Surprised but pleased to hear today that in this week’s Amateur Photographer Magazine, one of my Commended images from the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016 competition is featured amongst a selection of the magazine’s pick of winners.
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My image of Glen Coe was featured in the October 2016 issue of The Scots Magazine as a double page spread to illustrate a story on ‘Great Scottish Journeys’.
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I am delighted to report that two of my images were commended in the Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016 Competition
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I am pleased to announce that my images received 3 Silver and 3 Bronze awards in this year’s EPSON International Pano Awards, the results for which were announced recently.
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I had been wondering why my website had been going crazy the last few days and why I was getting all these notifications about people following me on Viewbug but today I found out that Viewbug featured me as one of 23 Photographers to follow this Fall – ViewBug.com.
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I am delighted to announce that I came second in the UK round of the EISA Competition in association with Amateur Photographer Magazine and am featured in the magazine out today (dated 18th June).
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Peebles Hydro is a country house hotel and spa resort in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders and is well known across Scotland. It is part of the Crieff Hydro family of hotels and has recently gone through a transformation for many parts of the public areas as well as some of the bedrooms.
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At the weekend I was running a workshop to the Isle of Skye in Scotland and thought that since the BTS shots I post on social media are always popular that I would step it up and capture 360 tours of the locations as something a bit different.
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With a lot of lenses that are available now that are extremely wide such as the Canon 11-24 or Nikon 14-24, what photographers are finding is that your usual 100mm filters no longer fit or cover the vast area in front of the lens anymore. Some photographers choose to avoid purchasing such lenses due to this or use the lenses when filters are not required or bracket exposures and blend them together.
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The Rings aims to enable all members of the family or group to holiday together in sustainable tourism facilities inclusive of guests with access needs and is set in 90 acres of peaceful Fife farmland with picturesque views and rural walks which take in vistas across the Howe of Fife to the Lomond Hills.
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I am pleased to announce that one of my images made it all the way to the final round of Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition again this year and was Commended in the Urban category.
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On New Year’s Eve I received an unexpected email from someone named Trevor who had gotten in touch about my image of the Ralston cairn in Glencoe, which I have photographed many times.
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At the weekend we went on a club outing to the Usher Hall in Edinburgh as well as other spots such as Calton Hill and Princes Street.
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I have visited a lot of clubs and run lots of workshops showcasing my post-processing technique and from the feedback received, one of the most useful tips that people have learned is the ability to make Adobe Lightroom create XMP files alongside the images.
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Yesterday saw the annual Viking Studios Portfolio Competition at Dundee Photographic Society of which I am a member and have been for a number of years. Continue Reading →