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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's been lovely of late and the umbrellas are sprouting nicely in downtown #Olten. #art #kunst #umbrellas #swiss #schweiz #colour #color

Brightly colored umbrellas against a blue sky in Olten Switzerland.

Brightly colored umbrellas forming the shape of the coat of arms of Olten in Switzerland.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Baking hot here in sunny Switzerland, so, I took refuge in a second hand bookstore and came away with these two gems. #helmut_newton #werner_bischof #analogue #analog #blackandwhite #swiss #photography #books #schweiz #bern

Werner Bischof's photographs in Europe, post WW2.

"Us and Them.
Photographic reportage by Helmut Newton and his wife Alice Springs.

Lovely and cool in the second-hand bookshop in Bern, Switzerland.

I got to wear my "Camera Sutra" t-shirt! :D

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This is my latest Blue sky Skirkle based on 567 interactions with 285 people over the past 538 days. Do you see yourself here? Get yours for free over at www.skirkle.me/Skirkle #bluesky #skirkle #followers #friends

A "Skirkle" based on 567 interactions with 285 people over the past 538 days.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I love photography. When I'm in "the zone", time seems to stand still. I've been at it since 1979 and am lucky enough to still be passionate about it. #photography #longexposure #Bern #swiss #switzerland #photographer #canon #billingham

Tom Waugh adjusts the settings on his camera while life goes on around him. Bern, Switzerland.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Another blast from the past! Stuttgart in the early eighties. I call it "Punk on a roof. This was probably taken with a Canon F1 and a 35mm f2,8. #streetphotography #blackandwhite #kodaktrix #photography #canonF1 #stuttgart #germany #punk #punkrock

A punk rocker sits on a gazebo roof in Stuttgart West Germany in 1982.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Don't forget to keep your energy up when on a long photoshoot! #studio #photography #cupcake #canon #friday_foto_fun

A Canon 5d MkII is being used as a cupcake holder

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Say hello to my little friend! I'm more excited than I have been for a long time about this beautiful 1957 Canon vt. I cannot wait to load it up and take some photographs with it. #canonvt #canon_vt #1956 #35mm #photography #collector #japan #streetphotography

A 1956 Canon VT camera with a 50mm f2.2 lens

The top plate of a 1956 Canon VT camera with a 50mm f2.2 lens

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I spent a lot of time hanging around this statue. This was taken in Stuttgart in about 1981. I was a photographer for the US army. This was taken with a Canon F1 and a 35mm f2,8. "Denkpartner" by Hans Jörg Limbach #streetphotography #blackandwhite #kodaktrix #photography #canonF1 #statue #germany

A couple canoodle behind the "Denkpartner" statue in Stuttgart in about 1981.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Taking advantage of the rare sunshine last week, I took a stroll through Solothurn which is the finest preserved Baroque style city in Switzerland. #solothurn #schweiz #suisse #photography #bluesky #baroque

Inside the Catholic church in Solothurn.

Baroque architecture everywhere you look.

One of the many fountains spread through the city.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Still on the nostalgic "looking back" thing. This was taken in Stuttgart in about 1981. I was a photographer for the US army. This was taken with a Canon F1 and a 35mm f2,8. "Denkpartner" by Hans Jörg Limbach #streetphotography #blackandwhite #kodaktrix #photography #canonF1 #statue #germany

John Marshall of the US Army in Stuttgart looks at a statue called "Denkpartner" by Hans Jörg Limbach in 1981.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Currently going through my black and white negs from the 70's until the 90's. Here's a pic I took on the Isle of Wight in the early eighties. Probably used a Chinon Cm-3 for it. The lens would have been a 50 or 35mm. #streetphotography #blackandwhite #kodaktrix #photography #punk #punkrocker

A Punk Rocker smoking a cigarette, talks to a friend on the street .
Isle of Wight 1979-80

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Listening to this, at a quiet volume, on a loop. So relaxing!

