Riederalp to Hohfluh
Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.
Published on 12th August 2019
Capture The North
A short film by David Jervidal.
Published on 12th July 2019
Blofeld’s Lair from the air
Filming and photographing at the mountain-top restaurant made famous by James Bond.
Published on 28th March 2019
Diemtigen Valley from the air
Aerial sequences of the quiet and peaceful Diemtigal Valley in Switzerland.
Published on 3rd March 2019
Sardona tectonic area, Graubünden
My second “vlog”, from Flims in Graubünden.
Published on 27th October 2018
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.
Published on 5th August 2018
A new perspective – Faulensee
Short sequence of aerial views of Faulensee in Switzerland.
Published on 9th July 2018
Custom presets in Adobe Lightroom for mobile
Adobe has, at last, added the possibility to add custom presets in the mobile version of Lightroom.
Published on 22nd June 2018
The pleasure is in the process
What I get out of taking the time and effort to take landscape images with a proper camera, and printing them to make proper photographs you can hold in your hand.
Published on 19th June 2018
The Sound of Landscape Photography
Lovely.
Published on 13th June 2018
How not to edit photos in Lightroom
Great, simple tips for getting better results from Adobe Lightroom.
Published on 31st March 2018
The Jurassic Coast
Mattia Bicchi smashes it out of the park again with this wonderful time-lapse video of the Jurassic Coast in the south of England.
Published on 21st March 2018
Under an Arctic Sky
Before “Under An Arctic Sky” was even an idea or a film it was a love affair with surfing in cold water.
Published on 18th December 2017
The flying rubbish truck
The rubbish collection service at Bettmeralp – a car-free village in the mountains of upper canton Valais – must be unique in the world. In the absence of any road connection to the village, a 7.5-tonne lorry is carried up…
Published on 22nd October 2017
Forever young
We’re incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful place, and incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy the sight of the Blümlisalp paddle steamer, which passes our home every day in summer, hooting loudly as it arrives at the…
Published on 22nd August 2017
Die neue Landeskarte der Schweiz
Einblicke in die neueste Technik der Aufbereitung und Speicherung topografischer Daten und deren Nutzung in der heutigen digitalen Welt. Der Film gibt ausserdem einen interessanten Überblick über die neue Grafik der Schweizer Landeskarte.
Published on 8th July 2017
A year with a drone in Switzerland
By Christian Cueni.
Published on 10th March 2017
Thunersee and Brienzersee – Pure Switzerland
The region I’ve been calling home for sixteen years.
Published on 2nd March 2017
Grindelwald by night – a timelapse
A overnight timelapse of the view across the valley from Grindelwald First.
Published on 9th February 2017
One man, one camera, 6,000 miles
The Perimeter is a photography project by Quintin Lake, based on walking 10,000km around the coast of Britain in sections. The journey started on 17th April 2015 at St Paul’s cathedral.
Published on 4th February 2017
Christmas lights in London
Another compilation of time-lapse sequences in London by Mattia Bicchi, which (as usual) makes me miss the city and encourage me to try and fit in a weekend there.
Published on 16th January 2017
Street typography
There's something very satisfying about watching a couple of guys painting road markings.
Published on 1st December 2016
The President’s photographer
A four-part National Geographic documentary on Pete Souza, Barack Obama's official photographer.
Published on 12th November 2016
The best little tripod
It's not all about the size.
Published on 6th October 2016
Star Trek Beyond
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first non-pilot episode of Star Trek. We saw Star Trek Beyond at the cinema yesterday and it was touching when we saw subtle tributes in the film and in the credits.
Published on 8th September 2016
New sales film from the Schilthorn
The Schilthorn Cableway has released a new short advertising film today, and as usual, it makes me want to head for Mürren straight away.
Published on 15th August 2016
Nature.Urban.Lights
It’s always nice to enjoy a time lapse sequence filmed in Swiss locations. Even more so to enjoy one filmed in places across the region I call home – Canton Bern.
Published on 12th May 2016
Raetia Prima – high-resolution aerial film of Graubünden
If you have a large monitor, use the options in the embedded video player to go full-screen and to switch to 4K (2160p) resolution. By Kevin Walker, via TechBlog.
Published on 15th March 2016
The evil of Hans Landa
Christoph Walz's masterpiece performance as a subtly menacing and monstrous S.S. officer in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, from 2009.
Published on 5th March 2016
“Life of a Mountain: Blencathra” trailer
I enjoyed Terry Abraham’s earlier film “Life of a Mountain: Scafell Pike” a great deal, so when I saw that Terry was making a new film featuring Blencathra, I jumped at the chance to contribute through a Kickstarter campaign. I can’t wait…
Published on 26th February 2016
Processing time: 70 years
The Rescued Film Project discovers and processes 31 rolls of film shot by an American WWII soldier over 70 years ago.
Published on 19th February 2016
Alpine Paradise – Beatenberg
Completely inappropriate to the season, but what the heck. A beautiful sequence of clips filmed – mainly with a drone – in and above Beatenberg, looking over the lake shores I call home. The film was made by Maximilian Eckmann whilst staying in…
Published on 11th February 2016
Alain Laboile
Truly tremendous photographs by French photographer Alain Laboile. How is it that French (or French-speaking) people seem to have such interesting surroundings and an almost superhuman level of innate creativity?…
Published on 31st January 2016
Dear Zurich
A video love story for the well- and lesser-known corners of Zurich.
Published on 27th January 2016
Immersive 360° spherical video
Technology introduced by YouTube last year allows you to click, drag and change your point of view inside a video: watching the action and looking around the camera in any direction.
Published on 11th January 2016
7 videos in 7 days
For those who may have missed out: one of those meme things went around on Facebook and I posted a favourite video per day over 7 days. 1. Stipe and co. in 1993, with reminiscences of So. Central Rain in their…
Published on 11th November 2015
Cable cars, funiculars and cog railways
Walking in the mountains is a great pastime, even if the weather isn’t great. But sometimes, getting to a mountain peak is a huge effort: even lesser summits than the four-thousand-metre monsters in canton Wallis are difficult to reach on…
Published on 10th November 2015
Kodachrome
When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all And though my lack of education Hasn’t hurt me none I can read…
Published on 24th October 2015
Silver and light
It's about doing what you love. If you'd been searching your whole life for something you love, and you found it, what would you be willing to sacrifice?…
Published on 17th September 2015
The four seasons of St. Niklaus
Beautiful time lapse sequences from canton Wallis (Valais) by filmmaker Christian Mülhauser.
Published on 2nd September 2015
