All articles from October, 2009
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Doll clinic
Monday, 26th October 2009 • Individual photographs • 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
Saturday, 24th October 2009 • History, Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
A view at sunset of the low-lying area of Bern called “Marzili”.
Back and forth
Friday, 23rd October 2009 • Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
Lessons in lighting
Wednesday, 21st October 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, Technique • 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
Monday, 19th October 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs • 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
Saturday, 17th October 2009 • Geek stuff, Photography, Technique • 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
Friday, 16th October 2009 • By other people, History • No comments
Photo by Ben Roberts
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 [...]
Iron Mauro
Thursday, 15th October 2009 • Individual photographs, Photography • 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
Thursday, 15th October 2009 • Geek stuff, Internet, Video • 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
Tuesday, 13th October 2009 • Individual photographs, Photography • 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
Saturday, 10th October 2009 • History, Italy galleries, Travel • 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
Friday, 9th October 2009 • Travel, Video • 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
Wednesday, 7th October 2009 • Switzerland galleries, Travel • 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
Wednesday, 7th October 2009 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs • No comments
My wife Jo in our hotel room during a trip to Flims (canton Graubünden) on our second wedding anniversary.
Into another world
Friday, 2nd October 2009 • Switzerland galleries • 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.
