Winter Print Sale
All of the prints we currently have in stock are available in our sale at over 50% off. Your chance to grab a real bargain. Follow this link to view the images available. Where the image is listed as ” light print fault” this means the print has very light banding which cannot be seen with the naked eye from more than a couple of feet away (probably closer than you will stand and view it on your wall). Faulty prints are being sold fully mounted and backed at over 75% off the original print price and are titled but not signed. Prices shown do not include postage charges which can...
Read MoreSpot Metering for Expressive Exposure.
One subject that crops up time and time again when I’m tutoring is correct exposure. Before I explain my work-flow regarding this I would say that, rather like composition, exposure can be subjective and any rules that apply can (and should) be broken if you wish to develop your own vision. The classic mistake I encounter is when people spend ages hunting for a mid-tone around which to build a tone map of a scene. When in Gairloch back in February a client on the tour stood for about twenty minutes trying to fathom the relationship of tones in the scene and struggled to choose a mid...
Read MoreThe same old back-hander.
This article was first posted on my old blog three weeks ago. “Oooh what a lovely photo, you must have a really good camera” If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that over the past eight years I would be enjoying a prolonged visit for myself and said equipment to some exotic location. Imagine standing in front of a Monet or a Rembrandt and saying ‘how lovely, he must have had great brushes’ or better to a top chef ‘ that meal was fantastic, you must have a brilliant oven’. You wouldn’t dream of it but for some reason the camera gets the credit for a photographers work....
Read MoreLandscape Photography. It’s a bit of an animal.
One of the many things that influenced me to move to Scotland years ago was a television series called Wilderness Walks. Six episodes hosted by hill walker and writer Cameron McNeish where he traversed wild and remote regions of Scotland with the likes of Chris Smith, Chris Brasher and David Craig. Inspired by the stunning locations I began to visit Scotland and walk its hills, I also subscribed to The Great Outdoors magazine to gain further knowledge and inspiration for future visits. I remember a series of short interviews run in the back of the magazine where one of the questions asked...
Read MoreWhy So Serious?
Now that my gallery has been closed for nearly a year the majority of my imagery is sold through other galleries and retailers across Scotland. I have an agent to cover this side of the business but unfortunately following a terrible accident in which both his legs were crushed below the knee he has been out of action for over a year. I find it difficult to sell my own work as I have too personal an attachment to it to be able to treat it purely as product. My wife has been capably managing sales for the past eighteen months while I concentrate on making images and all the...
Read MoreThe story behind….Cold Dawn Inverpolly.
The second in a series describing the story behind some of my popular images. The mountains of Assynt and Inverpolly have inspired me for many years. Studying books by the likes of Colin Prior and Colin Baxter ten years ago these hills (not the largest in Scotland by far) stood out as the most unique landscape to be found here in Britain. Isolated peaks, often surrounded by miles of wet moorland each one had its own unique profile, their Norse names ( Suilven, Canisp, Quinag) sparking my imagination and sense of adventure. Living on the Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border travelling so far...
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