VW Camper Van – Highland Hobo introduce ‘Peanut’

VW Camper Van – Highland Hobo introduce ‘Peanut’

Highland Hobo offer classic, vintage, VW camper vans for wedding hire across the North of Scotland and recently they welcomed ‘Peanut’, all the way from South Africa, to their fleet of Volkswagens.  I love an old VW van so this was a great chance to rellay get close and pick out all the details on this wonderful […]

Cairngorm Leaf and Bean – Coffee Roasting in the Highlands

Cairngorm Leaf and Bean – Coffee Roasting in the Highlands

For the second of my occasional ‘People and Process’ series I visited Sharon Wooler and Andy Mallon of Cairngorm Leaf and Bean, who are based at The Dava School House near Grantown-on-Spey.  I wanted to see firstly how they have taken on the espresso based cafés with every kind of coffee style but espresso in their […]

Old Pulteney Distillery – a Pure Maritime Malt Whisky

Old Pulteney Distillery – a Pure Maritime Malt Whisky

I do like a fine malt whisky!  In 2012 Old Pulteney 21 year old was awarded  “World Whisky of the Year” by the prestigious “Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.”  Scoring a record-equalling 97.5 points out of 100, it is only the third time that a single malt has ever won the prestigious award, and they were […]

Orkney – The Broch of Gurness

Orkney – The Broch of Gurness

On to the Broch of Gurness on Orkney, the third part of my brief visit to the islands.  Brochs are an Iron Age building that can look a little like a modern power station cooling tower.  Large, circular, tall and tapering they are all over the place on Orkney – although mostly as a ring […]

Orkney – Standing Stones

Orkney – Standing Stones

In the second of my posts about Orkney I am looking at just some of the amazing standing stones to be seen there.  There are many of these on the islands and I only saw a few of them in the time I had.  All the images below come from The Ring of Brodgar and […]

Orkney – A Personal Visit

Orkney – A Personal Visit

I had always wanted to go to the Orkney Isles and in October I finally got the chance to spend a few days there.  There is so much to say about the islands that I am going to write a few smaller blog posts now each focusing on something different. In this post, I want […]

Guerilla Lighting at Kinloss Abbey

Guerilla Lighting at Kinloss Abbey

As part of the Findhorn Bay Festival, 2016, I booked myself on the guerilla lighting event at Kinloss Abbey.  It was a chance to photograph the Abbey ruins at night with a whole variety of professional lighting set ups, including a pixel stick!  Despite the looming rain and the increasing wind I took my time and […]

I Have Moved! – Back to Scotland

I Have Moved! – Back to Scotland

You may have noticed that I have been a bit quiet online recently.  Well, there was a reason for that – I have been moving house and business to the north of Scotland.  I am now based near Nairn and Forres on the Moray Firth – to the east of Inverness.  It has taken quite […]

Sophie Temple – a shoot in a small space

Sophie Temple – a shoot in a small space

Sophie Temple is a model with Model Students and I have worked with her on a number of projects.  This time was for some new portfolio images for her and her make-up artist, Rochelle O’Brien.  Rochelle has a lovely little studio on the side of her house bit it was a very narrow space.  I managed […]

ND Interior Design – step inside

ND Interior Design – step inside

Nikki Deakin of ND Interior Design blends the contemporary and the timeless to help create unique spaces that are all about you. All I had to do was spend time capturing the rooms and design details that Nikki had brought to an old house.  Throughout the property, the feeling was calm and serene.  Simple colours and some […]