6 years ago I created the Rambling Beard Awards 2007 as a way of honouring those who had significantly contributed to my blogging - either ...Read More
A few weeks ago I was involved in judging a photo competition of images submitted by some of the youth of Dumfries and Galloway. The winners...Read More
Problem one - costume. Well that turned out to be the easiest bit for me because Gina created it herself, including painting black some bri...Read More
It felt a bit odd carving a pumpkin this year without my son, Rogan, across the table doing one of his own. When I drove him back up to Edin...Read More
This morning my daughter, Meg, took me down to In House Chocolates to treat me to one of their superb hot chocolates (melted chocolate is p...Read More
2 years ago I was artist in residence at the Wigtown Book Festival . Over the 10 days I took 173 photos of authors, visitors and locals all...Read More
An opportunity to photograph birds of prey. Without hesitation, I make sure I have the big lens on the camera. But when I arrive, everything...Read More
The Yahs are a loud, rocking, entertaining local band. Front-man, Grant, struts his stuff like Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger and James Brown ...Read More
The photographs taken by me and fellow photographer, Colin Hattersley , for the Environmental Art Festival Scotland are now all up online an...Read More
The Environmental Arts Festival Scotland (EAFS) is a new event, hoping to be repeated every 2 years or so, happening across this corner of ...Read More
My son and I returned from our road trip on Wednesday. One week and over eleven hundred miles had taken in a visit to a friend I’d known for...Read More