Posts marked with the tag “train”
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A winter weekend
Sunday, 24th January 2010 • Life, Switzerland galleries • 2 comments
In January of 2005 – five years ago this week – Jo visited me in Switzerland for the first time. These photos show our wonderful time together.
Black and white Lightroom presets by MikeyG
Tuesday, 1st December 2009 • Geek stuff, Technique, Travel • No comments
An example of an image processed using a simple preset available through the Lightroom Presets website.
Don’t ride the rails drunk, kids
Tuesday, 1st December 2009 • Travel • 1 comment
I woke a sleeping drunk last night, when the train to Interlaken terminated in Spiez due to the onward line being blocked.
He looked at me blurrily and asked whether he [...]
Chalk Farm Tube Station, London
Saturday, 18th July 2009 • Individual photographs • 1 comment
One of my pictures in 1993 was of the unique tiling at Chalk Farm on the Northern Line, late one evening.
Light in the darkness
Saturday, 11th April 2009 • Photography, Technique • No comments
With the arrival of warmer weather and longer, sunnier evenings, I am able to begin using a technique which works in many places with dark, deep shadows and small patches [...]
Snow in Spiez
Wednesday, 18th February 2009 • Video • No comments
At work, we needed to buy both a point-and-shoot video camera and a new stills camera, so, on my advice, we bought a new Nikon D90 which can fulfil both requirements.
Last Day in Brienz
Friday, 1st August 2008 • Individual photographs, Work • No comments
Photos from my last day in Brienz after seven and a half years with Gossweiler Media AG are now online at Flickr.
Long Days on the rails
Thursday, 17th July 2008 • Work • No comments
I received a letter from my new employer today, detailing the first weeks of my employment and lots of interesting sessions they have planned, from “getting to know you” time [...]
General Abonnement
Thursday, 17th July 2008 • Travel • No comments
By my reckoning, I have made the journey between Brienz and Spiez nearly three and a half thousand times in the past seven and a half years: a phenomenal number of [...]
Headbanging
Monday, 30th June 2008 • From the Road, Writing • No comments
A man, tired, carries his daughter onto the train as she rests her head on his shoulder and sucks her thumb. The train picks up speed and the man stands, [...]
Switzerland hit for six by storms and floods
Thursday, 9th August 2007 • Photography • No comments
Torrential rain has hit Switzerland in the worst storms since the heavy flooding experienced two years ago. Sirens sounded the alarm in several parts of the country on Wednesday evening [...]
