I have just realised that I haven’t written a blog all year , partly I’ve been busy but also partly the way FB works has changed and the posts don’t get out to the same numbers that they used to but I felt I had to do a blog about the Extreme Scotland book that […]
Seems a while since I sat down to write up my blog and realised I had quite a backlog of stuff and images to talk about. I had posted one of the images from Ines’s ascent of The Hurting shortly after she climbed the route but then didn’t put anymore up as there were a […]
I’ve had a few days at home as a respite from whats seems to be a lot of Scottish gnarl. They tell me that sometimes the wind stops blowing and the sun actually shines in the winter in Scotland, I don’t believe them. I was up in Ft William for the film festival which was […]
Just back from one of the most inspiring and exciting projects I’ve worked on this year; making a trail running film in the far NW of Scotland. Colin Meek and Paul Tattersall and I had spoken about the possibilities 6 months ago and we booked the time in mid May for a number of reasons […]
Sometimes its good to stop and look back, we can be so focused on the ground in front of us and how far we’ve still got to go that we forget to turn around and look how far we’ve come. 2013 was a good year for my photographic work and some notable firsts for me, […]
I first saw the book ‘Landscape’ around 5 years ago and it just blew my mind how much talent there was in landscape photography in the UK. Its been a small personal ambition of mine to have an image included in the book and finally this year I’m really pleased to say that out of […]
Paul and Colin had talked about running all the Torridon tops in a day and when I spoke to Claire at Trail Running mag she was keen that I shoot it so it would be a main feature in the mag . So, as I was also shooting for an article in ‘Climb’ magazine in […]
Winter is only around the corner and already climbers are getting into fitness for desperate mixed lines . But what about the photographers ? Getting good shots in the winter climbing season can be challenging, spindrift, sub zero conditions and poor light can all conspire against you but here are a few pointers to keep […]
The CIC hut has an iconic place in Scottish mountain history . Built in 1929 by Dr Clark and his wife in memory of their son who died in the First World War, its seen all the famous names who have shaped climbing on the Ben pass through its doors . Now expanded to a 2 room […]