Posts about lake

  • When the temperature of the air is markedly lower than the temperature of the water in the lake, mist rises from the surface and creates a truly eerie effect. Such was the case today, when continued winter conditions in Switzerland dropped the air temperature to -16°C. You can see more of my Thunersee photos here…

  • Looking on the map at the area on the eastern shores of Switzerland’s Lake Lugano, you’ll come across a small anomaly: the municipality of Campione d’Italia. The municipality, which is entirely surrounded by Switzerland’s territory, is tiny: little more than a village, a winding road clambering its way up a vertiginous cliff, and a section…

  • That chill in the air

    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.

  • When I first planned to hike to Bachalp above Grindelwald, I had envisaged not taking the photo above. However, the reception which the photo has received since posting it to Flickr has made me glad that I did.

  • A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.

  • A panoramic view of Lac Léman from the top floor of the Grand Hotel Suisse Majestic in Montreux.

  • A long exposure photograph of Faulensee from the nearby marina, on Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland.

  • Mist rising from the lake during the early morning in Brienz, Switzerland. Photograph taken in 2005.

  • I am auctioning off a single print of one of my photographs to the highest bidder to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.

  • Glad I went, now

    Jo and I take a walk through a misty Sunday afternoon to Faulensee.

  • A photograph from a session in Zurich, and the lessons in lighting and technique which make it one of the more successful session shots of the past few months.

  • Outtake

    An outtake from a photo shoot with a friend this weekend; Jo and Katrin on the shores of Lake Thun at Neuhaus, near Interlaken.

  • Virginia Water

    A small gallery of photos inspired by the silvery light mixed with deep shade in the forest park of Virginia Water in Surrey, England.

  • Jo and I visit the alpine lake of Oeschinensee, in a mountain valley above Kandersteg, and take a dip to cool ourselves off.

  • Winter Sunset

    A tremendously colourful winter sunset in Brienz, where I used to work, looking from the small tourist village along the lake to Interlaken.

  • 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,…

  • Along the lake shore path at Gwatt are homes perfect for twitchers: this area is separated from the Thunersee by large reed beds full of nesting birds.

  • Spirit of Lucerne

  • The harbour area of Spiez, taken from the train station. Poet Josef Viktor Widmann (1842–1911) wrote in his book Spaziergänge in den Alpen (Strolls in the Alps) that “the view from Spiez Station is one of the most beautiful in the world“. I’d imagine that the foreground of this view was quite different at the…