Robin Schimko is a street and wedding photographer and YouTuber based in Germany. His studio works around Heidelberg, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Heilbronn and travels across Germany and to Switzerland for weddings, which he photographs in a reportage style. On YouTube and Instagram he is known as the_real_sir_robin, a nickname with its own story, and many viewers know him from his point of view videos, where the camera shows exactly what he sees on the street.
Street photography is his great passion. He mostly works with Leica cameras, including a Leica M6, a Leica Q, whose 28 mm lens he loves, and a Leica Monochrom, and he often uses a red filter for black and white. He also shoots a lot of film with the panoramic Hasselblad XPan. He has photographed in many countries and has taught street photography workshops in cities such as Heidelberg, Berlin, London, New York and Los Angeles.
He likes to turn his street work into small printed projects. His zines include 28, named after the focal length of his Leica Q, and xTRA WIDE II, a collection of street photographs shot on film with the XPan. He also writes and makes videos about cameras, film, developing and how to finish a photography project.
