
Road Trip Photography Baja California
New Orleans and Baja California Sur
2018 Photo Road Trip USA and Mexico
My Road Trip Photography Blog in 2018 was not growing as intense as the year before. I just took a trip back to the US and further on to Baja California. This endeavor was indeed a conscious decision because the journey from Canada to Mexico in 2017 was pretty overwhelming, and I needed some calm time. Nevertheless, I was eager to continue my new lifestyle at the beach.
I had two objectives on my list. First, I wanted to continue my book project and finish the raw manuscript before I return to Europe. My secondary task was to improve my surfing skills. As I probably mentioned before, at some point, surfing is not that easy to learn, especially if you are way past your 30th birthday. So, I had to put up some effort that I wanted to continue to do at San Pedrito Beach close to Todos Santos, Baja California.
Before I made my way back to Baja, I had two weeks in New Orleans, which was an exciting experience. I took a lot of photos there. Also, I made a couple of trips around the south end of the Baja California peninsula. Please enjoy the pictures!
Photo Below: New Orleans, USA | photographed by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT
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San Pedrito Beach 2018 – Pescadero, B.C.S.

Exploring New Orleans
Mayamagik Road Trip Photography
Photo Road Trip from Canada through the USA
2016/2017 Photo Road Trip USA and Canada
This Photo Road Trip started in 2016 in Medicine Hat, Canada. The plan was to build an RV from an old Ford F-250 and to move down to Central America. After ten months, this journey ended in Baja California, Mexico, after my Travelmate struggled with the issues concerning a slipped disc incident in his neck. This Road Trip was one of the biggest adventures in my life, and I hope the pictures can tell a bit of the story.
This whole Road Trip has had another much more profound aspect to then surfing, traveling, and taking pictures. It was also an internal journey, which was all about self-exploration and finding a new path in life. Therefore I used special techniques to manifest a targeted reality. I wrote about this internal process in my Spiritual Van Life Blog.
About Road Trip Photography
All the pictures have been shot in 2016 and 2017 along my journey. In the early summer of 2016, I started on a road trip that I had planned with an old friend. Jens and I grew up together in Magdeburg, Germany. Now we would roam together North America from Canada to the Baja California in Mexico.
This journey commenced in Medicine Hat in Canada, where we set up our vehicle for the road trip, which should lead us down to Central America. Photography is my passion so telling this story in pictures became an ongoing project. So please enjoy this Road Trip Photography Blog though the Americas.
Road Trip Photo Equipment
If you want the best results in terms of the quality of your pictures, you need a full format camera. Those devices are big and bulky, and they draw attention. That is the backside of the coin – not to mention that this kind of photo equipment is expensive. I chose a different setup. I bought myself the latest GH4 from Panasonic along with a Metabone Speedbooster.
I have three lenses: 24mm, 50mm, and 85mm made by Canon. The reason for this setup is the ability to shoot footage with it. It is a compromise between both worlds of Photography and Filming. Even with a smaller sensor, the GH4 is good enough to shot some decent photos. As a backup, I have a 25mm f0.95 Voigtländer.
My Canada and USA Travel Photo Blog
Road Trip through Canada to the south border of the USA
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Sublime Photos Of Long Beach, California

San Diego Road Trip Photography | California

Road Trip to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles

Road Trip California Coastline Photography

Road Trip Photography Santa Cruz, California

Pyramid Lake Petroglyphs Photography

Reggae Band “Jaskamon” in Lincoln City | Oregon

Road Trip along the Oregon Coast | Travel Blog

Road Trip through Washington State, USA

Road Trip through Alberta and British Columbia

Medicine Hat Street Photography | Canada

Montreux Street Photography, Switzerland
Photo Below: Surfer Dudes at “The Wall”, Baja California | photographed by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT
Surfing Road Trip Photography Baja California
Baja California Surf and Travel Photo Blog | Mexico
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Pescadero and Todos Santos, Baja Photography

Apparitions Festival at San Pedrito Beach, Mexico

Puppy Crisis At San Pedrito, Baja California

Surfing with Friends at San Pedrito Beach

Playa De San Pedrito Photography | BCS

Surfing Trip to El Conejo Beach | Baja California

“The Wall” Baja California Surfing & Camping

El Coyote Beach at Mulegé | Baja California

Road Trip To Guerrero Negro | Baja Photo Blog

Road Trip Baja California Photography

Surfing at Punta San José | Baja California

Surfing at San Miguel in Ensenada
Photo Above: Our RV during sundown at San Pedrito Beach photographed by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT
Mayamagik Road Trip Photography
Road Trip Photo Blog Oregon and New Zealand
2014/2015 Photo Road Trip USA and New Zealand
The following Road Trip Photography Blog shows you my “Walkabout” from Wellington through the wildness of New Zealand. During my trip through the most amazing landscapes, I did my best to document my experiences with photos. I hope you can sense my devotion to Photography and my ambition to capture foremost authentic sceneries.
Photo Above: Gasstation in Otis, Oregon during RUN21 photographed by CHRISTIAN KOEHLERT
About Road Trip in New Zealand
When the opportunity opened up to travel to New Zealand, I knew I would like to document the whole trip in still pictures. Up to this point, I always used my film camera to capture the impressions of my journeys.
From all that I heard, New Zealand is a beauty. Both islands are packed with beautiful landscapes and pristine nature. For a photographer, New Zealand is a paradise that wants to be conquered and captured on film. So I took my backpack and photo equipment along.
Before I got to New Zealand, I made a 5-week stop-over in Oregon, USA. By coincidence, Oregon has quite similar features compared to New Zealand. Some landscapes along the coast close to Lincoln City or around Portland look precisely like some national parks around Wellington. That’s why Oregon was like a warm-up for New Zealand when it comes to Photography.
When I finally arrived in Wellington, spring was approaching slowly. So I had quite some time in the capital of New Zealand. That’s why urban Photography dominates my first pictures of New Zealand. Soon after, I went on my “walkabout,” which brought me to some exciting locations – but look for yourself.
My Photo Equipment in NZ
When I went on my journey to New Zealand back in 2014, I was looking for a small camera to travel around with a backpack. For that reason, a full format camera was just too big and expensive to risk such a precious piece of photo equipment in unpredictable weather conditions.
Since I already had lenses for my Panasonic AG AF101 video camera, I needed just a different camera that uses the MFT-standard for Photography. So I took the most effortless approach and bought myself a Panasonic GH2.
My favorite lens was the Voightländer 25mm 0.95. This fancy piece of photo equipment was more expensive than the rest of the Panasonic GH2. It is a high-speed and sharp lens. The downside is that is all manual. It is like back in the days when Daddy used to take hours before he shot a picture. Aperture and focus are full manually adjusted, which brought me back to the old-school style of Photography.
With the combination of the GH2 and the Voigtländer 25mm, it is like learning Photography from the very basics again. You need to develop some skills to get some good photos in a dynamic situation. Especially in low light conditions, and when you want the shallow depth of field effect for portraits.
Road Trip Photography of Oregon, USA
Late Summer 2014 visit to Oregon and Washington
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Road Trip with Jaskamon through Oregon

Run 21 | Oldschool Biker Festival in Otis, OR

Barry’s Lawn Service | Lincoln City, Oregon

First Impressions of Otis and Lincoln City
Photography of New Zealand
Walkabout New Zealand | From Wellington into the Wilderness
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Luminate Festival Photography | New Zealand

Reid’s Farm Tribute | Lake Taupo, New Zealand

Walkabout Through New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand | First Impressions
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