Tag: photography
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Day 55 Of Self-Isolation in Switzerland – Long Horned Cows
Reading Time: 2 minutesLong-Horned cows are a rare treat. We usually see short-horned or even de-horned cows in Switzerland. To see longhorn cow is a treat. I took a tiny detour from my walk to get some pictures. I have walked by the field a few times before seeing them close enough to the fence…
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Day Twenty-eight of ORCA in Switzerland – A Photo Walk
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I went on a photo walk. Since walking far is now out of the question if you want to be consistently socially distanced it makes sense to go out with a different purpose. When the purpose of the walk is to take photos you can afford to walk up a hill,…
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Infomaniak K Drive, Swisscom Mycloud, Apple Icloud and Google Drive
Reading Time: 5 minutesOver the last two days, I have been playing with Infomaniak K Drive, Swisscom MyCloud, Apple iCloud and Google Drive. I settled for Swisscom Mycloud because backing up pictures is free with my current contract and it’s cheaper than two terabytes with Apple iCloud. It’s free. Infomaniak K drive is interesting because…
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Avoiding User Generated Content With Adverts
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram has become user-generated content with adverts every fifth post. We went from following friends and their life to following personalities within our field of passions. I follow climbers, photographers, and friends. By following strangers, the timeline has become less relevant. This is especially true about following influencers. Influencers don’t share their…
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Replacing Instagram With Eyeem and a Blog
Reading Time: 2 minutesReplacing Instagram with Eyeem and a blog makes sense. When Instagram was new, before it was bought by Facebook it was a network of people who liked to take pictures sharing with friends and family. As it grew and as more people used it people followed less discerningly and so it became…
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An Ingress Photo Walk Before The Rain
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for an Ingress Photo Walk before the rain and I eventually did have to go home because the phone was starting to get wet and there was no urgency to continue playing the game and walking. I did spot a few things that were slightly out of the ordinary.…
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Plane Watching
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I went to Geneva airport for an event but found that there were no spaces in any of the parkings so I went to Decathlon and Mediamarkt before deciding to go and watch planes land instead. I watched nine planes land. During this plane watching session I was on the…
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Climbing Photography – for when other routes are too wet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been climbing outdoors for five to six years and during this time I have enjoyed both climbing photography and taking video. The two biggest challenges I face are how to keep myself in place and how to be confident that I will stay where I am. This requires trusting the…
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Tuesday is not the most productive of days
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the best nights to go out on at the moment is Monday night because that’s the night when most friends are out in the same place. Last night I was at the student yet again and I took 73 pictures of which one I’m afraid I’d prefer never to…