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As part of North-East Open Studios I will be showcasing a selection of my best work from the last few years and selling prints, postcards and books in Peterculter Heritage Hall, Station Road East. It’s a brilliant location as the hall is situated on the Deeside Way, just a few yards from the River Dee. Also showing [...] So, 3.20 am on nearly the shortest day of the year, I decided that would be the perfect time to get up and go for some sunrise shots. I’d had one in mind for a while and wanted to capture it while the Oil Seed Rape was in full bloom, it would make a perfect summer [...] Yesterday was the first Saturday since the Council passed their motion to support City Square Project and the possible destruction of the beautiful Union Terrace Gardens, in the heart of Aberdeen. It also happened to be the hottest day of the year so far, as a result it was rammed. I was there from 3 till [...] This is the post I didn’t want to write, the one I’d been dreading, the words we hoped need never be typed. We lost. Peacock Visual Arts are in dire straits now as their previously approved building, with 75% funding, has been tossed aside by Aberdeen City Councillors in favour of a pipe dream that will [...] It’s been a long hard winter in the north-east of Scotland. With snow on the ground for almost 3 months solid, record low temperatures and snow showers right up till May, every industry in the country has felt the effects, but perhaps those who felt it hardest have been our farmers. Few others feel the winter [...] Small things are more interesting when you stop and take a closer look: I’ve been playing around with a bellows extension this week which allows me to get greater than 1:1 ratio photos. It opens up a new range of interesting bits and pieces to take photos of, such as the sycamore helicopter and the pine cone [...] April 13th saw the consultation report for the City Square Project finally published: Here though it seems some groups may have had access to it before the rest of us, either that or Aberdeen Journals have the fastest journalists and printing team in the business as a mere hour after it was published online I was [...] Red Squirrels munching on some free nuts in Carnie Woods, Westhill. There’s a good number of reds in this small wood and as it’s a busy dog walking site they seem quite comfortable with folk watching them. This guy sat eating away quite happily for 10 minutes until a squadron of dogs came bounding round the [...] We took a trip up to the Lecht on Saturday to check out the snow, it was pretty spectacular. We stopped on the Lecht – Ballater road and stumbled into a bunch of Red Grouse on the pull. It was my first time up there in winter, well worth it if you want to see snow deeper [...] I feel sick. Right in the pit of my stomach, a deep discomfort is keeping me awake and making me a bit tetchy. Tomorrow the City Square consultation comes to an end and the fate of our Gardens could be sealed. It’s a very stressful time! Now is our final chance to have a say in what [...] |
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