Welcome | Alpine Nature & Landscape Images | NiO Photography

Welcome to NiO Photography! We specialize in nature and landscape photography, with a focus on the European alpine regions. Being outdoors in the field, capturing the beauty of nature's detail, landscapes, waterscapes, flora as well as wildlife, is what we love to do.

B&W, Black and white, Clouds, Fog, French Alps, Lac Leman, Lake, Lake Geneva, Monochrome, Mountain, Préverenges, Rock, Square, The Alps

Long exposure, Motion blur, Mountain River, Rapid, Rock, Trient, Waterfall

Brown, Calf, Cow, Fog, Grindelwald, Meadow, Mountain, Swiss Alps, The Alps

B&W, Black and white, Grand Muveran (3051m), Monochrome, Mountain, Panorama, Petit Muveran (2810m), Rock, Snow, Sunset, Swiss Alps, The Alps

B&W, Black and white, Lac de Neuchâtel, Lake, Long exposure, Monochrome, Motion blur, Panorama, Pier

B&W, Black and white, Fog, Jura, Lac de Neuchâtel, Lake, Long exposure, Monochrome, Motion blur, Mountain, Pier, Square

Areuse river, Brot-Dessous, Long exposure, Motion blur, Mountain River, River, Stone

B&W, Black and white, Boat, Fisherman, French Alps, Lac Leman, Lake, Lake Geneva, Lutry, Monochrome, Mountain, People, The Alps, Transportation, Workmen

B&W, Black and white, Clouds, Grand Darray (3514m), La Foully, Le Portalet (3344m), Monochrome, Mountain, Orsières, Pine Tree, Pointe des Plines (3057m), Rock, Snow, Swiss Alps, The Alps, Tree

B&W, Black and white, Clouds, Monochrome, Mont Brun, Mountain, Panorama, Sanetschhorn (2924 m), Schluchhorn (2579m), Snow, Swiss Alps, The Alps

Baardgier, Bearded Vulture, Bearded Vulture-Eagle, Bird, Blue sky, Flying, Gemmipass, Gypaetus barbatus, Lammergeier, Lammergeyer, Lammergier, Leukerbad, Mountain, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps

Aiguille d'Argentière (3901m), Aiguille du Chardonnet (3824m), French Alps, Grand Darray (3514m), Le Châtelet (2537m), Mont Blanc (4810 m), Mountain, Orsières, Swiss Alps, The Alps, Tour Noir (3836m)

B&W, Black, Black and white, Clouds, Monochrome, Mountain, Swiss Alps, The Alps

Blue sky, Culan (2789m), Mountain, Ollon, Pine Tree, Snow, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps, Tree, Winter

Alpine, Barn, Blue sky, Building, Grand Muveran (3051m), Mountain, Ollon, Pine Tree, Snow, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps, Tree, Winter

Alpine, Autumn, Blue sky, Derborance, Lake, Les Diablerets (3210m), Mountain, Reflection, Swiss Alps, The Alps, Vétroz

Alpine, B&W, Black and white, Clouds, Fog, Forest, Gsteig, Landscape, Monochrome, Mountain, Pine Tree, Rock, Snow, Spitzhorn (2807 m), Swiss Alps, The Alps, Tree

Alpine, B&W, Black and white, Fog, Les Diablerets (3210m), Monochrome, Mountain, Ormont-Dessous, Pine Tree, Schluchhorn (2579m), Snow, Swiss Alps, The Alps, Tree

Close-up, Flower, Macro

B&W, Black and white, Boat, Fog, French Alps, Lac Leman, Lake, Lake Geneva, Monochrome, Mountain, Sailing Boat, Sunbeams, The Alps, Transportation, Whispy clouds

Dusk, Gsteig, Lac de Sanetsch, Lac de Sénin, Lake, Long exposure, Mont Brun, Motion blur, Mountain, Rock, Sanetsch See, Sanetschhorn (2924 m), Snow, Sunrise, Swiss Alps, The Alps

Autumn, Fungi, Macro, Mushroom, Switzerland, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, leaves

