One year, in Mosaic
April 8, 2015 § Leave a comment
When posting on your blog didn’t happen for a while, a year in pictures in one post!
Welcoming 40
July 8, 2012 § Leave a comment
Recently I had the honour of photographing one part of a 40th birthday-weekend celebration. The entire weekend was planned for Melanie and her friends, some who flew in from the States especially to be with a special friend on her day. The apèro took place at Les Gareçons in Basel, where later in the evening also dinner was served for the guests. As rumour has it… the party lasted into the wee hours of the morning…
40 is a great age to welcome and celebrate. That was certainly the atmosphere of this evening.Thanks for an inspiring and fun time with you and your friends Melanie!
Wedding K & M
August 14, 2011 § 5 Comments
‘The real names are kept secret to protect the innocent’, as the old saying goes.
It was a wonderful start to the day, partly sunny, cool, relaxed and joyful. We met the wedding couple outside their apartment early, which gave us plenty of time to make photographs on the way to the wedding and apéro location. The pictures tell the story…
Celebrating 720
August 6, 2011 § 1 Comment
Last Monday, August 1st, Switzerland turned 720 years old as a confederation. Every year the 1st of August is celebrated with a huge firework show (or let’s say ‘large’, Switzerland has different dimensions than some other large countries…) launched from a ship anchored in the middle of the Rhine in downtown Basel. This year we went, as we had very a special visitor, and both she and I enjoy photographing. Here are some impressions from that day and evening.
Wedding Season
June 8, 2011 § 1 Comment
… is in full swing. For me, spending a day with a happy (yet sometimes nervous) couple on their special days is a real pleasure. The day is full of joy, hope and LOVE. What a pleasure to enjoy a profession that full of joyous hours in the work day!
Last summer, we spent a special weekend with special friend’s at their wedding in Italy. I will start with posting some shots from there, and soon will follow photos from the weddings of this season.
First 48 hrs, China
February 17, 2011 § 1 Comment
One of the most liked types of photography would have to be travel photography. For me it’s something to do with the excitement of the exotic, the extremes, difference from my everyday. So while the Chinese take pictures of road signs and buildings in Switzerland, I am doing the same right now in Shanghai.
I started to write some words down in my little China travel book which I bought for this trip, to help me remember some of the many impressions I would see and experience. When putting these with some pictures on this blog, I can hold on to the memories much longer, even if I lose all the photos stored on my external hard drive… ( long story…).
To start the trip, stress was overwhelming me, until the moment I got into the black limo (no, not stretched), a service which was included with the flight deal. My luggage was swept away from me, I was escorted to the car with an umbrella and climbed into the roomy space which was filled with drinks waiting for me to help myself. Now that was not the taxi I had expected! Pleasant surprises.
First flight was wonderful; fully reclining seats, private little area with a push-button divider to your neighboring traveler (if needed), even automatic window shutters (!), inflight entertainment with screen the size of the seat in front you and good food and wine. I was busy choosing between the over 500 films available and enjoying the amenities, which used to the full would have taken much more than the 5 hours from Switzerland to Dubai. Second flight was less pleasing (you get spoiled quickly); a Boeing 777… (older and less comfortable), so I decided to sleep the whole flight. These impressions (including an inside snapshot of the limo) were captured by my mobile phone, hope to remember upload them at a later time.
Arriving in the afternoon in Shanghai, makes it’s easier to stay awake till bed time. An hour trip to the hotel, and we met our business partner here in China to head out for dinner. The first text message I received from my husband stated: ‘Watch what you eat’. I should have watched better, and learned that it is a good idea to wait to see how the locals do it before starting to eat… but I survived the mini-mistake without any larger inconveniences! PLUS; ordering the very first meal, I got a question I had a hard time answering: ‘Do you eat pig colon?’. ‘Uhh, emmmmmmmm’ Maybe if they are spiced just right? I tried them, and they were spiced just right.
Before I left for China, I got some advice on my Facebook page from friends that I need to remember to dress well, and the Chinese don’t heat buildings enough. That was quite obvious when we saw employees wearing their winter jackets at their desks. And I woke up to 17° in my hotel room this morning . Right now before retiring for the evening, I am warming up myself under the duvet covers.
Enough text for today, more to follow from this trip. We are just warming up. The day in images:
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