Post series Photographic viewpoints in Switzerland
Main image: Susten Pass, Switzerland
Doggedly looking for the millimetre-precise best viewpoint of the Lauterbrunnen Valley from Wengen.
When an iPhone photo beats a combination of camera and lens and tripod.
Exceptionally low water levels at Lake Thun, as part of a four-year routine.
I was keen to do more winter hiking this year, and although winter seems to have flown by, I did manage to get out into the snow more often than in previous years. Most recently, we got the big cable-car up from Grindelwald to Eigergletscher with the intention of then getting the short train connection…
You can tell that I’ve enjoyed myself when I come home from a walk or a day out with a set of photos. Here are four from a chilly but lovely winter sunset on the shores of Lac Léman last weekend. I’ve loved square-format images since I started taking photos with a medium-format film camera…
I like unusual things and the tiny natural island around 500 metres from the lake shore at Villeneuve, on Lac Léman, certainly fits that bill.
It’s easy for me to forget that I don’t need to “go somewhere” to enjoy a walk. I sit here and wonder where to go: which cable-car, which lakeside walk, which spectacular valley. This comes of having the great fortune to live within half-an-hour of some pretty wonderful places. But this commonly leads me to…
Walking in the snowy landscape of Axalp, high above Lake Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.
Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Obstinacy got me past a viewpoint I had aimed for and gave me the opportunity to capture a wonderfully dramatic alternative image.
It’s wonderful to find a new, photographically perfect viewpoint in a place I know so well. (Of course, on a day when I only had my smartphone with me.) Expect to see more shots from this spot in Grindelwald!
Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
A great spot to photograph the vineyards and sixteenth-century church at Ligerz, on the shores of Lake Biel.
