Favourite Lens…..1

Canon 300mm f/2.8 I bought this lens from FFordes about 6 years ago. The lens was The first image I took with it is shown below, which was taken in Glen Etive. For anyone who doesn’t know Glen Etive is where the Bond movie Skyfall was filmed. This image was

Broughty Ferry

We have lived in the Ferry for 37 years, although before that my sister and I went to the Eastern Primary School. It was a great place to bring up the kids. You have everything you need right on your doorstep : bank, butcher, bakers, craft shops and pubs galore

Well done #Sigma

Travel Lens to Rely On

Sigma 18-300 f/3.5 – 6.3 DC Macro For some time I have wanted an all round lens I can take when flying or when I can’t cart my gear with me. It tends to be for City breaks, but also when I’m working as it is just not possible to

Travel Photography – Shetland

Shetland with the Sony A6000. I know I keep going on about this little camera. I really love it for travel, as it just fits into my pocket. I only have the kit lens for it – a modest 16-50 f/3.5 – 5.6. I’ve often wondered about upgrading, but never

Back to School

Craigie High School was built in 1970. It was built by Charles Gray (who I later went on to work for) and the contract sum was £ 935,000. My sister and I had been at Eastern which was the feeder school for Grove, but due to proximity we were put

Travel Camera

More thoughts on this subject. What are the functional requirements of a travel camera? Obviously it needs to be able to take decent images. It preferably can be mounted on a mini tripod. It can take long exposures. But above all, it must be portable; preferably can fit into your

Orkney

Travel Photography One of the advantages of working on projects is it takes you to different places. My current placement is on Orkney, an Island I had only visited once previously. That was a long time ago, and I didn’t have much any to explore. The above images are from

Photography and work

My work and my photography

It was around 2007 I first started staying away from home regularly in connection with work. I was working with Scottish Water and had been asked to work 2-3 nights a week in Inverness. I’d always liked the Highlands, so jumped at the chance. After moving to SSE I worked

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