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Imogen Heap in Bern
Thursday, 11th March 2010 • Individual photographs, Music • 1 comment
A snapshot from the crowd of Imogen Heap, a British singer-songwriter, performing live at Bee Flat in Bern on 10th March.
Looking for location suggestions
Thursday, 11th March 2010 • Photography, Portraiture • No 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.
Near Kirkbuddo
Monday, 8th March 2010 • Landscape photography • No comments
Taken from the road to Letham on my second trip to see Jo, in spring 2005.
Brandegg
Sunday, 7th March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
The lowest of the three stations along the Eiger Run sledging route, beneath the massive cliffs of the Eiger itself.
Eiger North Wall Chairlift
Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • 1 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.
Spring on the way
Monday, 1st March 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
Mist rising from the lake during the early morning in Brienz, Switzerland. Photograph taken in 2005.
Spring in Basel
Sunday, 28th February 2010 • Switzerland galleries • No comments
A small collection of images I took on a spring trip to Basel in 2005 with friends from the Swiss blogging scene.
Diffused directional light
Saturday, 27th February 2010 • Geek stuff, Technique • No 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.
Eiger Run
Wednesday, 24th February 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography, Travel, Video • 1 comment
A photo and video from the Eiger Run sledge route, between the mountain-top hamlet of Kleine Scheidegg and tourist centre at Grindelwald.
The Orphan Works Bill
Sunday, 21st February 2010 • In the Media, Photography • 2 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 [...]
Helios 5 in 1
Saturday, 20th February 2010 • Geek stuff, Photography • 1 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.
Sven
Saturday, 20th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Portraiture • 3 comments
Sometimes, an image stands alone, with no need for description.
Just as day was dawning
Thursday, 18th February 2010 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • 5 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.
Open air studio
Wednesday, 17th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Photography, Portraiture • No 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.
The eye of the beholder
Tuesday, 16th February 2010 • Friends and Family, Photography • 3 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.
