Blog posts about Video at Permanent Tourist

Editing multiple shots of the same scene together to get a massively-improved level of sharpness throughout the image.

Ranz des vaches/lyôba

Jo reminded me earlier of the Ranz des Vaches (or Lyôba), a classical Swiss alpine song which has stirred the hearts of many Swiss for years. It’s said that the song made those Swiss living abroad so homesick, that singing and playing it was banned amongst Swiss mercenaries in the eighteenth century, so as not to cause desertion.

A Day at the Schilthorn

Schilthorn is a fascinating location where the James Bond Movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed and remains a huge tourist attraction with a revolving 360 degree restaurant. Schilthorn Piz-gloria is one of my favorite places to ski because you’re always above the clouds and the skiing is so beautiful. Words cannot describe the […]

Piles of sand

The joy of paragliding at the Dune du Pilat in France.

Mark Howells-Mead on stage at WordCamp Zurich

I’ve been using WordPress since the very first version and love it. In a talk at WordCamp Zurich, I shared some of the experiences I’ve gained as a CMS developer, website builder, content manager and blogger since the late 1990s.

Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.

Riederalp to Hohfluh

Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.

Capture The North

A short film by David Jervidal.

Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.

Taking a little too much air to take things off my mind.

Aerial video sequences of a frozen lake in the sunshine, near Fribourg in Switzerland.

Diemtigen Valley from the air

Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.

Lobhörner from Sulwald

The longest and hardest hike in Switzerland I’ve managed to date, captured in photos and video.

Greenland – Land of Ice

A remarkable and beautiful film of nature, landscape, ice and ocean by photographer Stefan Forster.

Sardona tectonic area, Graubünden

My second “vlog”, from Flims in Graubünden.

The team and presenters at WordCamp Lausanne 2018

I presented at the WordCamp conference in Lausanne a couple of weeks ago, on the subject of website usability. The video of my talk is now online.

Thomas Heaton in Switzerland

British photographer and videographer Thomas Heaton visits three of my favourite locations in Switzerland.

Screenshot of the Sulzer Schmid website

How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.

One of those vlog things

A first foray into the world of the video blog, or “vlog”, which I shot while hiking in the Alps a few weeks ago.

A new perspective – Faulensee

Short sequence of aerial views of Faulensee in Switzerland.

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