Developing Style
For some time now I have been thinking about style....my style, do I need one....do I have one? Is it good to have something that distinguishes your work so that people can identify it? Or is this a stifling and rather constrictive way of thinking
April Snow, The Quiraing
Yesterday we had snow again and some pretty dramatic lighting, it's hard to imagine sometimes that we are at the end of April. Took this just after sunrise when the light was filtering through the clouds, the 20 second exposure and a bit of a breeze gave me some drifting cloud and added to the mood. An hour later
Rare Species? : The Female Landscape Photographer in the Wild!
I was browsing through my collection of photography books at the weekend and it struck me - almost all the photographers are men!
Where are all the female photographers?
I have a mixture of books by some of the most
The Colour Blue
Blue is my favourite colour! I can't explain it in any rational terms but I have always loved it. I used to read (and still sometimes do :-)) historical novels. I always found the stories around ancient colours and stones fascinating; I wanted to see the
Colours of Winter
Isn’t this weather amazing! Scotland has such a changeable climate, unpredictable and exciting! Here we are at the end of March when we should be looking forward to sunshine, daffodils and bursting spring growth. What do we have? Snow, icy winds and freezing
Impressionist Inspired
I have always had a passion for impressionist painters. The dreamy visions of Monets’ Water Lily Pond, the blue of Renoirs’ water in The Skiff and Degas' ballet dancers caught my imagination as I grew up.