Sunday 4th March
2007
Two of my photographs have been accepted for the Royal
Photographic Society Members' Exhibition in 2007/8. These photographs are "Serenity on a Quiet Backwater" which I have re-named
"Among the Reeds", and "Drawing Hands:After E.C. Escher". Both of these photographs are on this website.
18th February 2007
Several of my photographs were selected for the Inter-Fife
Competition - a competition involving Fife's four photographic clubs. Of the photographs submitted, "Serenity on a Quiet Backwater" was selected as the winning colour print. "Tumbleweed" was selected as the winning colour slide. "First Light among the Reeds" was also given 17 out of 20 possible marks for a Black and White print.
26th January 2007
I gave a presentation about my photography to Carnoustie Camera Club. This was illustrated by a number
of my photographs including several more recent ones that have not yet been exhibited elsewhere.
8th November 2006
I gave a presentation to Perthshire Photographic Society in the Perth Museum and Art Gallery, George Street,
Perth at 7.30 pm. This talk was illustrated by a selection of my photographs - old and new.
11th October 2006
A portfolio of 15 of my images were accepted by the distinctions panel of the Royal Photographic
Society for the award of an ARPS. These pictures were all of three old boats at Newburgh in Fife and may be viewed elsewhere on this web site.
6th - 11th October 2006
Three of my photographs were exhibited in the Angus Artists Exhibition held in Kirriemuir.
A calendar featuring my images of Gauldry and Balmerino is now available from Gauldry Store and
Post Office (Contact Susan Barratt). Framed fine art copies of individual images from this calendar are available from myself.
15th July to 5th August
Four of my photographs were exhibited in the Pitlochry Gallery Association exhibition in the Atholl
Centre in Pitlochry.
8th to 30th July 2006
The Royal Photographic Society Scottish Members' Print Exhibition was at the Botanic Gardens in Dundee
during July. (The "Window in Hillswick" photograph that is used for the graphics in this web site was featured in this exhibition).
1st June 2006
The PIP Travel Photography Guide to Scotland has just been published. This book features an article by myself
on photographing St Andrews harbour and the East Sands. ISBN No. is 1 86108 487 0.
I have just returned from a photographic trip to Southern Florida, taking in the
Everglades and Florida Keys. One or two images from this trip are included in this web site.
4th January 2005
I gave a presentation on my photography to St Andrews Photographic Club. This featured images
from both North Fife and the American West.
9th - 28th November 2005
An exhibition of my photographs was held in the Byre Theatre, St Andrews in November
2005. This exhibition featured framed photographs taken either in Scotland (predominantly Fife) or in the Western United States.
All images are for sale and they may also be viewed on this web site (See my portfolio).
1st October 2005
This was the date of my formal retirement from Higher Education and also the
start of my greater inolvement with landscape and environmental photography, mainly in North East Fife. Along with
the various ventures described elsewhere in this web site, I am now also a part-time student of Art History.
23rd September 2005
This updated web site became fully operational on the 23rd September 2005, and
has been constantly updated since. It has been designed as a showcase and shop window for my photography.
11th - 29th July 2005
In the summer of 2005 I undertook a photographic tour of Northern California, taking in the
California Coast from the Big Sur (just south of Monterey) to Eureka (near the Oregon border). The tour also included
the Northern Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Several of the images from this tour
are included elsewhere in this web site.
This tour follows from other previous photographic tours of the American West including
Death Valley, Bryce Canyon, Yellowstone, Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Kodachrome Basin, and the Grand Canyon. Again,
a few selected images from these trips are included in this web site. Contact me for details of other images.
28th February - 9th April 2005
An exhibition of my photographs was held in St Andrews Public Library. Entitled "Landscape
and Light", this exhibition also featured images from the Scottish and American Landscapes.