Shot Spotting

Being an amateur photography type, most of what I end up shooting is opportunistic and grabbed during the course of doing something else. I very rarely go anywhere just to take a photograph. Obviously, as my family will testify, I am keen on going places where I might...

Shades of Autumn @TheBotanics

A very pleasant Sunday morning stroll round the Botanic Gardens, turned out a little too bright by the time I’d had my breakfast (the bacon roll in the John Hope Gateway is highly recommended). Anyway, here’s a small selection of the shots that what I...

PhotoBlog : Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland

This post first appeared on the Sharing Travel Experiences site here. Introduction No visit to Kraków is complete without a trip to the spectacular Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the mine continuously produced salt from the 13th century...

500k downloads and Photographer SEO

As my reader will know, after a brief and entertaining flirt with Microstock, I now give all my photography away for free download. This post is to mark the milestone of passing 500,000 downloads across three sites, Morguefile,  sxc.hu and, more recently, RGBStock. I...

PhotoBlog : Mad Dogs and the Milky Way

Finally got round to posting a selection of photos from the summer holiday. Two things stood out about the photography on this holiday. The first is the number of times I ended up shooting in the middle of the brightest days. We called ourselves “Team Mad...

PhotoBlog : Blair Drummond Safari Park

A little out of sequence as I’ve not blogged any holiday photos yet, but hey ho, on we go. Twas a great Sunday up at Blair Drummond and many of the animals were up for a pose. Here’s a small selection. This Sea Eagle was most impressive and very kindly sat...