LINKS, PRESS & ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS

I love the act of photography and even if no one else ever saw my images I would still be out there at every opportunity trying to create images that I could be personally proud of. But when I hear that others have enjoyed my images it gives me a real boost, that it's "not just me".

Below are some links to pages where my images have been highlighted and in the spirit of building a photographic community and of promoting landscape photography in Scotland, please visit the pages and enjoy the work of others mentioned there too. If you spot any "dead links" please let me know.

Links & Press

Scottish Nature Photography Awards (SNPA) - The results page for this well run national competition has provided a view of some of my images over the years - "Well Watered" (3rd in The Urban Landscape category of 2018), "Incoming", which was awarded 2nd Place in the Sea & Coast Category of the competition & "Oxides" (awarded 2nd Place in the Natural Abstract category) both from 2019, and 2023's "On Edge" which took 2nd place in the Environmental category.

On Landscape Magazine - A great write up of the Society of Scottish Landscape Photographers inaugural exhibition in 2017 at the Limetree Gallery in Fort William, featuring select images including Harris Blue

Picture Frames Express - I was asked to provide an interview for Picture Frames Express regular feature on photographers of all styles. Happy to help these guys to as I have used their frames often and am amazed at how accurate their frames cutting is and how quickly they arrive.

Extraordinary Vision Magazine - Sadly there is no link to this as the magazine, while still available as back issues, appears to have stopped publishing. Which is a great shame as for a long time it was free and had great articles by some of the top outdoor photographers in the world. I got a double page spread with "Bowfiddle Sunrise" - it would have been nice to have linked to it.

The Society of Scottish Landscape Photographers - What a great group this is! It's a collective of some of the best photographers of the Scottish landscape currently active, formed for professionals and top quality amateurs, and participants include many national and international awards winners, major company ambassadors and nationally published photographers. I've been active in the group since 2016 and this is my main route to exhibiting. I'm lucky enough to have a few images scattered through it's web pages.

Natural Landscape Photography Awards - This is an absolutely awesome open international competition which started in 2021 and that attracts photographers of the highest calibre. I represents landscape photographers who recognize the power that comes from truthful depiction of the natural world and places the emphasis on composition and ethical/ecological practices in field craft more than on digital manipulation and popular locations. Landscape Photography has been crying out for the public awareness of this approach. I was honoured to be asked to contribute a double page panorama for the Volume 2 book in 2022 - the link takes you to a webpage where the PDF of this can be purchased - my image on see pages 24 & 25 of the preview interactive graphic.

Collaborations

I'm always open to artistic collaborations in any medium - I believe the artist community should make a point of supporting each other. If you are an artist and have an idea that you'd like to pursue that could link in to my photography, please do get in touch. I find all collaborations exciting! Just use the Contact form here and I will get back to you.

Fiona Murgatroyd - Oils Artist - Fiona is an amateur artist working in oils and specialising in landscape paintings. In 2024 Fiona suggested a collaboration with me using an image of Glen Coe as the basis for an oil painting. I was delighted for her to use my image as source material and I think the end result was excellent. If you would like to contact her to discuss collaborations or commissions, just click the link and it will open up her email address.

Irene Fordyce - Irene and I used to work together without either knowing that we had a mutual love of art and landscapes. One day a chance remark opened the way to a couple of collaborations. Given the range of places I get to with my photography I was very pleased to offer up some of my images as the basis for her drawings and paintings. Sadly I dont have a website to link to for Irene.

Catherine De Ryck - Catherine is watercolour artist working out of Belgium. I love her style, full of texture and details and colour. Catherine and I got talking back in 2016 after she had visited Glen Etive to paint on location, only to have to leave early due to rain. She later spotted that I had an image of the location she had been at, and I was delighted to supply it as source material for her. She's a superb artist and certainly made the scene "pop" far better than my photograph did - the luxury of not being dependant on the weather! Catherine runs exhibitions, teaches and lectures in watercolour and is very sharing with her talent - check out her work at her blog site, linked above.