All articles from December, 2009

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Driving home for Christmas

From the Road
Wednesday, 23rd December, 20092 comments

If you’ve been following my Twitter stream today, you’ll probably know that while I should be almost in Scotland by now, I am, in fact, still on Swiss soil. After the third early start in a row, when we headed for Geneva to catch our flight to Edinburgh for a two week holiday with family, the plague of flight cancellations finally reached us and scuppered our plans.

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Out in the cold

Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Life
Sunday, 20th December, 20094 comments

I pledge to take more winter landscape photos this year, after being out this evening to take some long-awaited photos of the Christmas lights in Spiez.

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The Long and Short of It

Geek stuff / Internet
Tuesday, 15th December, 2009No comments

A summary of how I feel about sharing and distributing content in the internet, how one should integrate and use RSS feeds and summaries, and why my perfect solution may not be your perfect solution.

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Permanent Tourist 2010 Calendar

Individual photographs / Landscape photography / Prints for sale / Travel
Monday, 14th December, 2009No comments

It’s been a hectic week and weekend, hence the delay in posting that I’ve released my 2010 calendar.

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Snaps from the Choo Choo gig at Wasserwerk

Event galleries / Friends and Family / Music / Travel
Saturday, 12th December, 2009No comments

A few snapshots from last night’s Choo Choo gig at the Wasserwerk club in Bern.

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Choo Choo celebrate 15 years of Subversiv Records

Friends and Family / In the Media / Individual photographs / Music / Video
Thursday, 10th December, 2009No comments

Bern band Choo Choo celebrate 15 years of their record company this weekend with a gig at the Wasserwerk Club, and they select one of my photos to appear in national Swiss commuter paper 20 Minuten.

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Portrait session in Zürich

Friends and Family / Portraiture
Tuesday, 8th December, 20093 comments

Photos from an all-afternoon series of portrait sessions in Zurich during September 2009, finally online as a complete set.

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There by the carousel

Life / Writing
Wednesday, 2nd December, 2009No comments

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Black and white Lightroom presets by MikeyG

Geek stuff / Technique / Travel
Tuesday, 1st December, 2009No comments

An example of an image processed using a simple preset available through the Lightroom Presets website.

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Don’t ride the rails drunk, kids

Travel
Tuesday, 1st December, 20091 comment

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Gaudy is Good

Individual photographs / Travel
Tuesday, 1st December, 20092 comments

I love gaudiness in the U.K. at Christmas and revel in the blinking, multi-coloured tastefulness of it all. Just so long as it’s someone else’s home, not my own.

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