I take photographs purely for pleasure. Having a love of Scotland and its landscape I am naturally drawn towards the Highlands. I put a lot of research into each of my images and have found that preparation is the key to a successful photograph, to this end the vast majority of my images are planned. I enjoy the challenge and pursuit of looking for and finding a good location, in good light and committing the scene to film as best I can. I much prefer using film as opposed to a digital format. I find it far more rewarding creating a photograph rather than making a digital representation of one. More importantly it captures the nuances of colour and light much more accurately than any digital media can and forces a far more disciplined approach to the composition of an image.

It is vitally important to me to keep things natural in my photographs. I strive to capture the scene as close to the way I experienced it at the time. I will only use digital editing to fix blemishes such as dust etc. Photoshop is NOT a substitute for good photographic technique.

I have always found an affinity with the panoramic format and find it a much more natural way
of viewing the landscape and for capturing the beauty of Scotland's land and light.