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I took this pic on the London underground escalator. I was going down and they were going up. I held my camera so that it was the same angle as the escalator! :D #london #uk #tube #escalator #angles #fun

London underground 2025.
The camera has been geld at the same angle as the opposite escalator which gives a "leaning" effect.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I was gifted another #Contax camera last Friday as a thank you for fixing someone's ancient laptop. I now have a Contax 2 and 2a. Gonna have to buy more film! #contax2 #thankful #vintage #camera #photography

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Felt the urge to shoot at the local #XMAS market yesterday in #Olten. One camera and one prime lens. #swiss #schweiz #fujifilm #x-e2 #suisse #blackandwhite #14mm

Local church in Olten, Switzerland
Fujifilm x-e2
Fujinon 14mm f2. 8

1.7 second exposure @f8
Fujifilm x-e2
Fujinon 14mm f2. 8

Olten art gallery

Fujifilm x-e2
Fujinon 14mm f2. 8

1.7 second exposure @f8
Fujifilm x-e2
Fujinon 24mm f2. 8

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A couple of months ago, someone gifted me two Leica cameras. Yesterday, I did someone a favour and he insisted that I have this Contax II camera and actinic light meter. That was after I told him that he could probably flog it for a tidy sum himself! #analogue #35mm #contax #contaxII #photography

A Contax II 35mm camera with case and an actinic. Light meter.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

View from my bedroom window. Caught the moon above the Alps at dusk tonight. For those of you who are interested in such things: Fujifilm X-T2 18-55 kit lens @55mm ISO 640 1/60sec @ f6.8 #dusk #daemmerung #Fuji #alps #swiss #suisse #haegendorf #switzerland #moon #mood

View facing south of the Alps with the moon above them. Taken at dusk. 28th of October 2025

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Trying to grab as much Autumn as possible! :D For those of you who are interested: Fujifilm x-h1 Fujinon 18-55mm #autumn #herbst #suisse #trees #fujifilm #swiss #switzerland #Thurnstetten

A row of trees show their Autumn foliage in Thurnstetten, Switzerland

A row of trees show their Autumn colours in Thurnstetten, Switzerland

Japanese anonemes. Thurnstetten, Switzerland

Autumn colours. Thurnstetten, Switzerland

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Apart from Spring, Autumn is my favourite photographic time! I took these last Friday in #balsthal, #Switzerland. #swiss #herbst #autumn #schweiz #wideangle #contrejour

Late Autumn in Balsthal, Switzerland. Backlit trees in the sunshine.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Dammit! First time since I started in photography in 1979 that my tripod has toppled over and wrenched a lens off the front of my camera. Good job. I had the equivalent Canon lens and body in the boot of my car as a backup. #fujinon #fujifilm #be_prepared #backup #canon #ouch

The picture shows a fujinon 10 to 24 zoom lens which was wrenched off the front of a camera after it toppled over on the tripod.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Photograhed the cows in my village during the Summer. Last night, I decided to give them the #blackandwhite treatment. #monochrome #cows #countryside #moo_cows #haegendorf #switzerland #suisse #schweiz #sommer2025 #summer

Cows graze in a field in Haegendorf, Switzerland

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Took a trip to the #giessbachfaslle (Giessbach falls). Splendid #autumn colours and 14 #waterfalls! Well worth a trip. #Canon #6d #EF24-105 #scenic #swiss #switzerland #suisse #schweiz

A slow shutter speed created the water blurring effect at the #giessbach falls in Switzerland

Shot through one of the #waterfalls at the #giessbach falls in Switzerland

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Carnival time in my village this last weekend. When I was a kid, we called this the "chairoplane". :) #chilbi #carnival #2025 #haegendorf #switzerland #funfair

A carnival ride set against a cobalt blue sky.
Hägendorf, Switzerland 2025

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Bucketing down with rain yesterday but real estate photography must go on! Thank goodness for the Fujifilm weather sealing and my Panama hat! #realestate #photography #fujifilmx-h1 #rain #regen #regenschutz #sprtizwasserfest #splashproof #panamahat

A Fujifilm X-h1 camera photographs a property for sale in the rain. The camera is protected by an umbrella.

A Fujifilm H-H1 camera on a tripod has its lens protected by a Panama hat.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The international photography festival is taking place at the moment in Olten, Switzerland. Lots of walks, talks, exhibitions, wokshops etc. More details here: www.ipfo.ch #photography #ipfo #blackandwhite #canon #Fujifilm #

A Sri-Lankan dancer goes through a routine for a throng of photographers at the international photo festival in Olten, Switzerland.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

One and a half hours until my next job. A book and the lovely view of the St Ursus Cathedral in Solothurn will help alleviate the boredom! :) #solothurn #switzerland #schweiz #leica #panamahat

A view of the Dt ursen cathedral in Solothurn, Switzerland.

