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2015 In Pictures
It's that time of year again when we start to look back on the passing year, and whilst I know that people think in experiences, people, laughs etc I do mine in photographs. I have included my favourite shots of the year, not in chronological order as my brain doesn't work like that (as you may have seen if you read these). I hope you enjoy looking at them as I file them in 2015 and start thinking about 2016 which starts for me with the big new years day trip.
Davie
I remember this shot vivdly, it was on my birthday trip in January and to be honest the day was a bit of a washout...... I was on my way home, head down when I stopped for a coffee. Thats when this happened! I feel sometimes photographers are like big wave surfers, waiting for their set. I feel that to be a landscape photographer you need to have a zen approach, whatever nature gives you, you gratefully accept and work with.
As some people know about me I have no qualms as to what I use to achieve an image and the image to your left and the 4 following it were made using my iPhone 6. As I tell clients, you don't need top of the range gear to achieve meaningful images
One of my favourite shots, I had decided to once again drive the Bealach Na Ba to Applecross and to be honest it was a horrible day. Sitting in a roadside laybay I was being buffetted by rain and hail, thinking how the day couldn't get much worse and whatever deity heard me they produced this image right in front of me. A heavenly present indeed.
Trips don't have to be big, overthought affairs. The shot to your left was taken on a Saturday evening drive around Angus trying to alleviate my boredom.
A beach!! In Scotland !! It most certainly is ... this beach is beautiful and in the Western Highlands at Morar. A very tranquil place to sit and relax on the road to the isles.
So then, That was 2015..... Was it a good one? I think it was, artistically I think it was good and I hope you agree. As a brand I think I had a good year, I have secured another exhibition in my home town of Dundee for October 2016 and that is very exciting. If you want to see more with regular updates please go to my website www.redstagphotography.co.uk