Sona Charchian Photo

29/08/2026

The best shots always happen between the moments. If you happen to spot yourself, your photos are waiting for you. ✨

18/08/2026

Warning: after Oeschinensee, ordinary lakes just won’t impress you anymore. 🤯

Turquoise water, towering cliffs, and the feeling of stepping into a postcard. One hike is all it takes to make you want to come back again.

Save this place for the day you finally experience it with your own eyes. 🇨🇭

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

Manchmal erinnert uns das Universum daran, wie präzise seine Uhr tickt.

Das ist weder eine Montage noch eine Doppelbelichtung. Es ist der Moment, in dem der Mond die Sonne fast vollständig verdeckte und der Sonnenuntergang den Himmel über der Schweiz in einen riesigen Farbverlauf verwandelte.

Am 12. August 2026 erlebte Europa eines der beeindruckendsten astronomischen Ereignisse der letzten Jahrzehnte. Während die totale Sonnenfinsternis über Spanien, Island und Grönland verlief, war in der Schweiz eine tiefe partielle Sonnenfinsternis kurz vor Sonnenuntergang zu sehen. Genau diese besondere Konstellation sorgte für das warme Licht und diese einzigartige Landschaftsstimmung.

10/08/2026

I’m terrified of heights.🫣

So, naturally, I went up to Schilthorn. Almost 3,000 metres.

My eyes: “Incredible.”
My brain: “Step away from the edge.”
The photographer in me: “No, no… the composition is better from here.”

I got some accidental therapy, my camera got a few hundred shots, and my fear of heights got confirmation that it’s still working perfectly.
Schilthorn is spectacular.
Especially from a safe distance from the edge.

07/08/2026

Sometimes I’m not driving somewhere. I’m driving away from somewhere.
Away from days that all feel the same.
Away from routes that are far too predictable.
Away from always knowing what comes next.
And somewhere between another turn, the clouds, the rocks and the cold Gotthard air, that feeling suddenly comes back:
I can still be amazed.
Maybe that’s why photographers love the road so much.
We’re always looking for something that didn’t exist a second ago:
light falling across a mountainside,
a car in the mirror,
the shadow of a cloud,
a person standing in the middle of all that space.
Press the shutter — and the moment is already gone.
That day, Gotthard Pass wasn’t a route.
It was a reminder:
not everything in life has to take the shortest way.
Sometimes you just have to turn off.
And see what happens next.

📍 Gotthard Pass, Switzerland 🇨🇭

04/08/2026

Yes, the tunnel is faster.
But sometimes, the whole point of the journey is choosing the longer road. 🏔️

The one that makes you want to stop at every turn.

📍 Gotthard Pass, Switzerland 🇨🇭

03/08/2026

The problem with a great portrait? You can’t order it in advance.

03/08/2026

At Golf Apéro, I hardly ever ask people to pose.
They’re perfectly capable of creating great moments without my direction.

My job is the tricky part — being in exactly the right place for that split second.