South Harris, Outer Hebrides
My first camera as a teenager was like a window to seeing the world differently. A 35mm strung around my neck everywhere, several darkrooms in small spaces and on to study at university in the US and UK. The passion has never left me.
I'm always amazed how unique our way of 'seeing' is, where each and every one of us as individuals feels and perceives our world not exactly as others do. Capturing life in fractions of seconds, sometimes something wonderful happens.
Landscape and Seascape imagery are a cornerstone, but my interest in image making is always evolving, where new techniques and genres attract and motivate. More recently I'm enjoying documentary and street photography, often featuring pre-development urban fringes where the language of the street takes over, where areas perceived as rough or in decline are actually rich and fizzing with life.
I'm also building a collection of Architectural Abstract images depicting brutalist buildings with a hard textured sky. I find myself drawn to making these images of dirty skies, stark contrast, and hard edges as a potential pre-view of darker times for planet earth. With climate change now critically impacting our world, images that extol the beauty of planet earth as well as those that express darker futuristic warnings both appear equally relevant today.
This site features a selection of images. For more information about my work or for prints, cards, or wall art, please send me a message using the contact page.