Close-up, Dew, Fern, Green, Macro, Plant

Dawn, Gsteig, Lac de Sanetsch, Lac de SÃ©nin, Lake, Mont Brun, Mountain, Reflection, Rock, Sanetsch See, Sanetschhorn (2924 m), Snow, Sunrise, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps

B&W, Black and white, Fork, Lac Leman, Lake, Lake Geneva, Long exposure, Monochrome, Motion blur, Mountain, Silhouette, The Alps, Vevey

Clouds, Fog, Mountain, Piz Minger (3114m), Piz Plavna Dadaint (3166m), Rock, Scuol, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps, Thunderstorm

Black, Mountain River, Rock, S-Chanf, Stone, Switzerland, Waterscape

Blue sky, Clouds, Mountain, Mountain River, Pine Tree, Piz Pisoc (3173m), Scuol, Stone, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, The Alps, Tree

Blue sky, Clouds, Cow, Lake, Mountain River, Rock, San Bernardino, Switzerland

Close-up, Llama, Portrait, White

Alpine, Blue sky, Clouds, Lake, Meadow, Mountain, Pine Tree, Seebergsee, Switzerland, The Alps, Tree, Zweisimmen

Alpine, Blue sky, Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Grand Saint Bernard Pass, Lake, Landscape, Mountain, Mountain pass, Rock, Snow, Stone, The Alps

Close-up, Flower, Macro, Pink, Round-headed orchid, Traunsteinera globosa

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Photography portfolio

This site showcases a growing portfolio of alpine nature and landscape photographs. Our mission is to to create images that capture the beauty of nature’s detail, landscapes, waterscapes and flora. Geographically, the main focus is on Switzerland and the surrounding countries, with a special interest in the most beautiful mountain range system of Europe: the Alps. A few samples of our featured galleries:

Switzerland, Alps, Snow, Blue sky, Clouds

Mountain Landscapes

Switzerland, Gruyère, Barn, Meadow, Alpine, Wooden

Alpine countryside

Pine tree, Rock, Clouds, Rainstorm

Forest, Trees & Woodland

French Alps, Lac Léman, Lake Geneva, Marina, Montreux, Boats

Waterscapes

Sunset, Mountain, Light beam, Blue, Red, Clouds, Snow

Twilight

Grenz, Glacier, Lizkamm, Dufourspitze, Snow, Zermatt

Glaciers

Flowers and plants

Aerial landscapes

The majority of the images on this site are available to purchase as prints or to license for personal use or commercial use (rights managed). Purchases can be executed directly online. Comprehensive image search options are available on our advanced image search page.

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We regularly post articles about our photographic nature and landscape work, places and events visited, image portfolio updates as well as photography related software, technology and books.

Last mountain light

Last mountain light

Posted in: Landscape

Last mountain light on the snow-covered Grand Muveran and Petit Muveran mountains, both rugged mountains are part of the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais.

Tranquillity

Tranquillity

Posted in: Landscape

A long exposure image in B&W of two abandoned piers in Lac de Neuchâtel, near Estavayer-le-Lac in Switzerland

Silky smooth

Silky smooth

Posted in: Nature

Characteristic stones and flowing water of a mountain river in the Swiss Jura, exposed for 126 seconds to give the water a silky smooth look.

A day at the office

A day at the office

Posted in: Landscape

A black and white image of a fisherman at work on a boat on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva), with the silhouette of the French Alps in the background

Come climb with me

Come climb with me

Posted in: Landscape

Panorama view in B&W of the of the Mont Blanc massif as seen from the valley near Orsières in Switzerland. The view includes the Grand Darray, Le Portalet and the Pointe des Plines mountains.

Schluchhorn north face on a winter-day

Schluchhorn north face on a winter-day

Posted in: Landscape

A view of the characteristic north face of the Schluchhorn mountain, which is part of the Diablerets massif in the Swiss canton of Bern, processed in black and white.

Bearded Vulture in flight

Bearded Vulture in flight

Posted in: Nature

Capture of a huge bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight above the Swiss Alps at the end of the Gemmipass in Leukerbad, Switzerland.

Come fly with me

Come fly with me

Posted in: Landscape

An aerial view of the Mont Blanc Massif processed in black and white. The image was shot from the Swiss Alps and shows the more raw side of the massif.

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