Étang de la Gruère
A little bit of the Scottish Highlands in Switzerland.
Published on 5th September 2018
Blog posts about lake
A new perspective – Faulensee
Short sequence of aerial views of Faulensee in Switzerland.
Published on 9th July 2018
Loch an Eilein
Jo took me to visit Loch an Eilein, in the Rothiemurchus estate, during one of my first trips to Scotland way back in 2005. I love pine forests and, in particular, Scots pines, so I was in my element there.
Published on 26th December 2017
Forever young
We’re incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful place, and incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy the sight of the Blümlisalp paddle steamer, which passes our home every day in summer, hooting loudly as it arrives at the…
Published on 22nd August 2017
Abrupt sunsets
Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Published on 21st February 2017
Iseltwald am Brienzersee
A spring-like day and an afternoon stroll around a little village on the shore of Lake Brienz.
Published on 20th February 2017
Ullswater, at last
Perfect photographic conditions on the shores of Ullswater in the Cumbrian Lake District last week.
Published on 12th January 2017
The view around the corner at Susten Pass
Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
Published on 23rd October 2016
Gwatt lake shore, Thun
The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.
Published on 20th April 2016
Oberhofen Castle
A thousand-year-old castle on the lake shore near Thun, with wonderful gardens, terrific views, and a hideously ugly restaurant.
Published on 17th April 2016
Eternal search for the perfect angle
Searching for viewpoints, poring over maps, dodging power lines, and coming home with classic landscape images.
Published on 14th April 2016
The fishing villages on Lake Neuchâtel
Visiting lake shore villages in the French-speaking Romandie region of Switzerland feels like a little foreign holiday.
Published on 3rd April 2016
A fresh eye
This year’s aim: see new places and try new things. Close to home, this means going out from home and documenting the village where I live as much as possible. Despite living here for nearly five years, the only parts…
Published on 21st March 2016
Below the water line
Low water levels in Lake Thun in winter reveal large expanses of foreshore.
Published on 25th January 2016
The wider angle
First shots with two new acquisitions: a super-wide lens and an RR90 shutter release cable.
Published on 22nd January 2016
In the shadow of the giants
The Niesen casts a clearly triangular shadow when the sun is low in the sky.
Published on 12th January 2016
Brienz, Switzerland
Going through my photo archives, I sometimes come across images from long ago which I’d forgotten about. This view of the lake next to the office where I used to work dates back to December 2006.
Published on 7th November 2015
RAW-format panoramic images at Permanent Tourist
Part of the joy of photography for me is the ability to travel in time. Not like Marty and the Doc in my favourite ever films, which celebrated a big milestone a few days ago, but in the…
Published on 24th October 2015
Oeschinensee, Switzerland
One of the more spectacular mountain lakes in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland is at Oeschinensee, in a hanging valley easily reached by cable car from the town of Kandersteg. If you’re feeling lazy, then the walk to the lakeside restaurant is…
Published on 19th October 2015
Big Wide World is coming home
I started a website project in May, featuring the panoramic photographs I’m taking for an ongoing personal project I call Big Wide World. I designed the website from scratch and added new technology – like a map view and a better…
Published on 17th September 2015
Patrouille Suisse at Spiez, Switzerland
The lake side town of Spiez, between Thun and Interlaken, celebrates the summer with a festival every second year. (On alternate years, the same celebration is held in Thun.) This year, the Swiss aerial display team Patrouille Suisse put…
Published on 2nd August 2015
Ringgenberg, Switzerland
Kayaking on the ridiculously turquoise waters of Lake Brienz in Switzerland.
Published on 21st July 2015
Lake Thun, Switzerland
Published on 21st July 2015
Locarno, Switzerland
At the end of a long afternoon’s drive from home, via Kandersteg, Brig, the Simplon Pass and a very narrow and windy road through the Ticinese mountains, we arrived at Locarno, on the shores of Lago Maggiore, just in time…
Published on 10th July 2015
Sulzibiel, Switzerland
The lake at Bachalp, around 45 minutes’ walk from the First mountain restaurant above Grindelwald, is well-known from tourist photographs, given that its refection on a calm day contains some of the highest and most striking peaks in the region. But…
Published on 1st July 2015
Blow-up boating on Lake Thun
Jo found that because we’d saved so many points on our supermarket card, that we could “afford” a kayak using points alone. A few days later, and a large and heavy cardboard box arrived on the post woman’s scooter trailer…
Published on 27th June 2015
Melchsee Frutt, Switzerland
The Melchsee is a lake in the mountains, tucked away in the lee of a range of peaks between Meiringen and Engelberg. Nearby, the smaller stretch of water called Blauseeli (little blue lake) is a haven for frogs after the…
Published on 26th June 2015
Cudrefin, Switzerland
Rain clouds gathering over the Jura mountains, before coursing down to Lake Neuchâtel, near the unofficial border between French- and German-speaking Switzerland.
Published on 26th June 2015
Faulensee, Switzerland
It’s always good to be near water when there is a special sunset going on. Here, a partially cloudy day ended with a drawn-out bang as the sun poked beneath the clouds. Tthe misty glow to the left of the…
Published on 23rd June 2015
Lake Brienz, Switzerland
Clouds cast shadows on the turquoise waters of Lake Brienz, near Iseltwald in Switzerland.
Published on 17th May 2015
Faulensee, Switzerland
1st August is Switzerland’s national day, and fireworks and communal events are the norm. On Lake Thun, in the Bernese Oberland, the main ships of the local transport company parade around the lake and the surrounding villages time their…
Published on 17th May 2015
Unterbergli, Switzerland
At Unterbergli, on the way to the Sigriswiler Rothorn, there is a large meadow on the privately owned alp. Access is on foot only, and entails a 450m metre ascent of a pretty steep path through the forest. Once…
Published on 9th May 2015
Spitzi Flue, Switzerland
Spitzi Flue is the very Swiss-German-sounding name of a huge promotory of rock on the “Sigriswilgrat” (or mountain ridge). Although the rock looks a bit small in this photo, it’s actually the tip of a rockface around 500 metres high. (Compare…
Published on 9th May 2015
Sigriswil, Switzerland
I’d heard people refer many times to the “Niesenbänkli”, a bench on the slopes above Lake Thun which afforded the absolute best view from its northern side to the Niesen on the opposite shore. As the weather forecast was…
Published on 7th May 2015
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…
Published on 10th December 2014
Taking to the water
A group of canoeists, kayakers and stand up paddle-boarders in a range of coloured boats on Lake Thun this morning.
Published on 8th August 2014
Interlaken Golf Course
I took a walk up through the woods from Heimwehfluh, near Interlaken. The top of the walk, after half an hour or so of wheezing and muscle aching, was high above the end of Lake Thun. Aside from enjoying…
Published on 25th November 2013
Faulensee
I thought that it’s about time that I write a little bit about the village where we live, given that we moved a year a half ago and I’ve since had the chance to (intermittently) extend my…
Published on 2nd May 2013
Through the mists of time
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 –…
Published on 17th March 2013
Lake Neuchâtel
Almost perfect reflections in the still, expansive waters of Lake Neuchâtel, on the borders of cantons Vaud, Bern and Neuchâtel.
Published on 5th March 2013
