For many years I’ve wanted to spend a night camped at the spectacular Coire Mhic Fhearchair in Torridon. This magnificent coire is one of the finest in Scotland, owing toContinue reading “Coire Mhic Fhearchair – A Perfect Torridon Night”
Category Archives: Photography
A Walk Among Elementals
“this journey (…) is not to be undertaken lightly. One walks among elementals, and elementals are not governable. There are awakened also in oneself by the contact elementals that areContinue reading “A Walk Among Elementals”
Meditative Photography
Very often landscape photography feels like a chase; trying to read the signals of weather, light and landscape to put yourself in the right place and time to see somethingContinue reading “Meditative Photography”
My First Wild Camp of the Year
The recent spell of fine weather here in the Highlands was a great opportunity to enjoy a relatively easy night out in a tent. After several good hill days onContinue reading “My First Wild Camp of the Year”
Sunset on Cairngorm
I needed a moment to pause as I took in the ridge that I was about to climb. ‘Oh boy. Here we go.’ Sometimes I think it would be niceContinue reading “Sunset on Cairngorm”
Walking at the Forest’s Edge
Despite having spent over a decade exploring the Caledonian Forests of the Rothiemurchus estate, there are some areas of these woods where I have very rarely set foot. The higherContinue reading “Walking at the Forest’s Edge”
Today Was a Gift
A few days ago the first snows of winter arrived on the mountains. There was a hard edged clarity of light in the forest that I only know from winterContinue reading “Today Was a Gift”
The Oaks of Sunart
As soon as the man on the phone stopped shouting at me and hung up, I made up my mind about going away. A few minutes later I had aContinue reading “The Oaks of Sunart”
Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time
On a cloudy October morning in 2008, I quietly opened the door of Ling Hut, where we had arrived in darkness the night before, stepped out into the damp airContinue reading “Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time”
Looking Closely at Things
One of the great joys that photography can bring you is the ability to notice things that other people can’t see. I mean this fairly literally – until you learnContinue reading “Looking Closely at Things”