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That chill in the air
Landscape photography / Prints for sale
Wednesday, 1st September, 2010 • No comments
The autumn fairs may be some time away yet, but the first day of September here in the Swiss Alps has arrived with the kind of chilled air which tells me that there is snow on the mountains.
Out of the blue
Friends and Family / Geek stuff / Portraiture / Technique
Tuesday, 31st August, 2010 • 2 comments
Jo posed for me in the stairwell to an underground car park during last Sunday’s Swiss Strobist practical day, whilst I fiddled with the camera white balance to create an unusual effect.
Motor racing in the old city of Bern
Geek stuff / In the Media
Saturday, 28th August, 2010 • No comments
I watched the trailer for the fifth version of driving simulation software Gran Turismo with great interest, when I saw that there are segments of the film containing computer-generated sections of the historic city of Bern.
All new Choo Choo
Friends and Family / Music / Portraiture
Thursday, 26th August, 2010 • No comments
When Bern band Choo Choo were looking for a photographer for some new shots in June of this year, I was happy to step in and work with an art director to shoot the raw images for their website and new promotional material.
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
Landscape photography
Monday, 16th August, 2010 • No comments
The classic lighthouse of the children’s storybook is a tall white tower, banded with red and surrounded on most sides by the sea, looming above treacherous rocks and shining its light far and wide to tell people to stay away.
Take the tourist shot
Landscape photography / Prints for sale / Technique
Friday, 6th August, 2010 • 4 comments
When I first planned to hike to Bachalp above Grindelwald, I had envisaged not taking the photo above. However, the reception which the photo has received since posting it to Flickr has made me glad that I did.
Conquering Catbells
Landscape photography
Wednesday, 4th August, 2010 • No comments
It had long been a goal of Jo’s and mine to extend our walking and “bag” one of the Lakeland fells. However, we hadn’t anticipated doing so in quite such a challenging way.
Timelapse – hike to Bachalp
Landscape photography / Switzerland galleries / Video
Monday, 2nd August, 2010 • No comments
As if the photographic splendour of the mountain hike from the Firstbahn cablecar station above Grindelwald wasn’t enough, I used the rest breaks we took on our hike this last Sunday to shoot a handful of timelapse sequences.
Fun with timelapse photography
Technique / Video
Thursday, 22nd July, 2010 • 5 comments
I’ve tinkered with timelapse photography at several points over the past few years, and have begun to refine my technique using a digital SLR over the past few weeks. This article explains how, with an example sequence of a cruise ship leaving Invergordon in Scotland.
“Church of the Motorway”, Rastatt, Germany
Individual photographs / Travel
Friday, 16th July, 2010 • No comments
A visit to the “motorway church” of St. Christophorus in Baden-Württemberg during our 2010 road trip from Switzerland to the UK and back.
Road Trip 2010 – Switzerland to Belgium
Travel
Wednesday, 23rd June, 2010 • No comments
The first leg of this year’s summer holiday takes us from home in Switzerland through France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
All Staff 2010
Event galleries / Friends and Family / Work
Sunday, 20th June, 2010 • 2 comments
Photos from a Burson-Marsteller company trip to canton Thurgau in north eastern Switzerland.
Photo show in Hampshire, 30th June
Landscape photography
Tuesday, 15th June, 2010 • 2 comments
I’ll be doing a presentation of Swiss landscape photography at Yateley Camera Club in Hampshire, England, on 30th June. Feel free to drop by if you’re in the area!
All Staff
Event galleries / Friends and Family / Work
Tuesday, 15th June, 2010 • No comments
Black and white images from previous work trips out to Zürich, Basel and Neuchâtel.
Evening Cruise
Travel
Monday, 14th June, 2010 • 1 comment
Ask anyone who knows me well, and they’ll probably be familiar with me excusing myself during dinner to step out and photograph the sunset.
