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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Photographer for a family photo shoot in Wengen in August. A late afternoon photo shoot by the church in this beautiful alpine resort. I was expecting a storm but it didn’t happen in the Jungfrau region. Other places in Switzerland were experiencing thunder, lightning and heavy rain. —-
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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…
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Three pictures from my visit to the mountains above Zermatt to hike the 5 lakes walk. I arrived early to ride the first funicular and gondola up the mountains. The weather was nice at the beginning of the day but it did get cloudy as the day progressed. It was pleasant again around 16.00. I…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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I went for a hike to Oeschinensee Lake on the July 22nd, 2022. It’s a lake situated in the mountains above Kandersteg, Switzerland. I have seen some nice pictures from the area. I wondered if it is suitable for a photo shoot. A surprise engagement. This area is a big tourist attraction. The day I…
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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…
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It was a crazy hot day in Interlaken. I didn’t need to be asked twice to photograph this lovely couple from Singapore in the Alpine village of Wengen. It was cooler in the Swiss Alps but the sun was as bright as ever! We found some shade under the trees. I arrived two hours earlier…
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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…
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Sasha surprised Julie with a marriage proposal whilst hiking along the trail from Mürren to Grütschalp. There are some nice locations along this trail with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountains in the background. Wengen can also be seen on the other side of the valley. —-
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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…
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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. —-
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Photographer in Bern for a photo shoot with VeruVese, a model from Prague. She contacted me for a photo shoot earlier in the month to see if I was interested in a photo shoot. I am always interested in meeting models for an informal, candid photo shoot in the streets of a Swiss city. —-
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I arrived in Iseltwald as 3 tourist buses were leaving the village. This location has become very popular! It was a cold windy day and they still come to see one of the locations used in the Netflix TV series “Crash Landing On You”. When Karyna and Carlo arrived one of the first things Carlo…
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A sunny morning in the Swiss Alps photographing a lovely couple from Washington, USA. The skiing season has finished and the snow is quickly melting on Grindelwald First. (Elevation: 2,184 m or 7,165 ft.) The sunlight was strong and bounding off the snow back into their faces. It was a challenge for Sarah and Kevin…
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A lovely couple from England tie the knot in the Swiss Alps. It takes about an hour to get get to this location by train. You cannot get here by car here. Part of your journey will include a train ride from Lauterbrunnen. It was a glorious yesterday when Abhi asked Amrita to marry him.…
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Surprise engagement on the pier on Brienzersee lake on the 15th April, 2022. A lovely nice couple from Israel tie the knot! Barak asked Adi to marry him on the famous pier in Iseltwald (Wikipedia). Barak holds the record for the number of e-mails sent to me to organize a photo shoot. How many? Too…
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Angie and Seng from Singapore cancelled their photo shoot because of the bad weather. Then she contacted me again me after seeing my other photo shoots in bad weather! She wrote, “We’re good to photograph under rain. You’d shown the proven record of nice photos despite bad weather.” We met in Lauterbrunnen where the weather…
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This popular location with a restaurant and viewing platform that overlooks Interlaken. The viewing platform on the Harder Kulm is a busy place. The restaurant is also very popular. It is also exposed on a sunny day. It can be a challenge for a inexperienced photographer. Elevation: 1, 322 meters – 4,337 feet More on…