Sea scapes

Last Wenesday I was lucky enough to visit two local beaches, Tyninghame and Seacliffe when there was a large swell. I took most of my photos using a fast shutter speed as the light was so bright. In an ideal world if I had had an ND Filter and used my tripod it would have been nice to take some photographs with a slow shutter speed too. None the less I am quite pleased with some of the shots.

Talk by Laurie Campbell

On Tuesday 18 October I went to see a talk in the Borders by Laurie Campbell, a Scottish natural history and landscape photographer.
It was a fascinating talk as he regularly revisits the same areas to gain indepth coverage of species such as golden eagles. I had no idea so much backgroud work and patience was required to gain such superb wildlife photographs. He also photographs common place subjuects such as flora/fauna, insects in a creative way.
He is dedicated to photographing subjects as they are with minimal digital enhancement which I found refreshing in this digital age.
Overall it was a very inspiring talk and definitely made me want to take more photographs noticing creativity in everyday subjects wwhich are near at hand.