Capture The North
A short film by David Jervidal.
Published on 12th July 2019
Blog posts about Photography
The end of Flickr
It’s been a long time. A very long time. I joined Flickr back in 2005 and posted my first photos via email from my camera phone. (Three years before anyone had any kind of inkling of the smartphone.) Getting…
Published on 27th January 2019
Thomas Heaton in Switzerland
British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.
Published on 27th September 2018
Pride of place
I finally got around to framing and hanging some photos of favourite places in my home office.
Published on 13th September 2018
The pleasure is in the process
What I get out of taking the time and effort to take landscape images with a proper camera, and printing them to make proper photographs you can hold in your hand.
Published on 19th June 2018
Under an Arctic Sky
Before “Under An Arctic Sky” was even an idea or a film it was a love affair with surfing in cold water.
Published on 18th December 2017
One man, one camera, 6,000 miles
The Perimeter is a photography project by Quintin Lake, based on walking 10,000km around the coast of Britain in sections. The journey started on 17th April 2015 at St Paul’s cathedral.
Published on 4th February 2017
The Quest for Inspiration
This is the trailer for “La Quête d’Inspiration”, a documentary film by Mathieu Le Lay about the experiences in the wilderness of French landscape photographer Alexandre Deschaumes. You can purchase the full-length film at Reelhouse.
Published on 1st March 2015
Using your shoulder as a camera rest
A tip I passed on to a participant at a photo workshop last weekend was one I learned from Joe McNally: not on how to light your subject or how to interact with them, but how to manage your…
Published on 27th August 2013
In Memoriam – Kodachrome
When digital photography went mainstream, it was the death knell to Kodachrome, even devout Kodachrome enthusiasts migrated from the venerable film to their DSLRs, providing the photographer a level of control that would have been unimaginable with good old…
Published on 18th July 2013
Taking good photographs is a skill with a value
It continues to surprise me that so many people blankly refuse to understand that even the most simple photographs take a modicum of effort to create. Sure, the act of pressing a button on a camera takes just a moment,…
Published on 17th June 2013
The Bigger View
A trend I’ve noticed in the past couple of years, particularly when travelling or photographing weddings, is the ubiquity of the iPad as a camera. It took me aback a little the first time I saw an iPad in the…
Published on 23rd April 2013
Studio workshop
I ran the latest of my photographic workshops last weekend and chose (mainly because of the time of year) to hold it in the studio. Thanks to the ready availability of the studio space at Satzart in Bern, we…
Published on 10th December 2011
Studio training course in Bern
I ran a course earlier in the year on the subject of portraiture and lighting, which was very well received by the attendees and which I really enjoyed organizing. I’ve been planning to run a similar photo course for a…
Published on 19th October 2011
I wish you would let me take your portrait
I love taking portraits of people; whether I know them or not. I do it because of my passion for the image, not for financial gain, and I really wish more people would volunteer to let me photograph them. Here's…
Published on 28th September 2011
Inspiration: Gregory Crewdson
Whilst presenting my One Frame Movie photos at the Open Show in Lausanne this week, I mentioned Gregory Crewdson. I first became aware of his work in 2008 via David Hobby’s blog and have…
Published on 20th August 2011
Free photos, and why I’m making them available
Any photographer offering free photos should have a good reason for doing so. This is why I've chosen to make a large portion of my photographic archive available.
Published on 14th March 2011
I do (wedding photography)
Repeated good feedback on my photography and a recent equipment purchase have convinced me to start photographing weddings more regularly.
Published on 22nd February 2011
Interview in Czech photo blog Odcloneno
I was contacted a while back by the editor of Czech photo blog Odcloněno, Michal Fanta: Michal asked to interview me and use some of my photos on the blog. The interview was published this morning; here's the English transcript.
Published on 21st February 2011
New galleries online for Brienz and Spiez
The extensions and improvements to the Permanent Tourist website continue apace, with new galleries in the Photography section.
Published on 29th January 2011
Presentation at Photo 10
When visiting photographic exhibitions, I am often struck by how little thought is given to presentation, when so much time and effort has obviously been given to the photographs themselves.
Published on 10th January 2011
Review of 2010
My year in pictures for 2010.
Published on 1st January 2011
2011 calendar now available to order
The 2011 edition of my annual photographic calendar, featuring travel and landscape photographs from Scotland, England, Switzerland and Italy, is now available to order via the Lulu.com website.
Published on 1st December 2010
The precision of traditional landscape photography
A view of the river Aare at Unterseen, next to Interlaken, and some thoughts on the meticulous detail of traditional landscape photography.
Published on 31st October 2010
Images Festival in Vevey
The Images Festival of Visual Arts is the only open air photographic festival in Switzerland, which takes place in the picturesque town of Vevey, on the shores of Lake Geneva, every two years.
Published on 19th September 2010
Take the tourist shot
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.
Published on 6th August 2010
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.
Published on 7th May 2010
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.
Published on 16th February 2010
London Life
Since moving away from the UK, I miss jaunts into London, which now only take place once a year at most. A German resident of London, Konstantin Binder, provides me with a dose of the kind of exploration I would…
Published on 28th January 2010
One Frame Movie series continues
Now that I'm well into 2010, I'd like to re-start the search for volunteers for the One Frame Movie series. Find out more in this article.
Published on 26th January 2010
Inspiration vs. reason
A friend asked me over the Christmas break how I manage to retain my drive for taking photos. I gave it some thought over the past few days and thought that my answer might be useful or interesting to other…
Published on 12th January 2010
Swiss Press Photo 2008
The Käfigturm – a city prison for several hundred years until 1897 – is now a pretty unique centre for events and exhibitions. The current exhibition on show is a collection of photographs selected for the Swiss Press Photo Award…
Published on 2nd September 2009
Free photo show in Bern
After the success of my last talk at the English Speaking Club in Bern, at which I showed a couple of dozen of my people and street photographs, I am pleased to have been invited back for a second free…
Published on 13th August 2009
Police revise public guidance over street photography laws
London's Metropolitan Police has changed its public guidance on photography to reflect concerns raised by the National Union of Journalists.
Published on 31st July 2009
You’ve Got Mail
An American company offers a service to send individual, custom postcards from your mobile phone or web browser via traditional mail.
Published on 28th July 2009
Date selected for Swiss Strobist day in Lausanne
The date for the next Swiss Strobist photographic meetup in Lausanne (Switzerland) has been selected.
Published on 8th July 2009
Modelling tip number one: don’t hide
If you want to take a photo of someone else that they'll be happy with, or if you're being photographed, then here are the most important non-technical tips to remember.
Published on 23rd June 2009
The Cave
A moody, hand-held photograph of a beach cave in south west Wales.
Published on 22nd June 2009
Into the Future
Because I've wasted so much time with pointless babbling, I have had no time to create books of photography and of special holidays, yet I have wasted ten percent of my working day in inanities. So, no more. No more…
Published on 11th June 2009
Get your portrait taken for free!
Regular visitors and fans of my photography will be delighted to hear that I have added another level of pricing to my price listings: free!…
Published on 8th May 2009
