About me

Animals have always had the greatest meaning for me. It has never been different! And when I got my very first small compact camera at the age of just 5, I had no idea where this journey would take me but I knew one thing - I wanted to photograph animals! This is why my family often went to different zoos with me in our surroundings. And it always made me happy. It made me happy to observe this variety of beautiful creatures and it made me happy to take photos of them.

One day in the zoo a few years later at the age of 9 I asked myself, inspired by the first time viewing through binoculars, if there was any chance to capture these astonishing details of the animals that I could see through there. So, after I came home I sat down immediately in front of my parents’ laptop and for the first time typed the word “camera” into the internet. And that was the moment when everything started. Since that day for the next three years, I did nothing else in my free time other than learning everything possible about photography and camera gear through watching YouTube videos and then trying to get the best results possible out of my little compact camera in our garden.

At this time also my mindset about zoos changed and I decided to focus on photographing wild living animals in their natural habitats only from now on. Finally then at the age of 12, I got my first ever mirrorless camera I’d dreamed of now for so long and immediately I was completely captivated by the essence of wildlife photography and filmmaking. From then on I spent as many hours as possible out in nature in search of the most beautiful, unique, and lovely inhabitants of this planet and never stopped learning everything possible about animal species and their behaviors as well as how I could improve my work.

At the beginning of 2022, I started posting first my photography and then also some of my video footage as well as some short behind-the-scenes videos on Instagram and TikTok. Through that, I’m trying to show the beauty of nature to as many people as possible hoping for them to start loving and caring about nature and realizing what’s worth protecting for the future.

Timo Spengler, 31.08.2024