Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Switzerland is the home of landscape photographer Johan Peijnenburg, and he loves to write about it. Expect to find stories about the Swiss Landscape Photographs that resulted from his many trips to explore and photograph Switzerland. The photographs feature the beautiful Swiss Alps, the countryside, and of course the Swiss lakes. Also, quite a few of the stories feature Nature’s Detail found in Switzerland.

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A swiss countryside landscape at sunrise in black & white, with tracks in a freshly mowed field leading the eye towards the trees on the horizon. Into the Light - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

05
May

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Early morning in the Swiss countryside: Into the Light

Posted on May 5, 2020February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 13 Comments

The beauty of an early morning in the Swiss countryside. A story about luck and a landscape photograph titled “Into the Light”.

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A fine art long exposure of an alpine mountain river rapid in black & white, featuring white water and dark marbled rocks with white streaks. Marbled - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

26
Apr

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A long exposure of a river rapid reworked: Marbled

Posted on April 26, 2020February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 123 Comments

Re-introducing a long exposure photograph of a river rapid, titled Marbled, reworked in black & white, featuring silky white water and dark marbled rocks.

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A moody mountain lake sunset at Laghetto Moesola, a small Swiss lake situated at the summit of the San Bernardino Pass. In the background the mountains Piz Uccello and Piz de la Lumbreida. Mountain Moods - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

25
Apr

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

New: Mountain Moods, a sunset at Laghetto Moesola

Posted on April 25, 2020February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 215 Comments

Thoughts about staying put when shooting a sunset and introduction of a new lake landscape titled “Mountain Moods” featuring a sunset at Laghetto Moesola.

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A lake landscape in B&W featuring a line of rocks acting as a breakwater in Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Walk on Water - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

19
Aug

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A new long exposure landscape in B&W: Walk on Water

Posted on August 19, 2014February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 169 Comments

Introducing a new long exposure landscape in B&W, titled Walk on Water, with a breakwater of rocks leading the eye to the horizon at Lac Léman, Switzerland

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An autumnal landscape, featuring brewing dark clouds above a meadow with a meandering mountain river in the Alps of Graubünden in Switzerland. Up the Stream - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

05
May

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A new Swiss landscape photograph: Up the Stream

Posted on May 5, 2014February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 261 Comments

The story behind “Up the Stream”, a moody Swiss landscape photograph featuring a snaky mountain river meandering down from the Swiss Alps in autumn.

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A winter landscape photograph in B&W, with telephony poles disappearing towards the horizon in a foggy and snowy Swiss winter landscape. Fading - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

07
Apr

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

New minimalist winter photography titled Fading added

Posted on April 7, 2014February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 203 Comments

A story about shooting minimalist winter photography and a new publication titled “Fading”, with telephony poles disappearing in a foggy winter landscape.

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A Swiss winter mountain landscape with snow, with the moon above Piz Tremoggia mountain in Engadin, Switzerland, and fog crawling up in the direction of the moon. Shoot for the Moon - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

15
Jan

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A mountain landscape with snow: Shoot for the Moon

Posted on January 15, 2014February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 314 Comments

Introducing a new photograph featuring a Swiss winter mountain landscape with snow above Piz Tremoggia and fog crawling up in the direction of the moon

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A mountain landscape in colour, with early morning light on the Mont Blanc Massif in winter rising above the clouds. In the foreground fresh snow and a line of trees with snow and hoarfrost. Majestically Rising - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

20
Dec

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A high alpine mountain landscape: Majestically Rising

Posted on December 20, 2013February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 202 Comments

The story behind a recently published high alpine mountain landscape photograph, titled Above the Clouds, showing the Swiss view of the Mont Blanc Massif

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A tranquil sunrise at Lai da Palpuogna with Piz Ela mountain catching first light in the background. This Swiss alpine lake is located at the Albula Pass near Bergün in the canton of Graubünden. Alpine Serenity - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

29
Oct

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

Tranquil dawn at a Swiss alpine lake: Alpine Serenity

Posted on October 29, 2013February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 264 Comments

Thoughts about spending a sunrise at a Swiss alpine lake called Lai da Palpuogna (Graubünden) and the result, a landscape photograph titled Alpine Serenity

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Les Diablerets mountain and trees with fall colours reflected in Lac de Derborence in Switzerland. Lac de Derborence - Copyright Johan Peijnenburg - NiO Photography

23
Sep

Exploring and photographing Switzerland

A mountain lake in fall: reflections at Lac de Derborence

Posted on September 23, 2013February 21, 2025 by Johan Peijnenburg - 240 Comments

A short story about photographing in Autumn and a photograph that shows a mountain lake called Lac de Derborence in fall and Les Diablerets in Switzerland.

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