All articles from October, 2009
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Doll clinic
Individual photographs
Monday, 26th October, 2009 • No comments
Walking along the arcades in the lower part of the old city of Bern can be a bit spooky, particularly on a quiet, dark evening. Mainly because of the “doll clinic”, which appears to have selected the scariest of their “patients” for the window display.
Marzili, Bern, Switzerland
History / Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Saturday, 24th October, 2009 • No comments
A view at sunset of the low-lying area of Bern called “Marzili”.
Back and forth
Individual photographs / Landscape photography
Friday, 23rd October, 2009 • No comments
Lessons in lighting
Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Technique
Wednesday, 21st October, 2009 • 1 comment
A photograph from a session in Zurich, and the lessons in lighting and technique which make it one of the more successful session shots of the past few months.
In the Old City
Friends and Family / Individual photographs
Monday, 19th October, 2009 • 2 comments
Another of my One Frame Movies, of friends Habi and Nina in the Nydegg area of the old city of Bern.
Getting good prints from a lab – part 1
Geek stuff / Photography / Technique
Saturday, 17th October, 2009 • 4 comments
Having bought a Mamiya 645 a few months ago, I wanted to make a return to the traditional chemical processing techniques which I used for many years until switching to a digital workflow in 2004. I’m interested in the difference in print quality – in terms of sharpness and colour reproduction – between traditional printing and the scanned negative printed via digital means.
Frosty golf morning
By other people / History
Friday, 16th October, 2009 • No comments
Many, many, many years ago, I used to play golf and enter competitions with my father. One winter, we rose especially early and headed down to the coast at Bournemouth for a father and son tournament, at which I remember we both played shockingly badly.
Iron Mauro
Friends and Family / Individual photographs / Photography
Thursday, 15th October, 2009 • 4 comments
The next in the series of One Frame Movie shots which I’m cramming into this and next week is of a colleague from work: Mauro (also known on Twitter as @ironmauro).
SprainTV
Geek stuff / Internet / Video
Thursday, 15th October, 2009 • No comments
Manuel Reinhard (also known through his personal website and Twitter stream as “sprain”) has recently launched a regular video podcast in review of the week’s happenings in the Swiss internet scene.
Photographic volunteers urgently required
Individual photographs / Photography
Tuesday, 13th October, 2009 • 3 comments
If you’ve been following my blog over the past few months, or subscribed to my Flickr stream, you will probably have seen my One Frame Movie photos. I urgently need volunteers for more!
Pollara Lighthouse
History / Italy galleries / Travel
Saturday, 10th October, 2009 • No comments
A small gallery of a ruined and abandoned lighthouse on the main road from Malfa, atop three hundred metre high cliffs on the north western corner of Salina amongst the Aeolian Islands.
Cablecar to Cassonsgrat
Travel / Video
Friday, 9th October, 2009 • 2 comments
A video of an eight minute trip from Naraus to Cassonsgrat by cablecar, high above the village of Flims Waldhaus, filmed with my iPhone.
Flims, Graubünden
Switzerland galleries / Travel
Wednesday, 7th October, 2009 • 4 comments
Jo and I pledged to one another that we will go on holiday during the first week of October every year and celebrate our wedding anniversary by visiting somewhere new together. This year, we chose the south eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden as our destination. The article contains a gallery of photos from our trip.
Happy Anniversary darling
Friends and Family / Individual photographs
Wednesday, 7th October, 2009 • No comments
My wife Jo in our hotel room during a trip to Flims (canton Graubünden) on our second wedding anniversary.
Into another world
Landscape photography / Switzerland galleries
Friday, 2nd October, 2009 • 5 comments
Last weekend, we chose to head for the Eigergletscher (“Eiger Glacier”) station high above Grindelwald: to appreciate the astounding beauty of the autumnal landscapes below the station, to be enthralled by the massive cliffs of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and also to visit the polar dogs who are kenneled next to the station.
