Rest in peace, little pooch
Archie Meadies, 2001-2017.
Blog posts about Jo
Rest in peace, little pooch
On Hound Tor
Your author as a mysterious fictional character.
Camera Obscura
The “camera obscura” was the precursor to the modern camera.
Ten years at Flickr
A brief history of ten years using the online photo-sharing service Flickr.
Ringgenberg, Switzerland
Kayaking on the ridiculously turquoise waters of Lake Brienz in Switzerland.
Älggialp, Switzerland
The geographical centre of Switzerland is at Älggialp: appropriately in a remote and secluded spot in the mountains. Near Sachseln and across a high mountain range from Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, the precise spot is half-way down an inaccessible cliff amongst forest trees. But nearby, the authorities have made a simple barbecue spot so that visitors can spend time here;…
Gwatt nature reserve, Thun
I just came across a short film I made in January and posted to YouTube at the time. Filmed with my X100 and edited quickly in iMovie, it shows the publicly accessible lake-shore nature reserve at Gwatt, some fifteen minutes’ drive from home.
Big old hill
One of the most challenging hikes I've done: up the steep and winding path through the forest from Beatenberg to the summit of the Niederhorn.
Hike to Steingletscher
A long-held ambition fulfilled: to hike to my favourite glacier near the Susten Pass in Switzerland.
Review of 2013
With surprising alacrity, it’s time to flick back through my digital album as we approach the end of 2013, and the end of another year behind the camera. Here are a few highlights; a larger set is on Flickr. My favourite memory of 2013, embodied in the lead photo of this blog post (above)? Visiting the…
Six (and nine) years on
If it weren’t for the fact that I have a lovely, daily reminder, it would be difficult to believe that it’s been nine years since I first met Jo in person. We’d started exchanging e-mails ten months earlier and I visited her and her parents in Scotland in October 2004, since when we’ve been together. We planned our…
The Thirteenth Country
As we were so near the border when we visited Bavaria in October, we drove over into the Czech Republic to add the thirteenth country to the list of those I’ve visited. There’s not much in this region and in order to avoid paying a motorway toll – as we were only there for an hour or so – we…
Out of the blue
Jo posed for me in the stairwell to an underground car park during last Sunday's Swiss Strobist practical day, whilst I fiddled with the camera white balance to create an unusual effect.
Conquering Catbells
It had long been a goal of Jo's and mine to extend our walking and “bag” one of the Lakeland fells. However, we hadn't anticipated doing so in quite such a challenging way.
Studio fun
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.
Get Shorty
A gallery of images from my journey to the U.K. and back in 2006, collecting Jo to bring her to live with me in Switzerland.
Waiting for Spring
Jo, photographed on a Sunday outing to the Gurten hilltop park on the outskirts of Bern.
Float Like A Butterfly
A re-edited version of a picture from 2008 has been added to the One Frame Movie series.
The eye of the beholder
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
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.