Trainspotting
Rail travel today undoubtedly lacks romance. From the architecture, to the rolling stock, to the sheer presence those magnificent trains had in the British landscape, the necessary evil that was...
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Category: Landscapes
Storm Clouds
There’s nothing quite like the wildness of the Scottish Highlands in November, especially when there’s a bloody great storm or two hovering over it for the week. The Met Office can...
Read MoreLancaster Lights
I’ve neglected my home town of late photographically – familiarity breeds contempt and all that. But a couple of things came up in the last week that sent me rushing out with the camera gear...
Read MoreThe Falkirk Wheel
A trip to Falkirk had become something of a given each time I visited my Glasgow photographer friend, all so as to try and catch their showpiece boat lift as I imagined it - lit up and...
Read MoreFerrybridge
If there's one thing guaranteed to catch my eye it's a big chimney - there's usually something of interest at the bottom of them, and cooling towers are on a different level altogether....
Read MoreFort William
I had in my mind a highland cow, looking majestic and beautifully lit in the June sunshine, and with that image fixed in my mind I set off with my Glasgow photographer friend Dave to try and...
Read MoreJenny Brown's Point
As is becoming all too common on this blog, this isn't the scene I set out to capture when I jumped in the car on Saturday evening and head for Silverdale. But then if there were no surprises I...
Read MoreBlood Orange Sun
Many's the time I've head out with the camera expecting to shoot a sunset only to find a bank of cloud obscuring on the horizon, the sun sneaking behind it even before the sky had taken on its...
Read MoreNorth of the Border
The Easter weekend provided me with the first chance I've had in a while to get out with my camera gear and take a trip north of the border into Scotland. And after some initial trepidation it...
Read MoreBassenthwaite Dawn
An ordeal it may be – getting up in the dark to catch a sunrise – but there’s something invigorating about getting one step ahead of the slumbering world on a Sunday morning. And having...
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