A Panama hat with a Leica II are in the firegr
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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Summertime in Switzerland. Time off for me, but non stop work for these little guys. #summer #sommer #schweiz #switzerland #insects #bees #butterflies #schmetterling

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A colour image Waiting for my granddaughter at the station in Switzerland. I saw my shadow and thought about how monochromatic it looked. And there's a little bit of colour in just to prove it! :D #olten #station #switzerland #schweiz #notblackandwhite #streetphotogrsphy #shadows #colour

Light and Shadow. An image which at first appears to be monochromatic is actually a colour photo.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Week! That's my camera gear packed for a quick UK trip. :) #blackandwhite #canon #leica #oldschool #holiday

The picture shows two analogue cameras. A Canon T90 and a Leica model 3.
There are also three rolls of Ilford XP2 chromogenic film.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Summer feeling in Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Quite a few water lovers jumping off the bridge in the town. For those of you who are interested. Fujifilm x-100 1/500 sec @ f8 #swiss #switzerland #schweiz #rheinfelden #summer #summervibes #rhein #dive #sports

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Checking out Sunflowers. My idea and my partner took it under my instructions #sunflowers #naturephotography #yellow #swiss #closeup #macro #photography #simple #eyes

A close-up of my eye showing the reflection of some sunflowers.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A trifle bored. So I took some still life photos of my #fujifilmx100 and a compass. #stilllife #compass #bored #camera

A Fujifilm X100 lit naturally alongside a Silva compass

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Currently on a location shoot at a property for sale. The house is empty and the garden is unattended. I'm waiting for my client to turn up and I was thinking that they could be worse places to wait. Have a great day #blueskyers #realestatephotography #suisse #porrentruy

A vibrant and lush overgrown Garden of an empty house with blue skies and saturated green foliage and blossom everywhere.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Managed to get up close to a gorgeous Klimt painting at the Solothurn Art museum in Switzerland last week. It's called "The Goldfish".

"The Goldfish" by Klimt. This painting is in the Solothurn Art Museum, Switzerland.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The finest examples south of the Alps, of Roman mosaics are in Villa romaine d'Orbe-Boscéaz (Mosaïques romaines d'Urba). I took my Insta 360 camera with me #roman #mosaics #switzerland #suisse #schweiz #history #insta360 #villa #d'Orbe-Boscéaz

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Often when I am doing a property shoot, I take detail pics for myself. On this particular day in #olten , I was drawn to the various black surfaces #realty #immobilien #estate_agent #switzerland #schweiz #swiss #black #interior #architecture #photography #fujifilm

A black staircase in the Terminus building in Olten, Switzerland

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Headshot! A Sparrow (passer domesticus) building a nest in the rain. For those of you who care about such things: Fujifilm X-T3 Fujinon 50-140mm F2.8 640 ISO #sparrow #bird #rspb #birdphotography #spatz #passer_domesticus #spoogie #swiss #schweiz #switzerland

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

More from my archives. In the 90's, I photographed a lot at St James' or Roker Park. For those of you who care about such things: Canon EOS 600 EF 200mm f2.8 1600iso or 3200iso 1/500sec @f2.8 #bftp #throwbackthursday #safc #blackcats #rokerpark #sunderland #football #nufc #blackandwhite

A Sunderland home match in the 90's.
Canon EOS 600
EF 200mm f2.8
3200 iso
1/500sec @f2.8

A Sunderland home match in the 90's.
Canon EOS 600
EF 200mm f2.8
1600 iso
1/500sec @f2.8

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

See yourself here? Saw a similar one on @rudolfsteiner23.bsky.social 's page and just HAD to get my own one free. This is based on my Bluesky interactions with 247 people over the past 179 days. Check more out on their page @sk-dev.bsky.social

A Skircle based on Bluesky interactions with 247 people over the past 179 days from tomphotographer's account.

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Tom Waugh @tomphotographer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Time for some uplifting pics of those tiny insects that do so much for us. #Spring #Frühling #bees #Bienen #Schweiz #naturephotography #crocus #mexican_aster

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