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It’s annual tradition that St. Gallen lights up the old town with Christmas lights, and it was five years ago when I took this photo on Multergasse. The photo is posted on a few websites, and it was recently picked by a photo.net editor to be a part of this year’s Editors’ Picks: Winter Photos 2007. It’s flattering to see that some of my photos still gain an audience. The timing is also right since St. Gallen just strung up the lights for the holiday season.

It’s a shame that I don’t take as many photos as I used to. I have a nice DSLR camera with an assortment of lenses and accessories, which don’t get the use it deserves. I think it’s because I spend so much time hiking and cycling, and carrying a heavy camera is the last thing I want to do. Although, I still have my compact camera, which I usually take along.

I’ve been developing a new script for displaying photos online. There are already thousands of scripts to do this, but I never found one that I really liked. Most album software shows you a small thumbnail with an enlarged image, which I find tedious. The thumbnails are often too small to get a sense of the album, and the enlarged view requires you to slowly page between each photo. I wanted something that displays my photos similarly to a real photo album, which has three or four images per page. Check out the following examples. Use the back button of your browser to return to the blog, and click on an image to switch views.