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A surprise engagement in the mountains above Lauterbrunnen. Another one of those days where there was low cloud everywhere. I decided to visit the location an hour before we had planned to meet. It didn’t look good. The low cloud was everywhere. However, it cleared very quickly closer to the time I had agreed to…
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An early morning marriage proposal on the pier made famous in the Korean Netflix TV series “Crash Landing On You“. This location attracts everyday lots of people from Asia. In their bus loads! The tourists stand in line to use the pier for selfies. They don’t hurry! It hasn’t been possible to get their early…
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Another surprise engagement on Iseltwald Pier. As Jin Koi wrote afterwards, “You are truly the guy couples should go to if they want to have their photos taken in Switzerland.” I have a lot of experience with surprise engagements, couples photo shoots etc. I have photographed couples over the past 5 years on the pier…
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The cable car from Wengen to Männlichen mountain is open again. I took a ride up to the top and the Royal Walk. I went in the afternoon and it was -15 centigrade. My fingers quickly became numb with the cold. Fortunately the cable car station was close. I also had a vacuum flask with…
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Photographer for another surprise marriage proposal in the Swiss mountains. This time in the snow! A lot of snow has fallen recently. The temperature has dropped to -5 centigrade. However Ryan wanted to propose marriage to his girlfriend on the way up to the Jungfraujoch. An early morning photo shoot! He originally planned to “pop…
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Photographer for a CLOY engagement on a rainy day. It’s the beginning of December 2022. Nice days are rare this time of the year. The temperature in the lake collides with the temperature from the mountains. The day warms up and clouds appear. Very quickly. This lovely couple from Singapore had the right idea. To…
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Kyle proposes to Christina in the Swiss Alps during the last week of November 2022. Photographer for a surprise engagement near Lauterbrunnen. A lovely couple from the USA tie the knot during their holiday in Switzerland. Kyle did propose a location at the beginning of the Lauterbrunnen Valley. I knew the location but took a…
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Liam proposed marriage to Danielle on Iseltwald pier yesterday. Nice weather and before the tourists arrived in their buses. The weather forecast was fine despite the forecast earlier in the week. As I keep saying, you can’t trust the weather forecast in the Interlaken region! I got the impression that Danielle is not a big…
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Chris surprised Nina with a proposal of marriage in the mountains high up above Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. A lovely couple from California. I’m certain they will have a lovely life together. The weather forecast was very uncertain leading up to today. However, it was okay. I had a client cancel a booking two days ago. He…
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For the first time in a long time I arrived in Iseltwald and there was nobody at the famous pier. Not surprising really. It was 6.45 a.m on a Sunday in November 2022. Everywhere was dark…and it was cold. Sunrise was at 7.15 a.m. and Zack and Shirley arrived on the first bus from Interlaken…
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A surprise marriage proposal during a couples photo shoot with Suan Kian and Camy from Singapore. They arrived over 90 minutes late in Iseltwald. The Iseltwald Pier was already busy with tourists taking selfies. I counted 6 tourist buses arriving and leaving in Iseltwald as I waited for the couple. They didn’t want to stand…
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A wedding on a sunny day in Zermatt in November. Olympia and Dominic posed outside the Gemeinde for some pictures with the iconic Matterhorn mountain. Afterwards they went inside to be officially married in Switzerland. (You cannot be officially married in a church in Switzerland.) After the informal ceremony the couple rode a horse carriage …
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Photographer yesterday for a wedding in Zermatt with a lovely couple from Singapore. First there was the official ceremony in the Gemeinde building in Zermatt. Afterwards we travelled by taxi up to Winkelmatten. Here we had another ceremony in the Catholic church built in 1604. Afterwards, I had a slow walk down to the railway…
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Photographer for an elopement in Switzerland. Debbie and Marcus are a lovely couple from Australia. They contacted me earlier in the year for help with their elopement. They planned to stay in Interlaken and ended up renting a chalet in Iseltwald. Debbie wanted a spectacular location in the Swiss Alps. Everything went like clockwork. Hair…
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It’s the beginning of November 2022. Samuel proposes to Crystal on Iseltwald Pier. It’s Sunday, 8.40 am. and we are not alone! There are about 10 people here. A few are standing in line to take selfies. Nobody seems to be in a hurry which can be a little annoying because it is cold. It’s…
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I am in Tromsø Norway from the middle of October. Here are some landscape pictures. I will be back in Switzerland from the 1st November 2022. I am answering e-mails. It is taking a little longer that usual. —-
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A simple wedding ceremony with a couple from Finland and over 50 guests. Plus some cows! A really hot day. No shade. However, we had own personal cloud hover over us all the time we was on the mountain. Conditions of trail and lake from hikers: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/switzerland/bern/first-bachalpsee —-
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A pre wedding photo shoot on the “Crash Landing On You” location with a lovely couple from Japan. This was another early morning photo shoot. Shortly after sunrise. I brought my studio light to help light the couple on the pier. The studio light helped bring the couple out of the shadows. However it is…
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Photographer for a before the wedding photo shoot in Iseltwald with Amelia and Shawn from Singapore. We had to get there early. It is advisable these days. The Iseltwald pier has become a popular tourist destination. Bus loads of people arrive hourly. The pier became popular when it was featured in a Netflix TV series…
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Photographer for Stefan’s proposal of marriage to Jasmina. A cold and wet day in Iseltwald. At first Stefan didn’t want to propose to Jasmina on the pier (jetty, dock) in Iseltwald. But he changed his mind when he saw the location. Stefan told Jasmina that he had booked a photo shoot at the start of…