Posts from the category Portraiture
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Niels and the Showgirl
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An unplanned shot, taken of volunteer Niels for the One Frame Movie set of photographs I was working on a few weeks back.
Au Voleur*
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The next in my series of theatrical photographs, featuring fellow photographer Tilman Jentzsch.
Lessons in lighting
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A photograph from a session in Zurich, and the lessons in lighting and technique which make it one of the more successful session shots of the past few months.
In the Old City
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Another of my One Frame Movies, of friends Habi and Nina in the Nydegg area of the old city of Bern.
Frosty golf morning
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Many, many, many years ago, I used to play golf and enter competitions with my father. One winter, we rose especially early and headed down to the coast at Bournemouth for a father and son tournament, at which I remember we both played shockingly badly.
Iron Mauro
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The next in the series of One Frame Movie shots which I’m cramming into this and next week is of a colleague from work: Mauro (also known on Twitter as @ironmauro).
Happy Anniversary darling
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My wife Jo in our hotel room during a trip to Flims (canton Graubünden) on our second wedding anniversary.
Strobist day in Lausanne
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A gallery of photographs from the Strobist portrait day at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland.
It’s the idea that counts
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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.
Krist and Corinne
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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.
Crossmedia Team at Burson-Marsteller
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A gallery of portrait images I’ve taken of team colleagues at work, for use on the team website.
Katrin in Interlaken
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A portrait gallery of my friend Katrin, taken at three locations on the shores of Lake Thun near Interlaken.
Subtle lighting
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A new colleague joined our team at the day job this week, so as usual, I was called into service to take portrait shots for our team’s blog and website.
Conversation with a Strobist
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My friend Beat Glauser, discussing photographic geekery late one evening at my home.
“Kelbification”
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After seeing a few shots around the internet in a certain darkened, de-saturated style, I asked around to see if anyone was familiar with the post-processing technique which is used to create it.
Pause on the walk to Faulensee
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Jo takes a break on our walk along the lake to Faulensee from home.
Pascal and Nadia
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Photos from last Sunday, when a colleague from work and his girlfriend took up my offer and joined me for a free photoshoot.
Date selected for Swiss Strobist day in Lausanne
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The date for the next Swiss Strobist photographic meetup in Lausanne (Switzerland) has been selected.
Modelling tip number one: don’t hide
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If you want to take a photo of someone else that they’ll be happy with, or if you’re being photographed, then here are the most important non-technical tips to remember.
