Dean Nixon Photographer

Name: Dean Nixon Photographer
Address: Leipzig-Plagwitz, DE
Telephone: +491742400856
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Dean Nixon Photographer

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Ambassador for Kase Filters
New Zealander based in Germany Born in New Zealand. Based in Germany.
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Full-time and part-time photographer - all the time for 35 years. Landscapes, cityscapes, architecture, street, astro, conceptual...
Canon user. Kase Filter ambassador. For prints, licences, workshops and private lessons...contact me via PM or email

27/08/2026

Scenes from my hood
I live here and love it
It's a great mix of down-to-earth, unpretentious, warm and creative humans

📷 Sony RX100 Mkiii

26/08/2026

Please don't burst my bubble

So, tell me...what do you see? What's this about.

For newcomers:
My photography isn't confined to one genre. I photograph landscapes, cities, people, moments, ideas and sometimes things that are difficult to explain. For me, photography is about finding beauty and discovering stories in almost everything

25/08/2026

* 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐏 * 𝟑𝟓𝟐 * ~ 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 ~
𝟐. 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫-𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧

Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the great masters of seeing.
Where Ansel Adams sought to visualize and construct the final photograph, Cartier-Bresson sought to recognize it in the chaos of everyday life. His camera was not primarily a tool for controlling the world, but for being ready when the world briefly arranged itself into something extraordinary. It was about seeing relationships that existed for only a fraction of a second, and being ready when they appeared.

Here is an overview of his principles:

𝟭. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵. Photography begins with observation, not the camera.
𝟮. 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. The photograph exists in the brief instant when form, light, movement and meaning come together.
𝟯. 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁. Don't simply record what happens. Learn to recognise what is about to happen.
𝟰. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲, before pressing the shutter. The photograph should be discovered through the viewfinder, not rescued later by cropping.
𝟱. 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲. Move quietly through the world. The less your presence changes the scene, the more honestly you can photograph it.
𝟲. 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲. Remove everything that doesn't contribute to the photograph. A strong image doesn't need to shout.
𝟳. 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁. Technique should become so familiar that it disappears, leaving your eye free to respond.
𝟴. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀. Don't manufacture moments when reality is already full of them.
𝟵. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. Look for the relationship between shapes, lines, movement and the human gesture.
𝟭𝟬. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. The great photograph is not simply what you saw, it is what you noticed that others overlooked.

NOTE: If you think this may be helpful, feel free to share it with your photographer friends or on your own pages. I will publish several more such posts about other masters in the next few weeks.

* I publish tips and explanations, both technical or informational, and sometimes philosophical, for all levels of photographers and visitors 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆. Click here for more

24/08/2026

* MONO MONDAY * "Life is Beautiful"
To be silent in the presence of great natural beauty is already a meaningful conversation of love.

23/08/2026

Back to earth
Finding tranquility
A favourite landscape I took in New Zealand a few years ago

Sunday evening here, so I wish you all a peaceful night, and a great start to the week

22/08/2026

A collection of cosmic coolness
Photos I've taken over the years of our astronomically awesome universe
Have you ever spent a night under the stars and really seen how beautiful it is?

PS: You know what to do. Pick a favourite and tell me why, like, comment and share. This helps to fight against Meta's stupid algorithm which controls what we see ;)

21/08/2026

Watched our neighbour for a while last night
She's real pretty, isn't she?

Wish you all a great weekend.
Good night

20/08/2026

WOW. This really was a spectacular event.
For this view, I set a camera running to take sequential images, around 180 in total, until the sun dropped below the horizon.
I promise to not spam you with any more eclipse images ;)

For those who want to know: To prepare the final image, I stacked them all, and deleted those which overlapped. Took hours, in fact I took a nap while the computer was stacking them all.

Wish you all a good night

19/08/2026

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY : 19 August..but, WHY?
What are we celebrating?
Many photographers and photography pages are posting about this today
There is a little known, but very interesting reason why the 19th of August was chosen to celebrate photography
And, I'll tell you the answer in the first comment ;)

Why in the first comment?
Today I'm doing what many posters do...I'm using a kind of "hook". A hook is a trick many use to extend viewer time. Sounds, yep, tricky...but why is this useful? It's all about an evil creature that Meta uses to control what YOU see, called the Algorithm. It means, if you spend a few seconds longer on a post, the algorithm detects this as an interesting post and allows the post to be seen by more people.
It's both good and bad. Good because it helps prevent good posts from disappearing quickly, and bad because it promotes posts with sh*tty content but with clever hooks.
Normally I don't do this, and normally I don't post things designed only for attention...today is an exception and an experiment.
I'll go into more detail about how Meta controls what you see in a future Tuesday Tip post.
My apologies for this rather long explanation, but I hope it makes sense...so, check out the first comment...

PS. The theme for 2026 is "Home"
I took this image on the beach near where I grew up in New Zealand.

18/08/2026

* 𝐓𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐏 * 𝟑𝟓𝟏 * ~ 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 ~
𝟏. 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬
Ansel Adams is one of the greatest photographers of all time.
Here is a distillation of his principles:

1. Patience beats speed. The best shot is worth the wait.
2. Fewer, better photos beat hundreds of average images.
3. Master light before you master your camera.
4. Editing is part of the craft, and not a shortcut around it.
5. A photo is never truly finished, only released.
6. Return to the same place again and again, until you truly see it.
7. Visualize the final image before you press the shutter button.
8. Your work should mean something greater than the image.
9. Trends fade. A clear point of view does not.
10. A technically perfect image with no concept is the worst kind.

NOTE: If you think this may be helpful, feel free to share it with your photographer friends or on your own pages. I will publish several more such posts about other masters in the next few weeks.

* I publish tips and explanations, both technical or informational, and sometimes philosophical, for all levels of photographers and visitors 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆. Click here for more

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