Post series FujiFilm Finepix X100
The X100 is a fixed-lens compact camera made by FujiFilm. It revolutionised the camera market when it was released in 2011 and I bought the original in early 2012, subsequently upgrading to an X100V in 2021.
Notting Hill and Bayswater
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A set of monochrome photographs documenting a walk I took from Notting Hill to Bayswater in March 2025.
That London
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Spending an afternoon in London, paying attention to the city itself without reminiscing about the past.
Pools of light
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A good pool of light and a wet street will always draw my camera more quickly than a quaint festive scene.
Urban nature
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Walking by the river in Bern, where the views and scenes are more interesting than beautiful. (At least, at this time of year and under uninspiring weather conditions.)
WordCamp Europe in Berlin
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Photos from the annual WordPress conference – the biggest in the world in 2019.
Amongst the memorial stones
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A series of unposed photos amongst the stelae of the famous Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
Gwatt nature reserve, Thun
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I just came across a short film I made in January and posted to YouTube at the time. Filmed with my X100 and edited quickly in iMovie, it shows the publicly accessible lake-shore nature reserve at Gwatt, some fifteen minutes’ drive from home.
In praise of rangefinder cameras
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I first tried a rangefinder camera – one with a little glass window in the corner of the camera – back in 2007. I found an Olympus 35 RC at a camera fair for about Fr. 20 and tried it out on a trip to London. I liked the feeling of using it, but it was
Keep It Simple workshop
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The idea behind the workshop I ran in Zurich a few weeks ago was to get away from lugging around loads of lighting gear and heavy camera equipment. I hadn’t done an extensive portrait session with my Fujifilm X100 and I arranged this workshop so that I and other users of smaller cameras could give
PocketWizard Mini TT1 and Fujifilm X100
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In preparation for this weekend’s portrait meetup, I did a little research on using my PocketWizard Mini TT1 and Flex TT5 to take photos with my Fujifilm X100 and Nikon SB-900. I didn’t expect the setup to allow TTL flash, and I was correct: this isn’t possible. It is, however, possible to use the PocketWizard
“Keep It Simple” portrait meetup
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It’s been a while since my last photo workshop and so it’s definitely time for another! I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year getting used to a simpler workflow and getting used to my Fuji X100 and since doing so, I’ve constantly been reminded how easier and how much more fun it
Travelling light
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I was planning on writing a nice, long blog post when I returned from Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago about travelling light as a photographer. Despite the fact that David beat me to it when he got back from Cuba, I’ll add my own thoughts. I now honestly feel for the people I see lugging
Point and shoot (or as near as it gets)
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Back at the end of 2010, I began a much-researched hunt for a new camera; the successor to the D80 which had served me well until then. As part of my research, I’d looked at small interchangeable lens cameras like the GF1 and Olympus PEN, but had decided against them due to the (for me)
