Tim's Pictures

I have used a variety of camera equipment, including Nikon D70, Olympus E-500 and Nikon D200 dSLRs, an Olympus Trip 35mm, a Bronica SQa, Hasselblad 500CM, Ricoh 500G, Canon G9, a Rollei 6006 and a Shen-Hao large-format camera.

The best of my photographs make it into my Gallery. I have a set of essays on photographic techniques if anyone finds it helpful. A selection of my work is for sale as prints, cards and posters from RedBubble. Should you find a photo here that you wish to purchase but isn't available just yet, contact me and I'll gladly upload it. Miscellaneous works in progress can be found here; I have an ongoing series of experiments in darkroom / analogue / alternative processing / contact-printing. I've recently added a photo-blog, complete with RSS feed.

2010-02-05 misc/highlands panorama inverness	View full-size	A couple of panoramic photos of winter in the Scottish Highlands, taken on the way to Inverness.
2010-01-27 highlands snow 2-2010	View full-size	Photos from a trip up the west coast of Scotland from Argyll to Loch Tarff on the south side of Loch Ness: early monring sunlight, mist (fog and cloud inversion-layers) and symmetric reflections in water.
2010-01-13 highlands snow 2010	View full-size	Scenes of winter snow in the Scottish Highlands: Daviot Church (CoS) and surrounding landscape; patterns of sunlight and shadow on the snow; a sunset taken along the B851 road down the south side of Loch Ness; snow on the frozen surface of Loch Tarff and cold blue evening sunlight on mountains.
2010-01-06 misc/helensburgh	View full-size	While the car was away being repaired, I let rip with the HTC Hero / Google Android phone, and went beach-combing for photos along the waterfront at Helensburgh, Argyll+Bute. Of the many images shot, these seemed particularly artistic despite the low-brow camera of choice.
2010-01-04 glen etive winter 2010	View full-size	Winter in Glencoe: frozen lochs and mountains covered in snow; lots of pictures of Buachaille Etive Mor (Beinn Dearg in particular), from standing in the River Coupall; closeup studies in semi-abstract compositions using patterns of snow, ice and black rivers.
2009-12-27 christmas-2009	View full-size	Two very different kinds of light: closeups a mahonia plant covered in snow in bright sunlight, compared with brihgt moonlight and snowy winter landscape by moonlight at night.
2009-12-06 misc/highland landscape moon pillar	View full-size	Late afternoon sunlight and clouds; night-time moon-rise with and moon-pillar. Taken in the Highlands south of Inverness.
2009-11-27 misc/inverawe-floods-trees	View full-size	Water and Wood: photos of flooded burns and studies of lichen on trees in the Inverawe estate following recent rain.
2009-11-16 misc/november-scenery	View full-size	Photos from a whirlwind tour of southern Scotland with friends: Glen and Loch Turret, the Forth Road Bridge from North Queensferry, Lochs Ard, Arklet, Chon and Lomond (from the Inversnaid Hotel) in the Trossachs National Park.
2009-11-13 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/autumn-holiday-highlands-2009-largeformat	View full-size	Photos of trees and the river rapids in Glen Affric and the mountains and rocks of wild Assynt landscapes. Taken on the Shen Hao HZX45-IIA large-format view camera with Ilford Delta-100 black and white, or Fuji Velvia-100 E6 films.
2009-11-07 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/autumn-holiday-highlands-2009-hasselblad	View full-size	Square composition photos taken on the Hasselblad 500C/M: small waterfalls in the river and trees in the Caledonian Forest reserve at Glen Affric; a perfect symmetrical reflection of mountains in Torridon; Ardvreck Castle and submerged stones in Loch Assynt.
2009-11-06 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/west-coast-route-home	View full-size	Landscape photos taken on a drive from Assynt in Sutherland down the west coast of Scotland: crepuscular rays across Loch Glencoul; panoramas of a rainbow centred on Suilven, from near Elphin; golden sunlight on the mountains (Sisters of Kintail) and the river in Glen Shiel; my Shen Hao large-format camera in action!
