Last week saw 102mph winds hit Edinburgh, and The Royal Botanic Gardens was hit hard. I was called in by the Botanics to record the storm damage – they’d suffered their worst damage to the gardens in fifty years. Over forty trees were felled by the winds, some over 150 yrs old, and hundreds of...
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Happy Christmas!
It’s Christmas day, and hopefully you’re all having a grand day with your friends and family! Happy Christmas everyone! As there’s no snow this year, I have no pretty snow pictures to share with you on this festive day – so I thought I’d share some pictures from a recent shoot with Father Christmas and...
There’s a new man in my life…
Don’t worry, Greg knows all about him, and is just as besotted as me… Meet Loki, the gorgeous wee bengal cross kitten belonging to my sister Anna. He’s a real character – we named him Loki when we first met him at 5 weeks, as Loki was the Norse God of mischief, and we could...
The Good Life…
I was recently commissioned to take some photography for a book on allotment gardening by The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Growing your own fruit and veg is a real growing trend at the moment, and this book will be explaining lots of techniques to make the most of your own little patch of heaven, so...
Teatime…
I love these full blown roses, just past their best but such gorgeous faded colours, just beautiful…. And the sign says it all – I’m chained to the mac this week, busy editing lots of pictures, and nothing beats a good cuppa to keep me refreshed… FacebookTwitter
Winter Wonderland…
It’s been a very snowy, cold winter so far for us all in Scotland! Brrrr….. Very, very beautiful, with an incredible amount of snow. I’ve lived in Edinburgh for around 14 years, and it rarely snows in the city- but this winter we’ve really made up for it, with snow piled up on every road,...
Giddyup….
On the way back from a shoot yesterday I just had to pull the car off the road to take a few shots of this gorgeous shaggy horse. When I first spotted the shot, it was standing proud on the brow of the hill, bathed in stunning light. But being a nosey nag, it soon...
Shaggy Coos and Wee Beasties…
Well, I managed a few days off this week and headed up North with my little sister to The Highlands! Very wet weather, lots and lots of wee midges but thankfully very beautiful! Scotland is the most stunning place and the weather is normally good at this time of year – we were just very...
Surfin’ Safari….
Saturday was such a gorgeous day I couldn’t just go home after photographing Simon King, so I headed down to the beach to meet a couple of friends. Beautiful late afternoon light so the camera couldn’t stay in the boot. Seacliff Beach is a haven for surfers and it was great to watch them catching...
Simon King…
Saturday was spent at The Scottish Seabird Centre, photographing the lovely Simon King during his visit to North Berwick! He’s a talented wildlife cameraman and tv presenter, and as I found out, also an all round good guy to boot. Simon was great fun to photograph and happily posed with Gemma, the centre’s 2 millionth...
Sir David Attenborough
I had such a wonderful opportunity this week, and I’m still reeling with excitement… I was asked to photograph Sir David Attenborough, the legendary wildlife television presenter, during his first trip to The Bass Rock. The Bass is an island just off the East Lothian coast and is home to the world’s largest colony of...
Beautiful blooms…
Gorgeous lupins on the walk to Portobello…. FacebookTwitter
Pretty, pretty…
Just look at the gorgeous magnolia blossoms at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh! Love spring… FacebookTwitter
The Bass Rock
Last week I headed out in a fishing boat with the Scottish Seabird Centre, to land on Bass Rock, to photograph the 150,000 gannets nesting there! I left from Dunbar Harbour as the sun was rising, horribly early but very beautiful. Bass Rock is an island just off the coast of North Berwick. It’s uninhabitated...
Christmas!
Christmas is here and it’s a beautiful white landscape out there! I drove over to Fife to make my last delivery a couple of days ago and just had to stop to get a photograph of these curious frosty sheep!…. I hope you all have a wonderful time this holiday season with family and friends,...
Autumn colours…
Well, another day, another layby! Tonight, while driving home from a magazine shoot in Newcastle, I couldn’t resist stopping in a layby on the A1 to fire off a few shots of this gorgeous field of haybales, all lit bright orange with the setting sun. Just beautiful. I’m a sucker for haybales at the best...
Sunshine on a rainy day…
It may be raining outside my window at the moment, but I’m loving the tropical temperatures and bursts of sun! I went to a job in North Berwick last week and it took me forever to get home. It wasn’t the traffic, there’s just too many gorgeous scenes on the drive back, fields of poppies...
Highand Fling…
The trouble with being a photographer is that it always takes an age to get round to sorting out my own pictures! A few weeks ago I headed up North for a wonderful long weekend away and took a few snaps on my travels. Such beautiful scenery, lovely weather and great company (and I don’t...