Days 5-10 Alpine Road trip
At last , climbs that actually have holds on them rather than crystals a few nanometers in depth. After Colin and Susan crusied Motorhead , we figured it was time to get a bit higher and base ourselves at the Albert Heim hut and climb some of the big granite walls that surround the […]
Day 4 Alps trip
Four days in to the road trip and Colin flew out to join Susan and I yesterday. His first comment was , “I want to get on to something hard and slabby ” . Well it would be rude not to put him on the sharp end of Motorhead so Susan and I shared a […]
Friedrichschafen Outdoor
Friedrichschafen Outdoor Show Seems strange to be blogging about a trade show rather than a photoshoot or film project but I’ve just had 4 days at Europe’s biggest outdoor trade show and it was an experience worth talking about. There are 2 sides to being successful in the creative world, not just how your eye, […]
An Teallach film
Just back from one of the most inspiring and exciting projects I’ve worked on this year; making a trail running film in the far NW of Scotland. Colin Meek and Paul Tattersall and I had spoken about the possibilities 6 months ago and we booked the time in mid May for a number of reasons […]
Thank God for that !
Its not every day you get an email saying that one of the biggest outdoor adventure companies in the world want to book you for a photoshoot. When I’d picked myself up of the floor and sorted out the details , The North face and Glenmore Lodge were looking to do a combined shoot of […]
Wild Country Photoshoot
Last year I did a shoot for Wild Country , they were bringing out a new range of clothes specifically with the climber in mind , sort of urban/street/bouldering wear , they look really cool , I have to say I virtually live in my climbing jeans , good for cragging , bouldering , multi […]
Scotland FFS !!
Well ,here we are again , writing a blog about horrendous conditions in Scotland , its almost getting monotonous now . I could probably write the same blog every year and just change the dates each time I go up. But I shouldn’t complain , I’m always saying that you get the best images in […]
Ice Ecrins Shoot and Filming
Just back from the Ecrins where I was shooting and filming with Giles Conrah and Paul Swail. Also along to help carry kit and generally be a good all-round chap was Rob Benton . The original idea was to shoot images for the Rab Autumn/ Winter 2014/15 range but we also had some sunnies , […]
The year that was 2013
Sometimes its good to stop and look back, we can be so focused on the ground in front of us and how far we’ve still got to go that we forget to turn around and look how far we’ve come. 2013 was a good year for my photographic work and some notable firsts for me, […]
Landscape Photographer of the year finals
I first saw the book ‘Landscape’ around 5 years ago and it just blew my mind how much talent there was in landscape photography in the UK. Its been a small personal ambition of mine to have an image included in the book and finally this year I’m really pleased to say that out of […]