Latest blog posts
I’ve been waffling on since the late 1990s, and putting posts and random thoughts online here since 2004. These are the latest posts.
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Hard Knott from the pass road
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During our time in the Lake District in 2024, I did a lone hike to the top of the fell which I’ve been driving past ever since first visiting the region in the 1990s.
The beach from the past
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Revisiting my childhood holiday destination on a beautiful summer’s day.
Lunch at the glacier
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Taking the cable-car to a traditional mountain restaurant below vast cliffs for a birthday treat.
Random things in January 2026
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It’s been over two years since I last published one of these, but I enjoyed doing them and so I think I might try and reboot my monthly photographic reviews.
Reflecting on a reflection
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When I was in my mid 20s and living in England, I used to be a member of the local camera club. Wanting to learn and improve my photography, my lens often turned to subjects which were likely to do well in camera club competitions. The first one I ever got full marks for was
The Matterhorn is now yours alone
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Behind the scenes of filming sequences for an advert filmed by Swiss cinematographer Noah Malin, beginning with a challenging hike to the Hörnli Hut and then some dramatic drone sequences around and above the summit of the Matterhorn. The film makers were alone on the hike and at the hut, and were able to fly
Autumn colour in the Rosenlaui valley
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A long but beautiful hiking route with a couple of short steeper sections, best done in autumn.
Rivaz in winter
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Short drone video sequences from the UNESCO World Heritage site near Vevey in Switzerland.
Far From Saints
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Discovering an alternative band co-formed by Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones.
On Spiez Hill
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Walking through the woods and vineyards in the town I have called home for 25 years.
Winter walking
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Walking isn’t about expansive vistas and big mountains, but the intricacies and moments of the place in which you find yourself.
Talisker Bay
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Walking out to the photogenic and surprisingly empty beach on the west coast of the Isle of Skye.
The right place at the right time
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So much of landscape photography is being in the right place at the right time. Although images and scenes like this are promoted as being a sign of the photographer’s skill, that’s only the case if the image needs to be heavily manipulated. This was pretty much one-to-one what this field looked like, just as
A calmed soul
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Getting away from a digital career to let the wind blow through the gap between my ears.
