Picfair: one license to rule them all
Picfair is a comparatively new online image agency, which allows photographers to upload as many of their photos as they like, set their own price, and directly reap the majority of the fee.
Picfair: one license to rule them all
New Street Parade gallery added
On this grey weekend, I’ve continued with extensions to the website by adding a new gallery page for photos from Zurich’s Street Parade.
The Weather Project
Visiting Olafur Eliasson’s “The Weather Project” with family, at the Tate Modern gallery in London. The figures in the top of the picture are reflected in the mirror-like ceiling of the vast turbine hall.
Fountain Court, Hampton Court Palace
Sometimes, there's more to a picture than meets the eye, and the natural surroundings need a little help. Whilst I do my best to eliminate fakery in my landscape and architectural photography, sometimes a little patience, lateral thinking and light use of Photoshop can work wonders.
New galleries online for Brienz and Spiez
The extensions and improvements to the Permanent Tourist website continue apace, with new galleries in the Photography section.
A winter weekend
In January of 2005 - five years ago this week - Jo visited me in Switzerland for the first time. These photos show our wonderful time together.
Pollara Lighthouse
A small gallery of a ruined and abandoned lighthouse on the main road from Malfa, atop three hundred metre high cliffs on the north western corner of Salina amongst the Aeolian Islands.
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.
In the Alps
A small collation of mountain images from the last few years of my home region within Switzerland: the Bernese Oberland.
Thunersee (Lake Thun), Switzerland
Lake Thun (German: Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. It takes its name from the city of Thun, on its north western shore. The lake is fed by water from Lake Brienz to the south east, which lies 6 metres higher than Lake Thun, and various streams in the Oberland, including the Kander. Lake Thun…
Scottish band Càirdeas
Through contact with event organiser “The Whisky Experience”, I arranged a photoshoot for Scottish folk music band Càirdeas at the Hotel Schweizerhof in Lucerne. The guys come over from Scotland on a regular basis to play gigs at places like the Pickwick chain of British pubs and at whisky tasting events. The staff of the grand hotel on the…
Commuting
My daily routine takes me through the public transport system between the Bernese Oberland and the capital city of Bern and I often visit Zürich for work reasons. I usually take my camera with me and take a chance from time to time to make quick snapshots of everyday life going on around me.
Funky Kitchen Club
Funky Kitchen Club is a Swiss television series, produced in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland by Mountain Multi Media in association with ProSieben Switzerland.
National Portrait Gallery, London, England
There’s always something about visiting the NPG. I am always driven ferociously to take photos instead of appreciating everyone else’s.
St. Andrew’s Dinner
Jo and I bumped into a couple on the train home from Milan a few weeks ago: a British guy working for the British Embassy in Bern, and his Russian fiancée. After talking about all sorts of stuff, including life as Brits abroad, we were invited to this year’s St. Andrew‘s Dinner to celebrate the Scottish patron saint’s day…
Photo book “In Brienz”
A personal review of my years with my previous employer in Brienz, primarily for my own photo bookshelf.
Portrait gallery updated
I had the chance to take portraits of my new team colleagues this week, for the new website we’re launching soon, so the portrait gallery here at Permanent Tourist has been updated.
The Scruffy Professor
Going against the “no photography” rules in the National Portrait Gallery, I simply had to ask this man to pose for a portrait. As we walked down the stairs together, he told me that he had stopped off in London on his way home to America after a month-long tour of India, where he had been photographing – as he…
