On another post I wax lyrical about plastic cameras and the puzzlingly important place they have in my equipment checklist. Well now I’m going to get sentimental and teary-eyed about a variety of non-camera related gizmos that all contributed to making the above image possible.
Light Work
Climbing to Darden Lough
Each season has its own rewards and challenges. The benefits of winter are late-morning starts (a luxury for a landscape photographer!), the excitement of snow and ice, and the thought of returning home to a hot bath, a bowl of soup and the satisfaction of a job well done. The drawback is a world with …
Dunstanburgh Castle
I’m often asked where my favourite place to photograph is. That’s a tricky one to answer. Generally I wriggle my way out by saying that it’s wherever I happen to be at the time. However, I do have one subject that I’m not sure I could ever tire of: Dunstanburgh Castle.
Buachaille Etive Mòr
Forming the backdrop to movies such as the Braveheart and Highlander, the distinctive pyramid shape Stob Dearg, the main peak of Buachaille Etive Mòr, is arguably the most recognisable of Scotland’s mountains. Buachaille Etive Mòr translates as the ‘great shepherd of the Etive’, the Etive being the river that winds its way around the base of …
Cauldron Snout
You can feel it in the soles of your boots before you see it. You know that something mighty is happening, just out of sight, just below you. An elemental force, wild and untameable. And then you are there. Standing open-mouthed. Looking down at… Cauldron Snout.
Light Work
Apparently 250 is the optimum number of words for a readable blog entry. More than that and the reader will become bored and liable to go elsewhere for entertainment. Fewer, and it becomes impossible to impart meaningful information that actually makes sense. Ironically, in telling you this, I’ve just used up 53 words without even …