The Photographer Who Can’t Picture His Own Photos with NICO TRINKHAUS - Episode 234

How do you become a photographer when you cannot picture images in your mind?In “The Photographer Who Can’t Picture His Own Photos,” Kersten Luts speaks with fine-art travel photographer Nico Trinkhaus about aphantasia, visual memory and the stories behind his remarkable cityscape photography.Nico explains why photographs act as an external memory, how early experiments with HDR photography shaped his style, and how a lightning strike over Berlin’s Alexanderplatz transformed his photography career. He also shares the story of Europe Rising, a long-term travel photography project created in response to Brexit and photographed across Europe at sunrise.The conversation then turns to photography copyright, image theft and PhotoClaim, the company Nico co-founded to help photographers protect their work. Nico discusses licensing, copyright infringement, AI-generated imagery and why photography still matters in an increasingly synthetic visual world.Whether you enjoy landscape photography, architectural photography, videography or are building a photography business, this episode offers thoughtful creative inspiration and practical photography advice for photographers at every stage of their creative journey.Subscribe to The Camera Shake Photography Podcast for more conversations about photography, videography, creativity and the business of making images—and explore our related episodes for more insight from working photographers.#photography #travelphotography #NicoTrinkhaus #CameraShakePodcast******************************************************************Get Your CAMERA SHAKE MERCH: https://www.kerstenluts.com/camerashake-merch******************************************************************SUPPORT THE PODCAST: www.buymeacoffee.com/camerashake******************************************************************JOIN THE CAMERA SHAKE COMMUNITY for the latest news and some behind the scenes insights: www.camerashakepodcast.com ******************************************************************Check out our sponsor: www.platypod.com******************************************************************THIS WEEK’S LINKS:CONNECT WITH NICO TRINKHAUSWebsite: https://sumfinity.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicotrinkhaus/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicoTrinkhaus/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicotrinkhaus/Fine-Art Prints: https://trinkhausfineart.com/PhotoClaim: https://photoclaim.com/X: https://x.com/NicoTrinkhausFlickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ntrinkhaus/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nicotrinkhaus/Behance: https://www.behance.net/nicotrinkhausJOIN THE CAMERA SHAKE COMMUNITY for the latest news and some behind the scenes insights: www.camerashakepodcast.com ======================================CAMERA SHAKE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE:https://www.youtube.com/camerashakeFULL EPISODE 324 ‘The Photographer Who Can’t Picture His Own Photos with NICO TRINKHAUS’ IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON: YouTube - https://youtu.be/rFKnwZhuRTYAp