by alastair | Aug 22, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
At the furtherest point of the Outer Hebrides archipelago lies the Butt of Lewis. An isolated spot on an isolated island on what feels at times as the edge of world, as the next stop west is North America. With poor light and stormy seas I opted to use a...
by alastair | Aug 19, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The photographer Paul Strand spent some 5 months in and around South Uist documenting the people and the land, which can be seen in his book “Tir A’Mhurain: The Outer Hebrides of Scotland”. During his stay he took a photograph of this house and the...
by alastair | Aug 15, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
I don’t usually “do” seascapes, probably down to the fact that living in Sheffield I’m probably about as far from the coast as you can get in the UK. The weather in July in the Outer Hebrides was not great. When we arrived at Hosta Beach in...
by alastair | Aug 7, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The weather in July 2016 in the Outer Hebrides was far from conducive for a family holiday (or for photography for that matter (3rd wettest and 4th dullest in record apparently). So when it wasn’t raining it was over cast – but this did lead to some...
by alastair | Aug 2, 2016 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Away from the lovely sandy beaches at Luskentyre on Harris in the Outer Hebrides, at the end of the road, beyond the beach there lies a fort, a wheel house, a blackhouse and this unusual rock arrangement. I’m sure its the Victorian’s having a giggle at...
by alastair | Nov 10, 2015 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A triptych of close up shots of machair at Uig Bay on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Machair is grass land that is almost unique to the coastal sand dune areas of Scotland and in particular the islands of Scotland. Whilst appearing wild, it is a carefully...
