Red Light Ray » No a Bad Wee Country – Scotland

#clydebynight

redlightray — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:14:22 +0000

By cover of darkness on the Clyde. A test shot for #clydebynight. ISO a little high due to bobbing up n down in the water.

Guy Fawkes Night // Glasgow Necropolis

redlightray — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:27:43 +0000

Gallery of Modern Art // [Glasgow]

redlightray — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:40:52 +0000

From an exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Sadly I didn’t take note of the artists – an oversight. Please comment if you know >

River exploration // Scotland

redlightray — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:13:12 +0000

Sharpen up!

redlightray — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:44:35 +0000

These pictures were taken a while back and posted on the High-8. My pal Somhairle half pulled me up about the shoddy editing and he’s absolutely right. Done in a rush before heading off and on my laptop monitor (which doesn’t cut it), definitely a bit of complacency creeping in, not just on these but on a few recently. Anyway, that’s what good pals are for no? – telling you when you making a mess of it! No one else will.

I’ve decided to post them here the same way anyway for interests sake. Because of the wet nature of the gorge and trying to keep the camera dry, the lens was steaming up, which you can probably see from the slight haziness in the pictures. The tendency then is to crank the sharpening and definition settings when editing. It’s always a danger when learning something – the more you know about it the more you realise the mistakes you are making! I’m sure there are plenty more to come. Anyway, it’s good fun learning, especially when it takes you to places like this! The Devils Cauldron:

At street level in Scotland

redlightray — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:03:26 +0000

I joined Streetlevel photoworks and spent the day scanning in negatives from South Sudan. As I was waiting for the scanner to rev up this image jumped out a book and bit me.

Edinburgh circa 1920

Along the A’chir on Arran

redlightray — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:20:44 +0000

Spectacular weekend just gone shared with good pals atop the ridges of Arran.

Point 5

redlightray — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:10:52 +0000

I have been waiting a while to climb V,5 ice in Scotland. Fortunately Ewan was there to drag me up it. Here’s some pics:

Amazing days on the Ben

redlightray — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:57:04 +0000

Saturday was an exciting day out on Ben Nevis ending with the rescue of two stranded climbers. Here’s the helicopter hovering over the stranded climbers in the Gully (if you look closely you’ll see their torches). Ewan my climbing partner is also up there somewhere helping them out of their sticky predicament!

A Blank Canvas in Bothy Culture.

redlightray — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:44:16 +0000

This last weekend we opened up a project on one of Scotland’s remote bothies. As a regular visitor to bothies, it’s always on the back of my mind how a contribution can be made to keep the bothy culture alive and functioning for the future.

This particular building, perched spectacularly on the edge of a loch in one of Scotland’s most fantastic landscapes, has been in need of face-lift for some time having been abused by a very small number of the travellers passing through – a handful of people who decided to leave rubbish rather than carry it out. So a small team of us set out to tidy the space for anyone that might want to stay. The plot thickened however – as we tidied an [almost] blank canvas appeared where the rubbish had been.

In case you feel you might have anything to contribute to a creative outpost in Scotland’s Bothy Culture get in touch through High-8.