Subjects
Landscapes are my primary subject matter, preferably with hills and water. Numerous trips in the Scottish Highlands were followed in 1986 by a first trip to Slovenia, which I've returned to many times, and later came Austria, Croatia, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and Bavaria. Involvement with musicians and theatre also gave some brief opportunities for taking indoor shots of performances, which I'd love to do more of if only time allowed.
 Scotland |
 Slovenia |
 Switzerland |
 Eire |
 Orkney 1 |
 Silly Wizard |
 Orkney 2 |
 Music and Theatre |
Technical notes.
I started taking pictures properly in the early 80's using a Yashica FX-D SLR, which I still have and used for B&W work for a long time. Later on it was joined by the excellent Contax 159MM which has taken most of the colour slide work. I had no use for autofocus and never intended ever using it so never found any need to swap the 159 for anything else until very recently. Lenses used with it were the superb 28mm Zeiss, 35-105mm Yashica, and a 80-200mm Tokina. I also have a Mamiya 645 Super, though it hasn't seen as much use as I'd hoped as time constraints kicked in not long after I bought it and I ended up travelling light on hillwalking trips.
For a while I got good results from a compact digital camera - a small Kyocera S3L 3.2 Megapixel which was great for those circumstances where the SLR gear is too difficult to carry. Unfortunately that has now broken and parts can't be obtained but its demise coincided with my finally taking the plunge into digital SLRs with the purchase of a Nikon D80. This has proved to be a very decent camera and I've taken many excellent photos with it. After around 10 years it started showing signs of marks on the sensor so after much deliberation I've now gone full-frame digital with a Canon 6D mkll. So far the added detail is proving to be well worth it and I hope to give it a real test this summer.
Stability of the SLRs is much improved by use of a monopod as I find tripods too awkward for most circumstances unless I'm on my own and doing a specific phototrip rather than a general hill-walking one. However I recently bought another tripod and am giving it another try.