Studio Rathjen · Apps · BookMünsterdorf, Northern Germany
Festivals, events and bands in front of my lens: Wacken Open Air, Powerwolf, Wacken Winter Nights, Avantasia, Elbriot, Megadeth, Metal Hammer Paradise, Thundermother, Baltic Open Air, Schandmaul, Udo Dirkschneider, Hammaburg, The BossHoss, Sabaton, Bastille, RD-Rock, Heilung, Lewis Capaldi, Hamburg Metal Dayz, Seasick Steve, Werner-Rennen, Hämatom, Madsen, Amaranthe, Irish Folk Open Air, Saltatio Mortis, Airbourne, Stormzy, Anthrax, HammerFall
00 — Hello
Since 2016 I’ve been shooting Wacken Open Air, right where the bass hits your ribcage and the light never stands still for a second. When the stage goes dark, I build apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. And somewhere between the changing table and the fire brigade pager, a book happened too. Three crafts, one drive: capturing moments so they stay.
Home is Münsterdorf near Itzehoe in northern Germany: dad, volunteer firefighter, drone pilot with an EU remote pilot certificate. I like things that are honest, allowed to be loud and done properly. That’s how I work, too.
01 — Photography
As Studio Rathjen I work concerts, festivals and events: Wacken Open Air, Wacken Winter Nights, Elbriot, Metal Hammer Paradise, Baltic Open Air, Werner-Rennen and many more nights. What I’m after is the one moment when light, band and crowd explode at the same time. And the quiet seconds just before.
Setlist
HammerFall
Powerwolf
Wacken Open Air
Heilung
Stormzy
Udo Dirkschneider
Megadeth
Archive
All photos © Studio Rathjen. Use by arrangement only.
Event film
An evening on the Elbe, from golden hour to blue hour. Shot and edited by me. Forty seconds, sound on.
Music: LOFFT – “We Rock the North”
Tell me when and where. Then we’ll talk about light.
02 — Apps
I build for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, in Swift and SwiftUI and with Apple’s new Liquid Glass design. The way I’d want software myself: fast, calm and free of clutter.
NewReleased October 14, 2026
Your health. Calmly in view.
Turns your Apple Health data into a calm, personal dashboard – with fair comparisons, multi-year trends and a PDF report for your doctor. Everything stays on your device.
Runs on iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch · Mac
Photo & Video
Your photos. Your masterpiece.
Turn your photos into a polished collage in seconds: 43 templates, Smart Grid, text and stickers, 32 formats from Story to A3 print – no account, no upload, no ads.
Runs on iPhone · iPad · Mac
Utilities
Your balcony solar plant. Live.
Keep an eye on your balcony solar plant in real time: live output, daily, monthly and yearly yield, savings and CO₂ – for multiple systems and vendors in one app, with widgets and Apple Watch.
Runs on iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch
03 — Book
Der herrlich unperfekte Familienalltag mit Kind und ohne Grund zur Panik
Roughly: “Wonderfully imperfect family life with a child, and no reason to panic”
Sleepless nights, tantrums at the supermarket, the never-ending lunch question: this isn’t a parenting textbook but a quick-reference guide for real life – 250+ checklist items for the first three years, written by a dad in the thick of it. Honest, not perfect.
The book is available in German.
Buy at BoD bookshop (opens in a new tab) Amazon (paperback) (opens in a new tab) Amazon (e-book) (opens in a new tab)
04 — Contact
Photos for your festival, your concert or your big day, a question about my apps or just a hello: drop me a line.
Münsterdorf near Itzehoe · Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
