The Commando Memorial stands above Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, with a commanding view across the former Commando Training Depot to the Nevis range of mountains. The memorial stands for the British Commando units who trained here in the…
Published on 21st September 2017
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Beginning a hike from Birg station to the Schilthorn revolving restaurant, before changing my plans and walking down the very steep path to Allmendhubel and Mürren.
Published on 21st June 2017
A small mountain cabin overlooking the Bluemental valley serves as a restaurant for hikers in the summer and for skiiers in winter. Between seasons, when the restaurant is closed, the spot is a blissfully peaceful point on the mountain, to…
Published on 21st June 2017
Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Published on 21st February 2017
The small tidal island off the coast of southern Cornwall called St. Michael’s Mount has been home to the St. Aubyn family since the middle of the sixteenth century. The island, which is connected to the nearby mainland by a man-made…
Published on 15th February 2017
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
A great spot to photograph the vineyards and sixteenth-century church at Ligerz, on the shores of Lake Biel.
Published on 23rd October 2016
Hiking along a panoramic path above the lake at Oeschinensee and then over-doing it on a much steeper, rockier path on the way to the Blümlisalphütte.
Published on 15th September 2016
Photos shared with geographic coordinates in Google Maps are viewed many, many more times than those in other photo sharing services.
Published on 22nd April 2016
Yours truly, in action whilst photographing part of a multi-image panorama at Männlichen in Switzerland last weekend.
Published on 26th February 2016
Before the proper snow arrived at the start of this year's winter season, we visited Zermatt and visited the famous, much-photographed view of the Matterhorn from Riffelsee.
Published on 20th January 2016
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
I visited the English Peak District for the first time this autumn and was much impressed. After many years of visiting the dramatic Lake District, a little further north, I’d been worried that the landscape would be tame in comparison,…
Published on 4th November 2015
I follow a couple of photographers and film-makers who post images and sequences from the English Lake District to their social media channels. Jason Chambers’ landscape photos are terrific and make me want to visit the region even more often,…
Published on 3rd November 2015
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
The Furka Pass, between Gletsch in canton Wallis and Realp in canton Uri, is one of the high alpine pass routes, only open between June and (approximately) October because of heavy winter snow falls in the region. The pass road is well…
Published on 11th July 2015
My friend Habi and I have launched a new website for our panoramic photography: Big Wide World.
Published on 30th May 2015
Cooing over the lovely new panorama stitching function in Adobe Lightroom 6.
Published on 23rd April 2015
A steep and stony path from the mountain hamlet of Kleine Scheidegg leads to the top of the world-famous Lauberhorn, from which the intrepid author gets an unparalleled view of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
Published on 13th October 2014
Google View is an online community for sharing spherical interactive images, and Google has released an accompanying smartphone app to go with it called “Photo Sphere".
Published on 30th September 2014
A higher-resolution version of the panoramic view from my previous post about our hike from Isenfluh, photographed from high above the southern end of the Lütschine and Lauterbrunnen valleys as they open into the Bödeli plain near Interlaken…
Published on 25th September 2014
Visiting the ridiculously picturesque castle and vineyards at Aigle, in the Rhone valley.
Published on 16th September 2013
…is, according to Chase Jarvis, the one you have with you. By that, he means that if you don’t have your beautiful Leica or professional Nikon with you, but you have your iPhone, then the iPhone is the best…
Published on 13th June 2013
Jo and I spent two great weeks in the highlands of Scotland, travelling from the airport up through the Trossach mountains to Rannoch Moor, Glen Etive, Glen Coe and then on to the islands of Mull, Iona and Skye before staying…
Published on 25th May 2013
A small selection of panoramic images from Mürren in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.
Published on 22nd January 2013
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Small gallery of panoramic images taken early in the morning in Emmental during 2005, for use as theatre backdrops.
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