First signs of autumn on Spiezberg
A lunchtime walk by the vineyards in the sunshine, ten years after moving away from nearby.
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WordCamp Europe in Berlin
Photos from the annual WordPress conference – the biggest in the world in 2019.
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Fifteen years on
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of my first arrival in Scotland to meet the love of my life.
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Cinque Terre – La Spezia
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
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Amongst the memorial stones
A series of unposed photos amongst the stelae of the famous Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
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Moods of Seaton
One has to wonder what happened in the Devon seaside town of Seaton to bring it from a self-touted “artisanal haven” to its current dilapidated state.
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Cinque Terre – Vernazza
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
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Cinque Terre – Monterosso al Mare
Black-and-white photos from wanderings in the Italian Cinque Terre.
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As far as the barrier, and beyond
I love the alpine Susten Pass road and the mountain scenery there, particularly the area around the Steingletscher glacier and nearby hotel. It’s been a long time since I’ve visited in spring – before the upper reaches of the road have been cleared of snow – so Jo and I took a drive and walked […]
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Christmas with an iPhone
We spent the Christmas and New Year period travelling to Scotland and back by road again.
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Grindelwald, December 2017
The best time to visit the mountain villages near our home is between the tourist seasons, when many hotels are closed and the valleys, cable cars and mountain cableways are much quieter. We drove up to Grindelwald shortly before Christmas, to visit the mountain restaurant at Schreckfeld, where deep snow and temperatures as low as […]
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Loch an Eilein
Jo took me to visit Loch an Eilein, in the Rothiemurchus estate, during one of my first trips to Scotland way back in 2005. I love pine forests and, in particular, Scots pines, so I was in my element there. The walk around the loch is an easy one, ranging 4-5 miles over pretty unchallenging […]
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Iseltwald am Brienzersee
A spring-like day and an afternoon stroll around a little village on the shore of Lake Brienz.
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Inspired by Adams
A small set of black and white landscape photographs, shot on an overcast day in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.
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Street Parade, Zürich (2012) – preparing for the off
I was at the Street Parade dance festival on the streets of Zurich again this past weekend. This first set of photos shows some of the participants of the floats, as they wait patiently to take their position in the parade which leads through the centre of the city.
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Thank heavens for digital tone mapping
You may recall that I wrote about HDR technique some time ago, and a technique I employed at a wedding last weekend reminded me to write about the alternative: Tone Mapping and Zone System exposure.
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Return to the EPFL – portrait and lighting workshop in August
The second of two photographic portraiture and lighting days this summer will take place at the Rolex Learning Centre on the grounds of the EPFL in Lausanne on Sunday 19th August.
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Portraiture day at the MFO-Park
Our workshop day this past Sunday was a great success, after the rain passed away from the MFO Park in Oerlikon some ten minutes before we started! Blazing sunshine soon warmed the area and gave us plenty of light to work with, so the day was spent mainly working with a mixture of natural sunlight […]
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