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Photos from a Burson-Marsteller company trip to canton Thurgau in north eastern Switzerland.
From whence much of it comes
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From my first photographic steps to my love of travelling around the U.K. by car, my Dad is an inspiration and always has been. Happy birthday Dad!
Suisse Majestic, Montreux – Valerie
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The first set of photos from a portrait session in the Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic in Montreux
Metempsychosis
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A stern portrait of a fun guy and friend at last weekend’s studio meetup near Bern.
Studio fun
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I return to the studio this weekend, to use full studio lighting for the first time in many years and share experience and ideas with a number of colleagues from the Swiss Strobist group.
Waiting for Spring
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Jo, photographed on a Sunday outing to the Gurten hilltop park on the outskirts of Bern.
Rest in Peace
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It was with a heavy heart that I had to let everyone know on Friday evening that after marrying her sweetheart Neil in a beautiful ceremony earlier in the afternoon, my younger sister Sarah, who had been suffering with cancer since last year, succumbed after contracting pneumonia last week and passed away shortly before 6
Open air studio
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After trying out the lighting technique I mentioned yesterday, of a large diffused light source right above the subject, I wanted to apply the technique to an outdoor location. When we set up the shots under cover in Interlaken (but outside), the first problem was that there were no suitably white walls to hand. If…
The eye of the beholder
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I learned an important lesson in portrait photography last weekend: that of how ready the subject is to see themselves in an honest and detailed image, when they may be seeing themselves this way for the first time.
Back in the studio
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It’s been a while since I’ve been in the studio and taken high contrast black and white portraits, so Jo helped me this evening to practice.
Snaps from the Choo Choo gig at Wasserwerk
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A few snapshots from last night’s Choo Choo gig at the Wasserwerk club in Bern.
Bern band Choo Choo celebrate 15 years of their record company this weekend with a gig at the Wasserwerk Club, and they select one of my photos to appear in national Swiss commuter paper 20 Minuten.
Portrait session in Zürich
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Photos from an all-afternoon series of portrait sessions in Zurich during September 2009, finally online as a complete set.
