Posts about Bern
“Bern” (or “Berne” in French and historically in English) is the federal capital city of Switzerland, as well as the name of the canton which contains the city.
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.
Satzart/!frappant/book4you/flabs anniversary
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A small selection of my favourite photos from the Satzart/!frappant/book4you/flabs anniversary party, in Uptown on the hill at Gurten, on the outskirts of Bern.
Doll clinic
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Walking along the arcades in the lower part of the old city of Bern can be a bit spooky, particularly on a quiet, dark evening. Mainly because of the “doll clinic”, which appears to have selected the scariest of their “patients” for the window display.
Marzili, Bern, Switzerland
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A view at sunset of the low-lying area of Bern called “Marzili”.
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.
Getting good prints from a lab – part 1
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Having bought a Mamiya 645 a few months ago, I wanted to make a return to the traditional chemical processing techniques which I used for many years until switching to a digital workflow in 2004. I’m interested in the difference in print quality – in terms of sharpness and colour reproduction – between traditional printing…
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).
Rain, Rain
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Photos of various wetness around the city of Bern, as I head for the train station and home on a Friday night.
Swiss Press Photo 2008
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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…
Free photo show in Bern
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After the success of my last talk at the English Speaking Club in Bern, at which I showed a couple of dozen of my people and street photographs, I am pleased to have been invited back for a second free evening by president Corinne Oegerli. This time, instead of people photographs, I intend to show…
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.
Timelapse Tram Ride
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A stop motion video of the tram journey between Zytglogge and Mattenhof areas of Bern in Switzerland.
“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.
Classical accordion
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A lone man sat on a little fold-away stool, out of the way of people hurrying past, and played classical music wonderfully on an unaccompanied accordion.
One little soldier boy, marching around Bern
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I’ve recently joined Jo in a drive towards more fitness and have rescinded the use of tram transport in and around Bern in favour of foot power.
CHOO CHOO, Bern Strobist day
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This is the kind of shot that I hope to achieve more by continuing to work with CHOO CHOO in future. They’re a great bunch, not just musically but also fun and motivated; being around them infuses everyone with energy, once they get going! No setup at all on this shot: just a grab as
My Mamiya
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I arranged to go to the bi-annual photographic market in Bern this weekend with Beat, to see what accessories we can find for our medium-format cameras. Being tired last night, at the end of a tiring day and long week, I forgot completely that the market is on Sunday, not Saturday. Unfortunately, I only realised
