If there's one thing I've learned over the last year, photography-wise, it is that I love shooting against the sun. There's something about silhouettes which makes me go, "Ooooooh..." whenever I see one. So I relished the opportunity to take an early-evening walk in Stirling's old town, where a nice old cemetery and the castle where Mary Queen of ( Read more... )

I love it when big clouds descend on supposedly sacred sites. Somehow it makes it easier for me to believe that the objects concerned once served a religious purpose when there are giant clouds hovering over them. Does that make any sense? If it doesn't, let's just say I'm a sucker for big clouds in photogenic settings, because that's just as true ( Read more... )

You all know I'm a tree fetishist and a great lover of geometrical patterns. So you can imagine the shriek of delight I let out at the sight of this...


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I took an awful lot of pictures at this place, situated just off the main road to Glencoe. Conan and I had the place to ourselves when we got there; however, after about ten minutes, its tranquillity was rudely disturbed by the arrival of a photography club whose teacher had discovered its photogenic potential, as well. For the next fifteen minutes ( Read more... )

Hello LJ! It's been a while since I last updated, but I have a proper excuse for my absence. I just spent three weeks in the UK with my boyfriend, who came all the way from Australia to see me and parts of English-speaking Europe. We spent five days in London and then went on a whirlwind tour of England and Scotland. As always, both countries were ( Read more... )

... I'm not dead, nor have I abandoned this journal for ever ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone. I thought I'd post something, just to prove that I am alive and have not completely turned my back on LJ ( Read more... )

You'd be forgiven for believing I've abandoned this journal, considering the rate at which I've been posting lately. I know I haven't been around much, and I apologise for it. Rest assured, however, that I have no intention of abandoning this journal. I'm just hideously, ferociously, unpleasantly busy at work at the moment, and if that weren't bad ( Read more... )

If this is how I feel about 2007, then this is roughly how I feel about the upcoming year.


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Hello, everyone. It's been a while since I last posted here. There were times when I thought I'd never get round to posting again, but as you can see, I'm returning to the fold at the cusp of the new year. I hope you've all been well since we last met, and I obviously wish you all the best for the new year ( Read more... )