Check out some summery iPhone pics from the last few months…
The recent summer weather got me thinking about summer holidays and the lack of them in recent years. I generally don’t go away in the summer but last year August brought my first holiday for many years… well if you could call it a holiday! It was not what everyone thinks of in terms of conventional. There were no lazy days on beaches with the sun beaming down, just grey skies and windy country roads!
Obsidian Entertainment and I decided it would be nice to head to the Isle of Skye to film and photograph some scenery in the north of our country. Neither of us had been that far north before so we headed out on our road trip with a map and some ideas.
We decided to split our journey up by stopping at Ullswater in the Lake District on the way up. The first night camping was the sign of what was to come in the following week – rain! Although we had checked our route before we left we had not anticipated how long it would take us to travel the roads through the Grampians. It was decided Fort William would be a last minute stop over. (I would suggest doing the same if you are travelling from the South of England).
The drive up to Portree was still a long way from Port William. When looking at a map I really didn’t take in the windiness of the roads! It was lovely scenery but when you are the driver you don’t really get a chance to take a look around you.
Now this holiday is the reason I will never go on a week long camping holiday again! Rain and a tent for a week is not much fun! We were hoping to go walking but when it rained, it really rained, and a four hour walk is very miserable when soaked through! We had to take the option of locating areas near the car to film and take pictures of!
One very good thing about the Isle of Skye is wherever you look there is beautiful scenery…mountains, lochs or the coast. One particularly rainy day we took a drive around the Isle to have a look around and mark down some areas for better weather. We discovered that most car parks were free and there were plenty of areas to stop on the roads. Many of the roads in the more rural areas are tracks but once you have the hang of them they are lovely to drive. I would like to take another trip there sometime but maybe stay in more solid accommodation!
Earlier this year I had an email through from Alamy saying I had now been enabled to add image to their News feed. I add landscape images and other stock images to their library on a regular basis but this opened a new door for me.
I have so far submitted a couple of local events to their feed. The first being a St Georges Day celebration in Swindon…
…and the second being a local Yarnbombing Day! Yes I was unsure of what that meant exactly too but it is a type of graffiti or street art made of knitted or crocheted yarn!
So for the last month or so I have been a little absent from my site and social media. I have been unwell for quite a lot of this time and unfortunately have not been as active as I would have like to have been with my personal work. Thanks for staying with me in this quiet time 🙂
Check out a very wintry February’s iPhone pics
Check out January’s iPhone pics
Hope everyone has an amazing 2012 x
October and November’siPhone images…
Whilst covering a couple of dates on the East 17 ‘Back to the Future’ tour I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing an emerging new talent, Blythe Majors
Hailing from Edinburgh, Blythe is a solo artist with an amazing talent for songwriting and performing. He has been working on his debut album over the past few months and is now recording the final tracks before adding the finishing touches. He never set out to be in the music industry but with some complimentary comments whilst singing along to songs with friends, he moved along the path to become a songwriter and has gained the acclaim of CBS television network who are looking to use his songs in some of their top shows.
Blythe has a clear passion for music which comes across in so many of the pictures, making him a great subject to shoot. I hope to be catching up with Blythe again soon in the recording studio.
August and September’s iPhone images
