Posts marked with the tag “strobism

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Swiss Strobist: workshop number 1 for 2009

Thursday, 12th February 2009 • PhotographyNo comments

Planning has begun for the first Swiss Strobist workshop of 2009: please find out all about it, let us know when you’ll be able to make it, and sign up now.


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Swiss Strobist – new website and newsletter

Friday, 6th February 2009 • PhotographyNo comments

To plan Strobist days for 2009 and to re-invigorate interest in the subject and community, we’ve launched a new blog and email newsletter at http://swiss-strobist.ch/. Pop over and check it [...]


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One of those laptop shots

Tuesday, 3rd February 2009 • Individual photographs, Technique, WorkNo comments

A work colleague, backlit by the sun coming in through the window, flash laid on keyboard and bounced from laptop screen at 1/8 power to give f 2.8 at ISO [...]


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Manuel and Carolina

Sunday, 14th December 2008 • Friends and Family, Portraiture1 comment

Taking portraits is always a great opportunity and I enjoyed taking photos of Manuel and his wife Carolina this past weekend.


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Kate’s Visit

Tuesday, 21st October 2008 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, TravelNo comments

Loads of lovely photos online from when my friend Kate was visiting us in Switzerland.


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Swiss Strobist meetup on 21st September

Monday, 25th August 2008 • PhotographyNo comments

We’re planning a day/afternoon of photography on the ETH Campus at Hönggerberg in Zürich, on Sunday 21st September.

We’re planning on separating into a couple of groups, with one [...]


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Storm Approaching

Wednesday, 30th July 2008 • PhotographyNo comments

This is a rapidly conceived and executed shot, as a big storm headed in from the Simmen valley from western Switzerland. I saw the distant clouds being illuminated by lightning [...]


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Ilona in Wollishofen

Monday, 28th July 2008 • Friends and Family, PhotographyNo comments

A friend who will be moving away in the not-too-distant future. I wanted to take a “proper” portrait before she leaves and shot this portrait in a graffiti-ed children’s playground [...]


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Inexpensive still-life photography

Friday, 25th July 2008 • Photography1 comment

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This Lladró statue, designed by Francisco Catalá, was a gift from my parents and fits well with my photographic tendencies. It is also a [...]


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Learning a lot, a little at a time

Thursday, 24th July 2008 • PhotographyNo comments

This is a short (ten minute) outtake from David Hobby’s workshop DVD set, which is on sale for US$139. The price seems steep for “just” a DVD, but reconsider: what [...]


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Strobism in the old city of Bern

Monday, 21st July 2008 • Friends and Family, Individual photographs, TechniqueNo comments

I’ll be photographing a band in Bern at the end of next week with a couple of friends and so Jo and I headed to Bern last weekend to scout [...]


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Looking for French-speaking blogger and Strobist fan

Friday, 11th July 2008 • Geek stuff, PhotographyNo comments

Are you interested in and knowledgeable about Strobism? Do you write fluent French? Can you write well and are you interested in helping other photographers based in Switzerland to learn [...]


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Auto Cemetery, Kaufdorf, Switzerland

Saturday, 5th July 2008 • Documentary galleriesNo comments

The Autofriedhof (car cemetery) is an extraordinary collection of rotting cars, dumped by a spare parts salesman on land behind his workshops since the 1930s in Kaufdorf, between Thun and [...]


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Roy and Pat, Castle Gardens, Spiez, Switzerland

Wednesday, 25th June 2008 • Friends and Family, Individual photographsNo comments

Jo’s parents Roy and Pat in the castle gardens at Spiez last night.


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Eva

Thursday, 19th June 2008 • Friends and Family, Individual photographsNo comments

A portrait of a work colleague during her cigarette break outside our offices earlier today.


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