Dead Centre of Dail Mor – Post #13
The Journey to Dail Mor As I travelled southward along the main A858 from Barvas, tracing the western edge of Lewis, the morning greeted me with brilliant sunshine and scattered, fluffy clouds which offered reasonable conditions for some Hebridean beach photography. The wind, though still blowing from the west, had considerably mellowed since earlier in […]
The Holy Island Hustle – Post #11
A Different Kind of All-Nighter A few days off lay ahead—an open window in an otherwise full calendar—and I decided to make the most of it with a camera in hand and the intention of staying out through the night and the idea of some Northumberland photography floated about my head, (although from my research […]
Grit, Groynes and the Gods of Photography – Post #9
A Restless Urge and a Seaside Plan The weather had been unusually kind of late—clear skies, gentle warmth—and yet, somehow, I hadn’t taken the camera out in what felt like forever. The days had slipped by, unnoticed, until a quiet restlessness settled in. So, I found myself pouring over an assortment of weather apps, cross-referencing […]
Atlantic Breakers – Post #8
opted for a more laissez-faire attitude and systematically proceeded with my routine and let the dark cloud go about its business without any impact at all on my speed of setting up.
Just Bugger Off… – Post #6
I awoke to the sound of another blustery morning. Nestled beneath the warmth of my bed covers, I could discern the relentless drumming of rain against the bedroom window. Outside, darkness still prevailed. The bedroom’s westward-facing window supposedly offered a view of the sea, and the weather, audibly racing in from the Atlantic Ocean, painted […]
No Such Thing as Bad Weather – Post #2
Click to Listen to this Blog as a Podcast! For several days, the venerable media establishments of England have been fervently discussing a formidable and ominous tempest steadily advancing from the boundless Atlantic, its relentless course set to traverse Ireland before making its anticipated arrival upon the shores of England, precisely earmarked for Wednesday. In […]