One of the biggest mistakes we make as photographers is focusing our energy on learning new photographic techniques, processing skills, or obsessing over equipment. We should be focusing on theContinue reading “Leave the camera alone. Why 99% of your energy should go into the landscape itself.”
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Finding Amazing Moments in Scotland’s Most Challenging Conditions
Last week (2nd April) I enjoyed my first proper winter hill day in quite while. It was a fine bluebird day, and I enjoyed a snowy hike up to theContinue reading “Finding Amazing Moments in Scotland’s Most Challenging Conditions”
Fifty-Plus Landscapes from Winter Adventures in the Caledonian Forest
Following an unusually snow-less January, ‘real’ winter has recently returned to the Cairngorms National Park. Over the course of the last few weeks I have been pursuing my passion forContinue reading “Fifty-Plus Landscapes from Winter Adventures in the Caledonian Forest”
First Photography of 2022: Torridon and Loch Maree with a New Lens
Our first adventure of 2022 was a brief trip up to the Loch Maree/Torridon area in Wester Ross. Besides the Cairngorms this is probably my favourite area in the Highlands,Continue reading “First Photography of 2022: Torridon and Loch Maree with a New Lens”
2021 was a bizarre year, but here are my twelve most meaningful images.
This is one of those posts that I’ve had to start and restart writing several times. There’s just too much to tell. It’s been a remarkable year in many ways.Continue reading “2021 was a bizarre year, but here are my twelve most meaningful images.”
The Great Inversion, Part Four: The White Goddess
Day Four: Tuesday 21st December Every great day of photography begins with a plan, a rough prediction of what weather and light might look like, which gives rise to anContinue reading “The Great Inversion, Part Four: The White Goddess”
The Great Inversion, Part Three: The Edge of Beauty
Day Three: Monday 20th December Scout and I returned to Whitewell in the early morning, not long after sunrise. Once again we ran from the van to the birch treesContinue reading “The Great Inversion, Part Three: The Edge of Beauty”
The Great Inversion, Part Two: Shadow of the Mountain
Day Two: Sunday 19th December The second day of the Great Inversion was Saturday 18th, but since I had to drive south to get my booster shot I wasn’t ableContinue reading “The Great Inversion, Part Two: Shadow of the Mountain”
The Great Inversion, Part One: The Scallywag and the Pilgrim
Day One: Friday 17th December I only happened to glance at my phone, on Thursday night, when I saw the synoptic chart that had just been published by the MountainContinue reading “The Great Inversion, Part One: The Scallywag and the Pilgrim”
Rime Ice (A Mountain Poem)
Heading home I saw the hillsFrom the North the Cairngorms display their true size. From other angles pretending at being small. Vast, precipitous, and they beckon. Lairigs draw breath TheContinue reading “Rime Ice (A Mountain Poem)”