Hello
Welcome to my website and thanks for dropping by.
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I'm an amateur photographer with a lifetime's experience of the pleasure and excitement that goes hand in hand with the hobby of photography. This site shares with you a selection of my favourite images that I have captured throughout the world. I hope, when viewing my varied portfolio, you will experience at least a fraction of the elation and enthusiasm I felt each time I looked through my viewfinder, pressed the shutter release and captured forever these moments in time.
My Story
A lifetime ago, my hobby was entering competitions. All sorts of competition . . . but nothing to do with photography . . . and often with a catchy slogan required to stand a chance of scooping a prize. One day I won a runner-up prize of a miniature Kodak Disc camera. It came complete with enough film to take 15 exposures and I used it to photograph my 2 young daughters, on the beach, pouring buckets of water over each other. The best shot I took, won first prize in a Boots Photo Competition with a Minolta X300 SLR camera as the reward. Along with the camera came membership of The Minolta Club of GB and a monthly magazine that held photo competitions every month with a chance to win more camera equipment . . . and so I was hooked and I have been entering photographic competitions ever since. (It's much more fun than thinking up slogans!)
My Achievements
(most recent first)
*Winner: Silver Medal. Scottish Photographic Federation: Best Landscape Print "Stormbound" 2025.
*Winner: Silver Medal. Scottish Photographic Federation: Best Landscape DPI "Lights in the Fjord" 2024
*Winner: Silver Medal. Scottish Photographic Federation: Best Creative Print "Lockdown" 2023
* Runner Up: 2022 Scottish Nature Photography Awards: Best Video.
* Winner: The Provost's Shield for 11th year, Ayr Photographic Society 2022.
* TV Broadcasts: 3 wildlife video clips, BBC television 2021
* Winner: Glowing Embers Photo Comp. Dec 2020
* Winner Trailfinders 2019 Photo Comp winning trip to Maldives
* Overall Winner Kwando Safaris Photographer of the Year 2019 winning safari to Okawango Delta
* Winner Sunday Times "Big Shot" Comp Jan 2019
* Overall Winner and Guardian Travel Photographer of the Year Dec 2016 winning trip to Iceland.
* Winner Audley Travel Photo Contest July 2016
* Winner: Guardian travel Photo Contest June 2016
* Shortlisted: Guardian travel Photo Contest May 2016
* Winner: Herald "Winter" Photographic Comp 2016
* Runner up: Guardian travel Photo Contest April 2016
* Runner up: Guardian travel Photo Contest Feb 2016
* Finalist: Feelgoodtravel Competition Feb 2016
* Landscape Photography Commission for gallery in Irvine Hospital 2016.
* Winner: 2015 Sunday Times, Big Shot Travel Photography Competition.
* 2 Honourable Mentions: Kutoa 'Joys of Travel' Contest 2012
* Winner: National British Countryside Competition 2011
* Winner: International Press Association Photographic Comp 2011.
* Winner: British Airways Travel Photography Comp 2011.
* Winner: The Telegraph 'Big Picture' photography Comp 2011.
* Winner: Specsavers 'Amazing Partnerships' Photographic Comp 2011.
* Winner: Pictures 2 Win 'Unusual Angles' Photographic Comp 2011.
* Winner: Pictures 2 Win 'Great Outdoors' Photographic Comp 2011.
* Finalist: Lonely Planet international photographic Comp 2010.
* Winner: Crail Festival Photographic Comp 2010, & 2009.
* Winner: BBC Countryfile Photographic Comp (Landscape Section) 1996