Beginnings

I was born in 1967 to Scottish parents. I live in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I've always been drawn to the arts: drawing and painting as a kid, music composition as a teenager and photography as an adult.

I've been very lucky to have some inspirational people around me during my formative years. I owe a terrific debt to my two music teachers from my time at high school for allowing me the freedom to explore my creative side.

As I've grown older, I've found that I'm much more attracted to the wilderness and the people that live on the edges of it. Photography is a great way of getting closer to the land and the cultures that inhabit it.

Technique

I use Hasselblad V series film cameras and Fuji Velvia 50 film. I’ve been shooting film since the late 80’s. I guess you could say I’m old-school. I just like the process and it’s become part of me, so I don’t see the need to change.

I don’t like to pre-visualise a place. It’s best to just go and see what the landscape offers. We live in a world of expectations and the illusion of control. Photography is a lesson in submission. Learning to live in the present moment, and accept what nature gives us.

I also believe that I make pictures for myself. It’s all too easy in this day and age to feel a pressure or need to find approval. Best advice I can give you is to do what you like, and that way you will be true to yourself. If you do that, you can’t go wrong.

Published Monographs

The Sound of Snow
Preface by Tsuyoshi Kato San
98 pages, 30cm x 30cm
Half-Light Press © 2021

Hálendi Monograph
Preface by Hans Strand
108 pages, 30cm x 30cm
Half-Light Press © 2020

Colourchrome Exhibition Monograph
90 pages, 25.4cm x 25.4cm
Half-Light Press © 2017

Iceland, A Journal of Nocturnes
Preface by Ragnar Axelsson
Cloth, slipcase, 64 pages, 30cm x 28cm, hardback
Half-Light Press © 2012

The Art of Adventure, 40 Photographic Examples
Preface by Michael Kenna
Cloth, 88 pages, 32cm x 30cm, hardback
Half-Light Press © 2011

Articles & Events

Upcoming: Royal Photographic Society March 7th 2025

Outdoor Photography, February 2019
Exhibition, Personal Exposures, Edinburgh, July 2017
Outdoor Photography, 2017
Speaker, On-Landscape Conference 2016
Black & White Photography, 2015
Outdoor Photography, 2014
Photograph with David Duchemin, 2012
Lenswork with Brooks Jensen, 2012
Outdoor Photography, 2011
Outdoor Photography, 2011
Outdoor Photography, 2010
Amateur Photographer, 2010
TimeOut, London Issue, 2009
Scotland Outdoors, 2009
American Photo, Patagonia, 2007
American Express Departures, 2007
National Geographic Traveler, 2007
Outdoor Photography, 2006
Outdoor Photography, Iceland, 2005