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I hope to have caught something of the spirit of Scotland’s longest glen as well as people who seem to thrive in such a hostile environment.
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I went out for WWF with the scallop divers, trawler and creeler men of the Clyde Estuary to take portraits of them at work.
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These images reflect a stillness beneath the country’s characteristic colour and vibrancy.
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I have loved the Bolivian Altiplano (Highlands) ever since I first travelled there almost twenty years ago.
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This collection of small islands in the mid Atlantic (once the last stopping off point for mariners before they struck out for the New World) are not for the faint hearted....
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Inspired by our time spent living in South America my wife Fiona and I set up an artisan coffee roasting business in 2011. To research how coffee is produced and ensure that we are ethically sourcing our green beans I visited three farms with the specialist coffee merchants Mercanta. It was...
In November 2011 I traveled to Guatemala on a photographic field trip with development charity Mercy Corps to remote communities in the Alta Verapaz region of the country. I've never been to Guatemala before and was blown away by the diversity of its landscapes and people. Like so much of...
In the past two years I’ve been increasingly involved in outdoor event photography. It seemed the prefect chance to combine my favorite subjects, people and landscapes, in some of the most stunning locations in the UK. These events also fundraise for some great charities including Mercy Corps, ...
My first book of black and white photos 'Winter in Glen Lyon', is published by the Aberfeldy 'Watermill. With wild land under more pressure in Scotland than ever before these images are a fleeting record of a vanishing frontier. It is up to us all to discover, explore and...
Scottish Mountaineer, November 2013
Just outside the village of Fortingall in Highland Perthshire a single-track road leads into one of the most beautiful places in Scotland. It winds into a glen through a mountainous pass above the swirling black waters of the River Lyon. The road then heads west, gradually climbing for more than...
Scottish Wildlife Trust Magazine, Autumn 2013
Aubrey Manning’s imagination was first fired by the natural world when his family moved from London into the country during the Second World War to avoid the Blitz. Aged ten he spent long days exploring the fields, woodlands and hedgerows around Englefield Green in Surrey.It was an...
Scottish Field, September 2013
The adventure starts at Loch an Daimh towards the top end of Glen Lyon. It is mid February and half of the loch is bound solid with ice. I find myself balanced at the front of a small boat with stalkers Steven Macdonald and Ally Macaskill tasked with helping spot...
John Muir Trust Journal, Autumn 2012
There are few views of the Red and the Black Cuillin in Skye as spectacular as the one from the Sligachan Hotel. On a clear day you can scan the shattered peaks and ridges of this great mountain range before letting your eye follow the Sligachan river’s wide...
Scotland on Sunday, September 11th 2011
Aerial photographs showing a faint line in fields around a Highland Perthshire village have mystified archeologists for decades. Crop marks in the village of Fortingall, famous for its 5,000 year old yew tree, seem to indicate an ancient boundary long since been buried and forgotten. Now an archaeological dig led by...