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Another stunning day as I make my way to a small burn flowing into a sea loch at Skinidin, just outside Broadford.  Rather than returning to the...

A stunning day and having had limited success with my work last week, I decide to return to the beach to continue with The Shape of Water project. ...

Meanderings Issue 5 Quotes of the Week “It does not always rain on Skye.  It would be rather foolish to suggest it does.  But it must be admitted...

As readers of this blog will know, I write a lot.  Indeed, over 100 blogs since starting my PhD and often up to seven a week, depending on my...

It is Easter Sunday and lots to do.  I am hoping to get out to take some images for The Shape of Water Collection.  However, the tides do not fit in...

The majority of the meeting with my first supervisor was taken up with discussing the feedback from my recent Professional Portfolio reviews and the...

After over a week of seasonal stormy weather we finally have a good day.  The temperature has plummeted but the sun is shining and the water on the...

I am a total novice when it comes to video and audio work but I want to experiment with this media to see if a still video might complement my still...

Today is the first day of my fourth period of photographic practice.  I decide to change subject and give myself a break from the Among Trees...

“The tree is a living entity, with structural memory in its shape.  Every branch and every leaf of the tree has a function and a precise place.  It...

Meanderings Issue 4 ...Quotes of the Week “The ideas "space" and "place" require each other for definition.  From the security and stability of...

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter, one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement.  Whilst best known...

I recently became aware of the work of American photographer Janelle Lynch and in particular her collection, Another Way of Looking at Love...

A week has gone by since I submitted my work to four reviewers at the Format 21 Portfolio Reviews.  I have spent much time reflecting on what they...

This is Part 2 of my blog on the Format Portfolio Review Event that I attended on 19 and 20 March.  It features the feedback from Reviewers 3 and 4...

I submitted my photographic work to the Format Portfolio Review Event on 19 and 20 March.  I signed up for four reviews which was the number...

The blog header image is an image and page layout from The Living Mountain by Awoiska van der Molen (2020) I first became aware of the magical black...

Meanderings Issue 3...Quote of the Week "Reality lies not in the appearance of the subject but in the extent to which it leaves an impression on the...