Posts about Brienz BE
Brienz is principally a traditional village, from the violin-makers’ school to a plethora of carpenters, joiners and woodwork artists. Busy in the summer with tourists travelling between Lucerne and Interlaken, and peaceful in the winter season, it’s a great starting point for a boat trip along the lake, or a post bus trip up into the mountains.
Axalp in the snow
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Walking in the snowy landscape of Axalp, high above Lake Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.
Thunersee and Brienzersee – Pure Switzerland
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The region I’ve been calling home for sixteen years.
Funky Kitchen Club website
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Remembering my work in 2008 on Swiss t.v.’s Funky Kitchen Club.
Ballenberg in autumn
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Jo and I took a stroll around the Ballenberg open air museum on her birthday weekend a couple of weeks ago. The museum and its buildings are officially open to the public between April and October, but the site, its paths and woodlands are left accessible after the business closes up for the winter. It’s a
My basic Lightroom workflow
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Adobe Lightroom is a boon to the photographer. With the introduction of intelligent repair tools, it has now entirely replaced Photoshop for me, and I can not only tweak photos but also re-edit them to quite a level of detail. One of the great features of Lightroom is the ability to save a group of
Dan and Lili get married
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Friends Dan and Lil were recently married in the glorious surroundings of the Giessbach Hotel. I was delighted to be able to take wedding photos for them. Here’s a small selection of my favourites from the day. More details of my wedding photography are over here.
Through the mists of time
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The older I get, the more I come to recognize the way in which my photographs aid my memory. This is borne out by the way in which I can scroll back through my Lightroom catalogue of digital photos – currently topping 61,000 entries on two external hard drives, with more to be added from
Remembering the floods from 2005
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I drove through Brienz this weekend for the first time in a couple of years, and roadworks near the office where I used to work reminded me of the terrible events of August 2005. Three days of unrelenting rain washed a large amount of debris and felled wood into the lakes of the Bernese Oberland,
New galleries online for Brienz and Spiez
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The extensions and improvements to the Permanent Tourist website continue apace, with new galleries in the Photography section.
That chill in the air
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The autumn fairs may be some time away yet, but the first day of September here in the Swiss Alps has arrived with the kind of chilled air which tells me that there is snow on the mountains.
Giessbach Falls, Brienz
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A long exposure photograph of the Giessbach waterfall near Brienz in full torrent.
Spring on the way
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Mist rising from the lake during the early morning in Brienz, Switzerland. Photograph taken in 2005.
Brienz Quay – print auction for Haiti
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I am auctioning off a single print of one of my photographs to the highest bidder to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.
Permanent Tourist 2010 Calendar
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It’s been a hectic week and weekend, hence the delay in posting that I’ve released my 2010 calendar.
Ballenberg out of season
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An autumn stroll around the Ballenberg open-air museum with Jo’s parents.
Winter Sunset
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A tremendously colourful winter sunset in Brienz, where I used to work, looking from the small tourist village along the lake to Interlaken.
