Sep

13

2015

BALLOON DAYS

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International balloon days Toggenburg

I did a trip in a hot air balloon years ago. Have ever since wished to photograph a balloon flying over some spectacular landscape, or lots of them together. The latter came true and it was spectacular to say the least.

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There are balloon festivals in lots of places at different times of the year, we were lucky to find a 4 day festival near us in Ebnat-Kappel. Check out their webpage : www.ballontage.ch

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Aug

12

2015

5 DAYS ON SAFARI

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SPOILT FOR LIFE in 5 days at MALA MALA

DAY 1 – first impressions

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Elephant crossing

I am a photographer. I love coming to Mala Mala. This time I am bringing my friend Susi, she’s never been to Africa before. I am pretty sure that after this experience she will love Africa and love going on safari. The one down thing: she’ll be spoilt for life.

I don’t know which of us is more nervous, she or me. Did I, in my enthusiasm, overdo it with all my stories of this wonderful place? All turns out well, she loves the plane ride from Johannesburg, and already wants to photograph the impala at the airstrip, through the planes window! I barely managed to stop her, and this only after I promised her loads of them, at very close range. Which wasn’t a very hard promise to keep.

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As promised, impala at close range

 

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Jun

21

2015

EXPLORING NORWAY

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Norway in a nutshell

DAY 1: From white to green

From Longyearben we flew via Tromsö and Oslo to Bergen and left our white world behind us. Bergen has 270 days of rain per year. So naturally it rained when we got there. We have a hotel just across from Bryggen, the oldest part of town along the east shore of the Vägen Harbour, long leaning rows of gabled, mostly wooden houses, looks totally cool, let’s get outside with a camera. By the time we get out the light is gone. So a few hours later I sent Jürg out for some night shots…splendid idea !

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Bergen by night

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Jun

08

2015

WILL WE FIND A POLAR BEAR?

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SVALBARD PHOTO TOUR – Mai 2015

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We are on Svalbard in Longyearben, the capital, an ugly little town in the Isfjord on the west coast of the island of Spitsbergen at latitude 78°N. Only 1338km to the North Pole! They say there are more polar bears here than inhabitants (about 2200), so our chances of finding one should be pretty good.

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Apr

26

2015

Pretty in PINK !

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Friends asked me if I could take some photos of their daughters, naturally they would be dressed in their favourite colour… different shades of pink. Of course I did, especially since they offered a brunch to start with. I arrived with a camera, flash, diffuser and a bunch of tulips for mum. Now I know about photographing wildlife, you just take what you get, get in the best position, make the best of the light and background, think ahead, hope they do what you expect them to do. So I figured with kids there wouldn’t be a problem…. Wrong ! With kids it’s a different story !

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