Charlotte and I met on the roof of the National Museum in Edinburgh. It was incredibly windy and this made it difficult to get many pictures of Charlotte with Edinburgh’s roofscapes behind. This one was my favourite of the windswept images we did, and would have been my second choice overall. I love the intensity...
Arran and the Cumbraes from the Haylie Brae above Largs I have bought a new camera! Everyone I know has said to me ” how can you possibly need another camera”? My photographic friend Shirley understood perfectly well when I told her. She said in a burst of great wisdom, you can’t have too many...
A post that does what it says on the tin: From the sailing club pontoon on Loch Leven looking east to the Pap of Glencoe with its little bonnet of cloud on the right. The view over the Black Mount area from one of the roadside lochans on the Rannoch Moor. Anyone who has walked...
Gerard Burns: “Prophet and Loss” I have found this second inspiration piece to be a real challenge. My friend Elisabeth chose this quirky and challenging painting by Scottish artist Gerard Burns. I didn’t know anything about Burns, but have since learned that one of his paintings hangs in the First Ministers office in Holyrood. (Scottish...
Any regular subscribers to my blog will remember my photo session with the wonderful Karen Liversedge. Karen is a glass artist based in Oban on the west coast of Scotland and her work is simply beautiful. Check out her site and links here. http://www.karenliversedge.com I have one of Karen’s pieces myself and everyone who has...
Hi Matthew
Just thought id say hi. Just visiting your blog and pleased to see that you are still so active with your photography.. with wondrous results. Hey, I am sorry that we are so close geographically yet have not managed to make contact. Dan’s show is going really well and edinburgh is wonderful as ever.. I hope all is well xxxx Love