Busy old week

Been a busy old week off work from the Herald and Times, amongst a bout of illness and various other shennanigans I have been preparing for a talk I'm giving at the esteemed Dundee Photographic Society on Monday, I was delighted to be asked a few months back to come up and discuss my work with the societies' members, It will be a good experience as I have never done one before, although a wee bit apprehensive as the numbers in attendance could be over a hundred! Also got word from the Scottish nature photographer of the year competition that two of my recent images from Rannoch moor and Sutherland (below) have been shortlisted for the awards, so keep ye fingers crossed for me! x

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NEW Squares gallery AND 20% off all prints till the end of February

Grab yourself 20% off all prints!!....and a NEW Squares gallery!

Offer runs out at the end of February. Just add MY20OFF code at the checkout, please 'share' this to all ;) 

http://damianshields.photoshelter.com/gallery/SQUARES/G0000FFtfj.Mjn40/

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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...

http://damianshields.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Argyll-and-Bute/G0000pAL_lROZaGg/I0000DvOr1T3wXbI/C0000wS.1sjOx4bU

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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FREE 2013 CALENDAR!

An early wee pressie for you all,  a 2013 calendar featuring a recent image from Inverpolly for you to print. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a amazing 2013!!

Just click the image or the link below to download ;)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/5l60hqphjjb5/n/mini_cal_2013_pdf

when the page opens (below) just click the link I have highlighted to download

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Sutherland's splendour

I have added some new work from my recent expedition to a previously unexplored area of my beloved homeland, the stunning Sutherland. I spent two nights in Lochinver at the Fisherman's mission and really hit it off in terms of the weather, autumns rich palette was on full display and it never rained once. I WILL return. ;)

click the image to go to the images....

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