Greetings cards

More good news, my image of the old stone bridge over the river Braan in Dunkeld has been published by Camden graphics as part of a range of greetings cards showing a selection of 26 images from the last five years of the Landscape photographer of the year competition, and will appear in shops all over later this year..

http://www.ukgreetings.co.uk/Cards/Camden-Graphics/Everyday/Landscapes.html

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Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)

I was delighted to be contacted by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) via Diana Leppard of Take-a-view (the organisers of the Landscape photographer of the year awards) recently. They are moving to new premises and are sourcing photography to display in their new offices that reflect the ethos of the work they do, and have requested the use of my St Michaels mount image that was highly commended in the 'living the view' category from the 2011 awards.

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Return to Eigg

Really looking forward to my second trip to the Isle of Eigg for a few days and especially the 15th year birthday ceilidh of the Islanders buy-out on Saturday. The weathers looking like a mixed bag at the moment, but hey, should make for some dramatic backdrops to the beautiful Isle's varied landscapes...

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Glen Orchy

A couple of shots from a quick stop on the river Orchy in Argyll. It was a scorcher of a day but some dark skies started to gather towards the north east that provided the ideal backdrop to the beautifully lit rock formations. I had to stop down with 2 cokin nd filters to get some movement in the water compensating for the brightly lit foreground, I also added a circular orange filter to the lens to give me added contrast.

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Herald newspaper 'Pic of the day'

One of my recent falls of Bruar shot published in todays Herald newspaper...

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Taking the plunge

While up at the falls of Bruar on Monday I had the pleasure of meeting a team of gorge jumping trainees from Caledonian first aid http://www.cafirstaid.co.uk/index.php?id=50  I had been poised on the steep bank by the impressive lower falls and got a bit of a shock with the sudden appearance of a gorge jumper plunging into the freezing pool ahead of me and proceeded to scream loudly as if in agony, a bit of a shock to the system and I was considering how I could get to the poor guy when he grinned up at me with a thumbs up and explained it was all a simulation. Phew!. The organiser Stewart had asked me if I could possibly take some shots of the exercise involving lowering an casualty down the various pools that comprise the falls.

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Falls of Bruar and The Hermitage

Made the trip up Perthshire way on Monday to visit two of my favourite haunts from the region, the beautiful Hermitage in Dunkeld and the falls of Bruar in Pitagowan. Both locations are full of photographic opportunities but it has to be the rocks that hold my interest the most. The caramel tones and layered textures of the water worn stone is sublime. Click the image for the full set....

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