Essay of the week in the Sunday Herald

Good spread featuring one of my pics today in the Sunday Herald's essay of the week. 'Skye and Cleadale from the Sgurr' is one of my photographs I shot last year while staying for the 15th year anniversary of the islanders buy-out of Eigg. A good couple of hours from the pier, the walk to the summit of the mighty Sgurr is mandatory while on the isle, the views north and northwest of Applecross, Skye, and beyond are truly stunning, cannae wait to get back in June....

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BBC Countryfile magazine

February's edition of BBC's Countryfile magazine is running a nice wee article highlighting beautiful Cornwall, and they have included my image (here) of St Michael's mount in Marazion. Cornwall is a place I have been several summers with the family as it's landscape offers some of the finest beaches and stunning coastlines this country has to offer (after Scotland of course....)

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Herald pic of the day

Another nice wee bit of exposure in todays Herald...

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I have driven the northern stretch of the A82 along the banks of loch Lomond countless times, usually on-route to various photographic locations further afield and the little float of pines that is Tarbet Isle has always caught my eye. So, I determined to find somewhere to pull the car in and clamber along the shore to get a shot of it on this dreich December day. Conditions were ripe with a brooding sky that appealed to my senses and I fortunately found a great wee stump of weathered wood just out from the shore as great foreground interest. Shot on a canon 7D with a 10 stop ND filter, 240sec, f14 @ iso100

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