Posts from February 2010
Spring in Basel
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A small collection of images I took on a spring trip to Basel in 2005 with friends from the Swiss blogging scene.
The Orphan Works Bill
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You’ll notice that I’ve made two changes over the past couple of days regarding copyright marking and my privacy settings at Flickr. Firstly, all images which I post from now on will contain a visual copyright notice and a copyright definition in the (hidden) IPTC annotations. Secondly, no-one can download any of my photos from…
Helios 5 in 1
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A technical review and explanation of the Helios 5 in 1 reflector/diffuser combination, which I added to my collection of equipment this week.
Just as day was dawning
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Shot from near the train station in Spiez this morning, just as the first rays of sun found a way through the clouds to illuminate the town.
Open air studio
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After trying out the lighting technique I mentioned yesterday, of a large diffused light source right above the subject, I wanted to apply the technique to an outdoor location. When we set up the shots under cover in Interlaken (but outside), the first problem was that there were no suitably white walls to hand. If…
The eye of the beholder
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I learned an important lesson in portrait photography last weekend: that of how ready the subject is to see themselves in an honest and detailed image, when they may be seeing themselves this way for the first time.
Work project honoured by Anthrazit magazine
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A website which I re-developed and re-launched during 2009 was awarded as one of the “Best 200 Swiss Websites of the Year”.
Back in the studio
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It’s been a while since I’ve been in the studio and taken high contrast black and white portraits, so Jo helped me this evening to practice.
View from here
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One of my favourite aspects of our home in Spiez is the fact that we have such interesting and ever-changing views across the town and up to the wood behind our house. It’s particularly lovely to look out of the windows late at night, when neighbouring homes are sinking into darkness and when the surrounding…
Early morning in Emmental
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Small gallery of panoramic images taken early in the morning in Emmental during 2005, for use as theatre backdrops.
Männlichen in summer
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Gallery of photos from Männlichen, an alpine plateau high above Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Jungfrau Region of Switzerland.
Sulgenbach Park, Bern
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One of my favourite finds during my lunchtime walks around the city of Bern, this park is a haven of quiet and surrounded by a mix of views and architecture from the earlier part of the 20th century and onwards.
Schilthorn in the clouds
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Small gallery of photos from a 2005 summer trip to the Piz Gloria revolving mountain-top restaurant above Mürren, made famous by the 1969 James Bond Film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.
Proper Sledging
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Jo and I go sledging in subzero temperatures from Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald, along a hairpin 7.5 km route through the forests beneath the north wall of the Eiger.
