Tag: switzerland photographer
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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 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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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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I have found it very difficult to predict the weather in the Interlaken and Jungfrau regions using weather apps. The lakes and mountains create local weather conditions. The forecast on the 30th September was rain. There are dark clouds over Interlaken but no rain. In Brienz, the weather is okay. (See picture.) What you cannot…
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Photographer for a wedding photo shoot with a lovely couple from Japan. Saoria and Daichi contacted me for a photo shoot in Iseltwald. This was an early morning photo shoot. Before the tourists arrived in their buses. The weather was perfect. You can see the sun was rising in the sky. We managed to finish…
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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…
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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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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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Surprise engagement Bachalpsee 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…
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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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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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Carol and Jose from the USA announcing that there will be soon be three of them! Pregnancy announcement photo shoot by Lake Brienzersee near Interlaken, Switzerland. A hot summer’s day. Not a cloud in the sky. A cool breeze from the Swiss lake keeping us refreshed during a photo shoot. We started the photo shoot…
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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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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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Amazing photo shoot in the mountains that overlook Lauterbrunnen. It was a lovely afternoon. The sun was perfect and the farmer had not cut the grass. I took Joseph and Christina to my favorite locations. I was unaware that the couple wanted to do something crazy. Joseph asked if they could do their jump! Wow!!…
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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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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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We went up into the mountains that surround this Swiss alpine resort. There is still snow on the top but it is wet making it difficult to walk. But we made it! It was a lovely day and my favorite spot was being used by para-gliders. Normally they take-off further down the mountain. Alexis had…