daily posting schedule. I thought about trying to post something special and what better photos to share than the one from our wedding day back in May, even if not taken by myself this time. and I had so much fun and absolutely loved how it all turned out.
was the perfect venue with it's charming barn, cute animals and beautiful surroundings. We stayed the night in one of their Airbnb's on the farm which was great waking up and walking around the farm reflecting on the great day we had.
Thanks to everyone for making this a very special day, especially my beautiful bride ❤️

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Insta Advent Calendar Day 23: almost at the end of the Advent Calendar posts but there are still a few more cool shots t...
22/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 23: almost at the end of the Advent Calendar posts but there are still a few more cool shots to show. This one is another one from the Cook Islands, more precisely Aitutaki (a smaller island 50min north from the main island Rarotonga).
While we didn't have the best weather during our 2 week stay, the day it mattered the most (lagoon cruise day), the sun came out and transformed the crystal clear water and palm tree covered islands into paradise.
We booked a full day cruise with and had a great time learning about the colour, nature, history and food of this area.
One of the highlights was a visit to One Foot Island (where you can get your passport stamped). Bet you can guess where it got its name from. Located on the southern end of the lagoon with the reef surrounding Aitutaki visible in the distance (2nd and 3rd photo), it was probably the most picturesque place of the day. The water, the palm trees and the fine sand were unreal.
Swipe through the images to see more Who wouldn't want to swim there for hour like (2nd last video). We can't wait to come back.
P.S. ever seen a crab that can open a coconut? (Photo 5)

Insta Advent Calendar Day 22: back to autumn and chasing colours beyond the Blue Mountains where everyone else ends up. ...
22/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 22: back to autumn and chasing colours beyond the Blue Mountains where everyone else ends up. I love driving around the countryside to find new places and compositions that are not all over Instagram yet. Autumn is a perfect time for that as you can see these golden poplars stand out from the distance to guide you around the country. New South Wales has so many more spots than the popular one at Meadow Flat (googled Golden Poplars and that location actually came up as the first result) so it's nice to explore new places not knowing what you'll find (even if it's just a cute and curious look by someone - see last photo)

Insta Advent Calendar Day 21: This is a bit of a different one and probably not the most beautiful photos and definitely...
21/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 21: This is a bit of a different one and probably not the most beautiful photos and definitely not your typical honeymoon tourist attraction but something I wanted to showcase here as well to keep up the variety.
This abandoned building used to be a luxury 5 star hotel around 30 years (called Monte Palace) with beautiful views from the top of a dormant volcano. However it was only open for 18 months until the owners declared bankruptcy and left it to the elements. Although there are signs not to enter the complex, it's become a popular tourist spot with even our hotel receptionist recommending to check it out.
Bit eerie inside and hard to imagine this used to be a place for the upper class (although often covered in clouds with not much to do around it other than hiking which wasn't very popular amongst the high flyers back then) but still cool to check it out.
Would you have gone inside? Let me know in the comments

Insta Advent Calendar Day 20: I love to play around with image composition. Happy with what I usually get with my camera...
20/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 20: I love to play around with image composition. Happy with what I usually get with my camera but doing the same with a drone is still a bit of a challenge for me. I think in this series of images it actually worked quite well having clear elements, minimal distraction and some nice parallel lines separating the trees, road, beach and ocean.
Having a few cars drive down the road was an additional bonus (as was the light).
Let me know in the comments which composition you like the most.

Insta Advent Calendar Day 19: image you're waking up to this view every morning. Back in August we had this for 4 days f...
19/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 19: image you're waking up to this view every morning. Back in August we had this for 4 days from an AirBnB overlooking the lagoon of Aitutaki. With a deck, chicken roaming around and a plunge pool on the side, we could have not wished for a better place.
Swipe through the images to see how the lagoon looks like once the sun is up.

Insta Advent Calendar Day 18: back to the Azores and an area that is famous for its giant volcanic craters, an abandoned...
18/12/2024

Insta Advent Calendar Day 18: back to the Azores and an area that is famous for its giant volcanic craters, an abandoned hotel overlooking these water filled craters (more about that another time) and this little church.
I wasn't initially planning to shoot it after we explored the craters and the hotel but when we drove passed it to our accommodation, I couldn't help myself seeing the leading line, the natural frame with the trees and the beautiful architecture. Light in the middle of the day wasn't anything special but I think that doesn't matter here. Quickly got low to get the camera as close as possible to the ground, fired off a few shots before running back to my family waiting in the car for me.
Do you think it was worth stopping here?

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