Using a drone subtly
Using a drone isn't all about “aerial photography”, but, for me, about the ability to get better angles for photos which are otherwise out of reach.
Published on 20th April 2018
Blog posts about sunset
Abrupt sunsets
Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Published on 21st February 2017
Trebarwith Strand
We recently spent a lovely couple of weeks on holiday, touring the south of England and spending a full week in Cornwall. On arrival at the self-catering cottage we’d booked, we chose to make things easy for ourselves and head to…
Published on 13th July 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
The luck and beauty of life
We are ever grateful for the opportunity to live in such a beautiful country. For the luck which means that we are of sufficient means to decide, based on a weather forecast, to drive for fifteen minutes and ascend in…
Published on 21st November 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
Airolo, Switzerland
Deep amongst the mountains which form a natural boundary between the northern and southern sides of the Alps, Airolo sits below the old, snaking Gotthard Pass road. The intrepid northern motorway motorist heading south for the sun arrives in Airolo gratefully,…
Published on 25th 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
Lausanne, Switzerland
Locals and photographers alike gather on the hill near Lausanne’s cathedral to watch – and photograph – the summer sunsets. The northern shore of Lac Léman is one of the best places in the country from which to photograph the sunset.
Published on 29th April 2015
Evening Cruise
Ask anyone who knows me well, and they'll probably be familiar with me excusing myself during dinner to step out and photograph the sunset.
Published on 14th June 2010
Summer in the mountains
A view of the lake shore at the tiny mountain village of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden, Switzerland.
Published on 12th June 2010
West Pier, Brighton
A photo from 1998 of the ruined West Pier in Brighton, on the south coast of England.
Published on 6th May 2010
Köniz, Bern, Switzerland
Photographed from the viewing tower on the hill at Gurten.
Published on 30th April 2010
Experiments in HDR
I've been meaning to spend a little time to sit down and really get to grips with the High Dynamic Range editing process. For the unititiated, the HDR is a photo which contains detail within a much wider range of…
Published on 3rd April 2010
Trossach Mountains from the A9
Published on 11th January 2010
Marzili, Bern, Switzerland
A view at sunset of the low-lying area of Bern called "Marzili".
Published on 24th October 2009
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.
Published on 30th August 2009
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.
Published on 3rd August 2009
Millennium Dome, London
Continuing in the series of individual photos along the Thames which I took in 1999 for a City and Guilds photo course.
Published on 24th July 2009
Leaving Capri
Thoughts of our upcoming late Spring holiday to the Aeolian Islands, off the coast of Sicily, have inspired me to have a flick through last year's holiday shots.
Published on 21st April 2009
“The Gherkin”, London, England
I was lucky enough to be able to arrange a trip to an iconic London landmark through a contact I made at a media conference in 2008.
Published on 6th January 2009
At sunset over the Susten Pass
Published on 28th October 2008
A Sun, Drowning
As office workers and shop girls sway home from the city on the dusty local train, the sun reaches out orange tendrils of light. Plucking ineffectually at the clouds, trying desperately to gain purchase, it sinks inexorably in the rolling…
Published on 22nd September 2008
Sunset, Spiez, Switzerland
I am inspired once more to pull my finger out and start putting photographic books together. One of them will be a series of shots of the Niesen, which I see as this view every day from our sitting…
Published on 1st July 2008
Leaving Capri, Italy
This was one of the most challenging shots of our trip to Italy. Making my way through the crowded upper deck on a fast, bouncing boat travelling over rough seas, to make it down the rearward-facing steps and onto the…
Published on 12th June 2008
My Sunshine, Spiez, Switzerland
The 200th photo of my darling I’ve posted to Flickr.
Published on 18th February 2008
Evening Flight, Brienz, Switzerland
Published on 18th February 2008
Sunset from on High
Published on 30th August 2007
