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Life after Take a View
When Tim Parkin asked me if I would consider writing an article for OnLandscape I didn’t really have to think hard to come up with a first topic. Thanks to Charlie Waite and Take a View there hasn’t really been much on my mind (or in my diary) for the last month. Competitions aren’t something that I spend a great deal of time with. Apart from the Take a View competition I don’t actually enter any. This year I more
Postcards from Scotland
Our Autumn holidays in Scotland are always a gamble. Is there going to be any decent weather? Is there going to be any autumnal colour? more
“I used to want to go to Iceland”
However you react to a photograph after a period of time, you will take in the whole image and have some kind of reaction to it. more
The 10,000 Hour Rule
For a long time now I have been intrigued by the number of photographers (professional and amateur) who are, or have been involved with music to some extent in the past. Whether that be playing an instrument ( sometimes as a professional) or writing music for fun or to accompany their images or as I have done. I wouldn't be as interested if an artist had worked in two visual art more
Farewell to Oban, Welcome to Bridgnorth
Old Police Station, Bridgnorth So, we've finally made our move back South across the border and down into Shropshire. Of course it was not without pain, both physical (try lifting an Epson 9880 printer up a tight staircase) and emotional. In the final weeks before the big day i felt increasingly as though i was making a huge mistake, never more so than when more
The Art of Discovery
I've always been in love with the outdoors and fell in love with photographing it. I made a plan to escape the repetitious nature of a teaching timetable. more
Rubbish Light
All light is good for photography as long as it is married to suitable subject matter so why do I hear of ‘poor light’ driving photographers indoors? more
This month I’ve been mostly photographing old stuff…
On days where the weather or the light conspire to make working wider landscapes difficult I like nothing better than to find something rusting and fl more
E(igg)volution of an idea
2005, October Having recently returned from a week long visit to the Isle of Eigg, processed the sheets the sheets of film and completed the digital work flow I have taken a little time to look back over images made on previous visits going back to my first in October 2005. Eigg offers a wealth of photographic opportunities throughout the year right across the island more
Hidden Depths
From Beinn Maol Challum Ok, I admit it. I'm a bagger, a list ticker, a trophy collector. I've accepted what I am and I'm not going to change. Over the years I've collected lots of different things from Matchbox cars, tin soldiers and beer mats as a youngster to sea-washed bricks, mountain tops and footpaths as an adult. I love nothing more than pouring more
Tools of the Trade
The obvious problem facing landscape photographers is weather and most particularly rain. more
Full Time Photographer, A Pipe Dream?
My first love has been and always with be the outdoors, landscape photography my way of expressing how I feel about mountains and valleys, woodland and coast. more
Secret Affair
At just over 1000ft high and with no particularly defined peak visible from a distance Beinn Lora is a fairly unremarkable hill to look at. more
Reflections on Autumn
The season has been a wet one too with frequent spells of stormy weather often lasting for days on end. more
Winds of Change, Windows of Opportunity
Pre-conceived images may take months to fulfil, relying on a set of conditions to make them work. Yet every failed attempt spawns new ideas and images. more