Outdoors

A Rainy View of Loch Awe

16th October 2019 In Scottish Lochs

Even on the wettest of days, looking across some of the Scottish lochs will reward you with some of the most atmospheric scenes that you can imagine. In this scene the rain...

The Hartland Coastline

3rd October 2019 In Hartland

Before the sun begun to set on my last trip to Hartland at the weekend I photographed the cliffs that form the coastline. While there is a little blue sky, I like the drama...

A Lone Tree in Glen Shiel

3rd January 2019 In Scottish Glens

I am sure that most landscape photographers can relate to seeing something that they want to photograph at a time when it isn’t ideal. I often randomly spot a tree,...

A Panoramic View of Scottish Mountains

22nd August 2018 In Scottish Mountains

I photographed this vista from the west end of Loch Glascarnoch in Scotland. I love the way the closer peaks frame the distant mountains. This scene suits a panoramic image...

Scenic View of the Exmoor Countryside

17th May 2018 In Exmoor

It is a long time since I have just gone out in the car with my camera and no solid plan in place. While driving on to Exmoor national park in the late afternoon, my only...

A Rainy Mountain View

25th September 2017 In Scotland Scottish Mountains

Recently I have been creating photos during rainy days as a project. I think that rainy days are a wonderful opportunity to create landscape photographs that are nice and moody,...

Stob a’Ghlais Choire, Glen Etive

3rd September 2017 In Scottish Glens Scottish Mountains

Stob a’Ghlais Choire was impressive when looking from Glen Etive below, especially as the cloud drifted across the peak. I focused on the intimate landscape for this...

Buachaille Etive Mor

28th August 2017 In Scottish Mountains

Glen Coe is one of my favourite places to go to in Scotland, with or without my camera. The entire length of the glen offers amazing scenery to absorb or capture in any weather,...

Sky on Fire, Scotland

22nd August 2017 In Dalmally Scottish Mountains

A few hours after we arrived in Dalmally; our base for this visit to Scotland, the sky looked like it was on fire as the sun began to set beyond the mountains. I watched the light...

Autumnal photography at Fingle Bridge

17th November 2016 In Dartmoor

I knew a sunrise was out of the question as I planned my jaunt to Fingle Bridge on Dartmoor National Park. The great thing about photographing autumnal scenes is that I could...

Morning Mist over Loch Garry

29th September 2016 In Scottish Lochs

I headed to Loch Garry after photographing Loch Loyne in my previous post. The loch was totally obscured by the thick morning mist (or cloud inversion) that extended across...

Dawn Photography at Loch Loyne

10th September 2016 In Scottish Lochs

As I headed out of our holiday cottage in the Scottish Highlands way before 5am I was still a little daunted by the thought of trying to capture everything around me. Being...