Posts about landscape photography
A Sunday evening drive to the Justis valley, below the Niederhorn, with a landscape photographed to the sound of roaring red stags.
The Cailler chocolate factory in Broc, Switzerland, photographed in picturesque late afternoon light.
Visiting the golf club at Carnoustie in Scotland brings back memories from the days when golf, not photography, was my driving passion.
Jo and I take our new VW Golf for a test run in the Swiss alps, visiting the Diemtigtal valley for the first time.
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.
The classic lighthouse of the children’s storybook is a tall white tower, banded with red and surrounded on most sides by the sea, looming above treacherous rocks and shining its light far and wide to tell people to stay away.
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.
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.
As if the photographic splendour of the mountain hike from the Firstbahn cablecar station above Grindelwald wasn’t enough, I used the rest breaks we took on our hike this last Sunday to shoot a handful of timelapse sequences.
I’ll be doing a presentation of Swiss landscape photography at Yateley Camera Club in Hampshire, England, on 30th June. Feel free to drop by if you’re in the area!
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.
A long exposure photograph of the Giessbach waterfall near Brienz in full torrent.
The historic Casino Kursaal conference and event centre is one of the must-see stops on a tourist day in Interlaken. The gardens are beautiful and full of bright green lawns and well-tended flowers, with fountains in front of the “Jugendstil” building which must draw hundreds of tourists for a photo opportunity every day. Since 1st…
A photo from 1998 of the ruined West Pier in Brighton, on the south coast of England.
The Schwellenmätteli is a restaurant built on the banks of the Aare river, beneath the Kirchenfeld bridge and the old city of Bern.
A photo I took a year ago today reminds me to put down the lighting gear and head out with just a camera and a pair of comfortable shoes, to capture the light which needs no help.
A panoramic view of the small, remote town of Malfa on the Italian island of Salina.
