Sometimes it's time to clear out old clutter and make room for new things. I did that two years ago with my entire household and when I moved. Yes, I know, a real problem for the environmentalists here. Some of it was still usable... But anyway, you fly to Greenland to photograph polar bears, too. I moved two years ago, and it was a decision I've never regretted. With the move and my subsequent retirement, things started to change. I remembered standing by the Sternenfeld foo

Am I a landscape photographer? An artist? Or a minimalist? Probably a bit of everything! Looking back on my 10 years as a landscape photographer, I've probably made all the mistakes a beginner makes! Trying to cram as much as possible into the photo! Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau, a beautiful flower meadow, a few alpine huts, and some cows on the right—they have to be in the shot too! And there you have it, a landscape photo?! Tree on a hill in the Emmental There are photographe

This year I'm doing a year in review as a blog post, not with my usual photo gallery. It won't be a top 12 gallery or anything like that. On the other hand, the whole top 2596 thing is getting a bit stale. In January, it snowed in the Basel region too, not just a dusting, but a thick blanket of snow. Early one morning in early January, I was at Ebenrain Castle in Sissach. A plowed track leads directly to the entrance gate of this beautiful castle in the Basel region. Ebenrain