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  • Diemtigen Valley from the air

    Diemtigen Valley from the air

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    March 2019

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

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  • Lobhörner from Sulwald

    Lobhörner from Sulwald

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    February 2019

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

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  • Sardona tectonic area, Graubünden

    Sardona tectonic area, Graubünden

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    October 2018

    My second “vlog”, from Flims in Graubünden.

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  • One of those vlog things

    One of those vlog things

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    August 2018

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

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  • A new perspective – Faulensee

    A new perspective – Faulensee

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    July 2018

    Short sequence of aerial views of Faulensee in Switzerland.

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  • Custom presets in Adobe Lightroom for mobile

    Custom presets in Adobe Lightroom for mobile

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    June 2018

    Adobe has, at last, added the possibility to add custom presets in the mobile version of Lightroom.

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  • Photograph of a print of the lake shore at Gunten in Switzerland

    The pleasure is in the process

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    June 2018

    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.

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  • The Sound of Landscape Photography

    The Sound of Landscape Photography

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    June 2018

    Lovely.

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  • Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

    Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen

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    April 2018

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

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  • How not to edit photos in Lightroom

    How not to edit photos in Lightroom

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    March 2018

    Great, simple tips for getting better results from Adobe Lightroom.

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  • The Jurassic Coast

    The Jurassic Coast

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    March 2018

    Mattia Bicchi smashes it out of the park again with this wonderful time-lapse video of the Jurassic Coast in the south of England.

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  • Allmendhubel to Mürren

    Allmendhubel to Mürren

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    March 2018

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  • Under an Arctic Sky

    Under an Arctic Sky

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    December 2017

    Before “Under An Arctic Sky” was even an idea or a film it was a love affair with surfing in cold water.

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  • The flying rubbish truck

    The flying rubbish truck

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    October 2017

    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 and down the mountain by cable-car.

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  • Betten to Bettmeralp

    Betten to Bettmeralp

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    October 2017

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Betten to Bettmeralp in Swiss canton Wallis.

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  • Stockhorn to Chrindli

    Stockhorn to Chrindli

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    October 2017

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

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  • Ebenalp to Wasserauen

    Ebenalp to Wasserauen

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    October 2017

    Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Ebenalp to Wasserauen in Swiss canton Appenzell.

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  • Forever young

    Forever young

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    August 2017

    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 landing quay in the village a few hundred metres away.

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Mark Howells-Mead is a WordPress designer and developer based in Switzerland. Mark has been building websites and web-apps for nearly 30 years and has over 20 years of experience building websites for small and medium-sized businesses using WordPress. He is fluent in English, German and Swiss German, having moved to the Swiss Alps in 2001. As you can see by the contents of this, his personal website, his free-time passions are photography, film-making and hiking.

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