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  • Cablecar to Cassonsgrat

    Cablecar to Cassonsgrat

    A video of an eight minute trip from Naraus to Cassonsgrat by cablecar, high above the village of Flims Waldhaus, filmed with my iPhone.

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  • Flims, Graubünden

    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.

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  • Happy Anniversary darling

    My wife Jo in our hotel room during a trip to Flims (canton Graubünden) on our second wedding anniversary.

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  • Strobist day in Lausanne

    A gallery of photographs from the Strobist portrait day at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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  • It’s the idea that counts

    The most inspirational photographs are often those where the lighting plan doesn’t play a major role; those where the idea and aim of the picture takes the lead.

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  • Krist and Corinne

    Krist and Corinne

    The next in a series of portrait sessions which I’ve shot for free, this time at and near my home in Spiez of friends Krist and Corinne.

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  • Steam train Strobist

    Werner Rolli organized a special steam train event near Solothurn last weekend, and I was able to help out by publicizing the event through the usual Swiss Strobist channels, as well as attend the event and get some photos myself.

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  • Love of my life

    You know how the saying goes: behind every good man stands a great woman.

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  • Crossmedia Team at Burson-Marsteller

    A gallery of portrait images I’ve taken of team colleagues at work, for use on the team website.

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  • Eight years on

    I stood and looked out of our window at home early this morning, as I was getting ready for work, remembering another beautiful, crisp autumn morning far, far away.

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  • Death of a cemetery

    Sad news comes today for the family and fans of the “Autofriedhof”: the site must be cleared. Here’s an article about the closure, which I’ve translated from the German article at the Swiss newspaper “Tagesanzeiger”.

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  • Rain, Rain

    Photos of various wetness around the city of Bern, as I head for the train station and home on a Friday night.

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  • Written confirmation from the media relations team of the SBB/CFF/FFS that photography for private use in their railway stations is allowed and does not require a permit.

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  • Swiss Press Photo 2008

    The Käfigturm – a city prison for several hundred years until 1897 – is now a pretty unique centre for events and exhibitions. The current exhibition on show is a collection of photographs selected for the Swiss Press Photo Award for 2008, which opened recently as a free exhibition and runs until 10th October. I…

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  • Outtake

    An outtake from a photo shoot with a friend this weekend; Jo and Katrin on the shores of Lake Thun at Neuhaus, near Interlaken.

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  • Virginia Water

    A small gallery of photos inspired by the silvery light mixed with deep shade in the forest park of Virginia Water in Surrey, England.

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  • On 23rd August 2009, the ten year anniversary of a web service called Blogger passed with barely a blip; only a small handful of news reports show up at Google’s news aggregating service and the world at large has paid little notice to the milestone.

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  • Nick and Suzy’s Wedding

    My cousin Nick marries his sweetheart at Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England.

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