by alastair | Jul 8, 2018 | Lake District, News, North Wales, Northumberland, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland, Yorkshire
Not a photography blog post per se, but I thought I would jot down some of my experiences of having a campervan. My first van was a Mazda Bongo 2.5l v6 – drank fuel like it was going out fashion but went like snot. It was the perfect size for a family of 4...
by alastair | Jan 7, 2018 | News, Outer Hebrides, Peak District, Scotland
“Retrospective” – some people get hung up on the word, its almost as if the best is behind them. That’s not stopped Michael Kenna from having at least three and given how prolific he is, I’m sure there is another one in the works. (Rush...
by alastair | Nov 26, 2017 | News, Outer Hebrides
Having not been able to visit the islands of North and South Uist in the summer, I had vowed that I would go in the autumn to make up for that. The Uists are my favourite islands of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), as they are the least populated and...
by alastair | Aug 27, 2017 | News, Outer Hebrides
We have on our family holidays to the Outer Hebrides visited Husinis on Harris a number of times. Thanks to the spectacular beach there we’ve never previously ventured beyond it. This year we ventured beyond Husinis and went for a walk around the coast,...
by alastair | Feb 22, 2017 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
When I enter a competition, I’m quite low key about it, as I never win, so no point flagging up the fact you entered, when you ultimately don’t win. Whilst I haven’t “won”, I have been commended (or is that condemned?) with my photograph...
by alastair | Aug 26, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Trying to capture a sense of desolation and isolation I took this long exposure photograph looking across Lingerbay. Lingerbay lies on the east coast of the Isle of Harris, just off the Golden Road (so called because of the alleged cost of building it) some 12 or so...
