Photographer for a surprise engagement on the Royal Walk. Michael asked Zoe to marry him high up on Männlichen mountain with the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the background. Elevation: 2342 m – 7,296 ft. Michael had chosen 2 days for the engagement. The Eiger mountain was covered in cloud on the first day. He chose the…
Sharvin surprised Felicia with a marriage proposal on Grindelwald First. The weather forecast was bad. We managed to get everything almost done before the clouds blew in and covered the mountains. It started to rain towards the end of the photo shoot. There is a lot of “local weather” in the Jungfrau region. Both Sharvin…
Varun and Zeel must have caught one of the very early trains from Zürich to Interlaken. (Change at Bern railway station.) They took the number 103 bus from Interlaken Ost to Iseltwald. I was unknown to Zeel and I had arrived early and set up my two cameras and iPhone to video the ceremony. However,…
Photographer for a pre wedding photo shoot in Iseltwald. A before the wedding photo shoot for a lovely couple from Singapore. They are big “Crash Landing On You” fans and wanted some pictures at one of the film locations in (Wikipedia). Something to remember – the sun is at different heights during the year. It…
Pre wedding photo shoot with Brenna and Jack from Utah, USA. The location was in the Swiss Alps above Grindelwald. After the photo shoot, the couple returned to their hotel to be married! They had a pastor in Utah, online. He was waiting to marry them watched by 50 plus friends (online). We nearly didn’t…
Photographer for a surprise marriage proposal by Bachalpsee lake. Jonathan asked Shannon to marry him. A lovely couple from Canada got engaged in the mountains above Grindelwald. Jonathan and I made eye contact by the Grindelwald-First gondola station at 8.30 a.m. This was when it opened. I recommended an early start. Bachalpsee has become a…
Photographer for a bridal photo shoot on a glacier in the Jungfrau region. Alexander and Rachael were not finished with me after the photo shoot in Bachalpsee. Read about it here. We came down the mountain on the Grindelwald First Cable Car. We had to be at the helicopter base at 16:30. It is situated…
Photographer for a marriage proposal on Harder Kulm. Ngijol proposed to Keyera on the viewing platform overlooking Interlaken. We agreed that we should meet at the top at the earliest possible time. To avoid the viewing platform being full with tourists. The agreed time was 9.10 a.m. They were over an hour late. I had…
Photographer for an early Sunday morning engagement by Lake Brienz (Brienzersee). In the picturesque village of Iseltwald. Somehow I managed to get out of bed and make it to the location. Maggie is a big fan of “Crash Landing On You.” Part of it was filmed on Iseltwald jetty. An early morning photo shoot at…
Photographer for a surprise marriage proposal at Bachalpsee lake. Eric asks Emily to marry him on what was suppose to be a stormy day. The weather forecast had predicted rain, thunder and lightning. I told Eric that I wasn’t going to walk for one hour on top of a mountain in a thunder and lightning…
Photographer for a surprise wedding proposal on Männlichen mountain. At an elevation of 7,572 feet (2,308 meters) Evan proposes to Tina. She said yes! A handful of passing hikers stopped and clapped their hands. A couple of them shouted out “congratulations”. I arrived early and set up my camera on a tripod. Pretending to be…
Photographer for a surprise marriage proposal at an altitude of 3,571 m (11,716 ft). In the snow! In July! The temperatures in Interlaken are over 30 centigrade but there is snow on the Jungfraujoch. This is not the place for anyone looking for a quiet place for a marriage proposal. The Glacier Plateau area of…
Arjun proposed to Alisha whilst walking on the trail between Mürren and Grütschalp. Afterwards, they joined me by Lake Brienzersee for a photo shoot. It was late afternoon and impossible to use the famous pier in Iseltwald. People were sitting on it and there was a boat moored to the pier. I took them to…
Luca organized a photo shoot for his girlfriend’s birthday. I met Luca and Janina early in Giessbach to avoid the tourists. It was their first time in Giessbach. I took them first to the waterfall. It is summer and there is less water flowing over this famous waterfall. However there was enough water for this…
Photographer for the wedding of Sam and Sam in the picturesque Schloss Oberhofen by Lake Thun (Thunersee). Once a month, the official wedding ceremony (Ziviltrauung) is performed in this spectacular castle that dates back to 1200 AD. Dates and information about the Civil Marriage Ceremony can be found here. Thank you so so much for…
It’s always nice for me to photograph a civil wedding in Switzerland. Nicola and Anja were officially married in the Grand Hotel, Giessbach. Once a month this Swiss historic hotel hosts the official marriage ceremony. They had a booked a room in the hotel which had a spectacular view of Lake Brienz and the waterfall…
Photographer for a wedding in Grindelwald. The ceremony was in the church in Grindelwald. A bride and groom photo shoot before the ceremony near the church. Starting with a “First Look”. Tom and Melanie organized an Apero in Grindelwald close to the Gletscherschlucht. The evening festivities were held in a hotel in Interlaken. —-
Photographer for a late afternoon family photo shoot in Bönigen, Interlaken. They wanted pictures with a lake and mountains in the background. They were meeting up in Interlaken for an 80th birthday celebration. I took some formal group pictures of the different families by the lake before moving to the beach. This is where I…
Photographer for a Surprise Engagement in Wengen. Once again everything went well including the weather. The night before the weather looked cloudy. I was uncertain about clouds covering the location. There is no point in going up the mountain if we couldn’t see anything. I had arranged for Joshua and his girlfriend to follow me…
Ashwin and his wife met me the day after they met Roger Federer outside his hotel in Interlaken. Roger posed for a selfie with Ashwin. The meeting of Roger outside of the Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel was one of the highlights of his visit to Interlaken. The viewing platform on the Harder Kulm is a…
The second visit this week to the Jungfraujoch for a surprise engagement. Vincent proposed marriage to Sarah. They are from Singapore and this was their first visit to the Switzerland. It was the hottest day ever for May in Switzerland. Summer in Interlaken. We found the snow on the Jungfraujoch! Once again, I was to…
Jun Yin proposes to Shweh Fern on the Jungfraujoch. Elevation: 3,463 m (11,362 ft.) Snow all the year. It’s nice to photograph couples without their sunglasses but it can be difficult on the snow. They cannot open their eyes! Jun Yin contacted me a little while back to photograph this special moment in their life…