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Nikon release new high-end compact

The new Nikon Coolpix P7000

Nikon today introduced the COOLPIX P7000. At home in a pro’s gadget bag or in the hands of a spirited enthusiast, passionate photographers of all levels will benefit from the P7000’s high performance, extensive manual controls, stunning image quality and advanced shooting functions.

The 10.1-megapixel COOLPIX P7000 features [...]

Order my new book!

Collection 1 by David Officer | Make Your Own Book

I’ve published my first book with a collection of 20 of my best photos from the last couple of years.  You can buy it online at Blurb.com or in person at my NEOS exhibition later this month.  It’s a softback book, [...]

Free Wallpapers for you and all your friends!

To celebrate my first solo exhibition as part of North-East Open Studios, I’ve created 5 wallpapers to give away for free.  Just click the link below that best suits your computers optimum resolution and either open it with a program such as winRAR or select save as and extract the files later.  .zip extraction programs are [...]

Skye

My brother in law Neil has been travelling the world and as a result, decided that he needed to see more of Scotland upon his return.  We thought Skye would be a good place to start and headed there for 2 nights camping near Dunvegan.

I simply love Skye.  This was the third time I’d been in [...]

Playful Otter

Last year we went to the west coast for a camping trip and managed some Otter sightings, Heather fished out the video for me and put it on Youtube. I thought I’d share it with you as it has lots of potential for making people go “Awwww” [...]

Stonehaven at Sunrise

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 [...]

Union Terrace Gardens on a summers day

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 [...]

Aberdeen's been sold for a pocket full of gold

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 [...]

Small World

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 [...]

It's all about knowing when to quit

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 [...]