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Imogen Heap in Bern

Thursday, 11th March 2010 • Individual photographs, Music1 comment

A snapshot from the crowd of Imogen Heap, a British singer-songwriter, performing live at Bee Flat in Bern on 10th March.


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Looking for location suggestions

Thursday, 11th March 2010 • Photography, PortraitureNo comments

I am continually on the lookout for interesting and characterful places to use in my photography and I am compiling a list of possible locations, to which I can return in the future and use in my photography.


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Near Kirkbuddo

Monday, 8th March 2010 • Landscape photographyNo comments

Taken from the road to Letham on my second trip to see Jo, in spring 2005.


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Brandegg

Sunday, 7th March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photographyNo comments

The lowest of the three stations along the Eiger Run sledging route, beneath the massive cliffs of the Eiger itself.


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Eiger North Wall Chairlift

Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography1 comment

The new 6-seater chairlift running from to the base of the north wall of the Eiger, photographed from the Eiger Run sledge track above Grindelwald.


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Spring on the way

Monday, 1st March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photographyNo comments

Mist rising from the lake during the early morning in Brienz, Switzerland. Photograph taken in 2005.


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Spring in Basel

Sunday, 28th February 2010 • Switzerland galleriesNo comments

A small collection of images I took on a spring trip to Basel in 2005 with friends from the Swiss blogging scene.


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Diffused directional light

Saturday, 27th February 2010 • Geek stuff, TechniqueNo comments

A technical explanation of how do make the light from a softbox more focused, whilst retaining the soft light through the use of a secondary light on very low power to fill in any unwanted shadows.


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Eiger Run

Wednesday, 24th February 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography, Travel, Video1 comment

A photo and video from the Eiger Run sledge route, between the mountain-top hamlet of Kleine Scheidegg and tourist centre at Grindelwald.


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The Orphan Works Bill

Sunday, 21st February 2010 • In the Media, Photography2 comments

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 [...]


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Helios 5 in 1

Saturday, 20th February 2010 • Geek stuff, Photography1 comment

A technical review and explanation of the Helios 5 in 1 reflector/diffuser combination, which I added to my collection of equipment this week.


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Sven

Saturday, 20th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Portraiture3 comments

Sometimes, an image stands alone, with no need for description.


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Just as day was dawning

Thursday, 18th February 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography5 comments

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.


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Open air studio

Wednesday, 17th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Photography, PortraitureNo comments

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 you ever find yourself in this situation, there’s an easy solution: simply expose your shot for the person you’re photographing and then over-expose the background of the shot by at least three stops.


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The eye of the beholder

Tuesday, 16th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Photography3 comments

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.


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