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Red Alert at Traquair
March 23, 2019
Those of you who remember the Cold War post WW11, will remember the very real threat of a war to truly ‘end all wars’ as the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962 brought...
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The Mystery of Damhead Rig Memorial
March 01, 2019
The Mystery of Damhead Rig Memorial, Kirklands, Scottish Borders
There is a hill on the distant southern landscape that I am able to see from my house and I have alway...
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Ricky - A Biker's Tale
October 23, 2018
Dave ‘Ricky’ Richardson has been riding motor bikes for over sixty years and only stopped competition at the turn of the Millennium. At 83 years of age, he cuts a slim ph...
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The Henry Ballantyne Institute Mural
September 19, 2018
The Henry Ballantyne Institute (HB Club) Mural Hidden inside the Henry Ballantyne Institute (known locally as the HB Club), in the small village of Walkerburn in the Scot...
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How Deep is your Field?
July 05, 2018
I firmly believe the best way to learn photography is by actually doing it! That is why I choose to train people in the art through personal one-to-ones, or in small grou...
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Finding Peace in our Time
May 09, 2018
'Tranquil Loch Eddy' is located in the wild and remote private Glen Estate belonging to the Tennant family, and is just a few miles from my home here in the Scottish Bord...
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A Spring Walk
April 02, 2018
The Southern Upland Way, St Mary's Loch to Traquair route from Blake Muir
The weather has been, well, to put it mildly, mixed recently between freezing easterly chills...
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Grey Mare's Tail to Loch Skeen
March 22, 2018
It must be twenty years since I last ventured up the side of the Grey Mare's Tail with my then small son who was aged about four. The path then seemed long but steady, no...
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Spring is in the air at Traquair
February 22, 2018
I took myself out for a walk around Traquair House gardens here in the Scottish Borders yesterday in search of some much needed inspiration. The snowdrops were sprouting...
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Scott's View in Winter Sunrise Panorama
December 13, 2017
Yesterday I was up at the crack on dawn in freezing temperatures (minus 5-C) and headed over to a famous natural beauty spot here in the Scottish Borders. Scott's View wa...
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George Meikle Kemp - A Memorial to the designer of Sir Walter Scott's Monument
November 21, 2017
George Meikle Kemp
Architect of Sir Walter Scott’s Memorial in Edinburgh
Sir Walter Scott’s iconic, gothic tower and memorial, is a dramatic addition to Edinburgh’s...
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Sex in the City
July 23, 2017
I recently had the pleasure to attend a Street Fashion photography workshop with world renowned Edinburgh Fine Art photographers Trevor & Faye Yerbury in their capital ci...
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The Black Dwarf of Kirkton Manor (David Ritchie)
April 21, 2017
A statue of David Ritchie 'the Black Dwarf' of Kirkton Manor in Tweeddale, near Peebles in the Scottish Borders, is to his memory (1740–1811) and stands today (April 2017...
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Bending Time
January 24, 2017
Today I want to give you some insight into making unusual, abstract images in-camera without the need for photoshop.
I was out walking in the woods on a dull afternoon i...
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Raw Files from Raw Emotion
January 11, 2017
As a photographer, exploring the arts and mysteries of image capturing and image making, can be a perplexing business.
For a start, what kind of photographer do I aspire...
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