2009-10-31 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/assynt-loop	View full-size	Photographs from a weekend holiday in Assynt, on the loop road (B869) around Assynt: photos of Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt, mountains (Glas Bheinn, Quinag and Ben More Assynt and the panorama from near Rhicarn taking in Canisp, Suilven, Cul Mor), geology: a study in cnoc-and-lochan landscape forms, closeups of rocks (mostly Lewisian Gneiss) and the Glencoul and Moine thrust fault-lines.
2009-10-25 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/affric-assynt	View full-size	Photos around the Caledonian Forest reserve at Glen Affric (closeup studies of motion-blurred flowing water in the River Affric rapids, and a pattern of tree roots) and en route to Assynt, with photos around the Kylesku (Caolas Cumhann, meaning "the narrow straits") bridge.
2009-10-21 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/torridon	View full-size	Photos taken whilst driving through Wester Ross and Glen Torridon: a study in patterns of sunlight, water and mountains (Beinn Eighe and Liathach) and Scots Pine trees in the Caledonian Forest reserve beside Loch Clair.
2009-10-17 devon holiday 2009/thirsk sutton bank	View full-size	A small set of photos taken around Sutton Bank just above Thirsk in North Yorkshire, near the Yorkshire Gliding Club runways.
2009-10-17 devon holiday 2009/hartland	View full-size	Landscape photos taken around the Hartland peninsula area in Devon: studies in an impressive coastal geology, with layers of sandstone mudstones laid down in the Carboniferous period and metamorphosed into buckled and warped fold shapes during the Variscan Orogeny. Also a walk along the coastal path to the waterfall near Milford, taking in some atmospheric optical phenomena (part of a 22-degree halo and sundogs) and watching a kestrel flying hovering and hunting.
2009-10-14 devon holiday 2009/eden project	View full-size	Photos taken around the Eden Project in Cornwall, a disused quarry site now replanted and dedicated to environmental and ecological concerns: studies of flowers and plant detail, wooden and metal modern-art sculptures lying around; abstract closeups of waste metal texture.
2009-10-14 devon holiday 2009/watersmeet	View full-size	Photographs of the Hoar Oak Water and East Lyn River at Watersmeet, a National Trust property near Lynton and Lynmouth: small waterfalls and water flowing around rocks in the rivers.
2009-10-12 devon holiday 2009/porlock beach walk	View full-size	Photos of Porlock in Devon: closeups of pebbles cast in blue shadow; views of buildings in the town; Oare parish church (which features in Lorna Doone).
2009-10-04 devon holiday 2009/lynton lynmouth chambercombe	View full-size	Photos from a dreich rainy grey day around Lynton and Lynmouth: closeups of rose flower-heads, mahonia leaves and multi-coloured hydrangeas taken in the garden grounds of Chambercombe Manor; in Lynmouth, views looking out to sea and the museum / memorial to the Flood of 1952 and looking up the Funicular Railway; in Lynton, views down the funicular railway and closeups of stone carvings.
2009-10-03 devon holiday 2009/ilfracombe	View full-size	Photos taken in Ilfracombe, Devon: overviews of the town itself, a view along the coastline to the east, and abstract closeups of the texture and colours of rocks (mostly red sandstone) around the promenade and up the hill at Capstone Parade.
2009-09-28 devon holiday 2009/clovelly	View full-size	Photos of Clovelly, a rather deliberately "preserved" village on the Devon coast (traffic banned, still using sledges to carry the post down the street): patterns of sunlight and shadow on cobbled streets, views from the harbour of lobster-pots and looking to the lifeboat station and a panorama of the town.
2009-09-16 inverawe-autumn-walk-dog	View full-size	Photos of hte onset of Autumn in the Inverawe country park, Argyll, Scotland: patterns of low evening golden sunlight and shadows; the birches of Inverawe; brambles / blackberries and a fallen leaf closeup on moss on a stone wall; orange bracken; a couple of abstract closeup photos of a set of wooden pallets lying in the sun.
2009-09-15 kilchurn loch awe early morning	View full-size	The onset of Autumn in Argyll, part one: photos of sunrise at Kilchurn Castle and looking across Loch Awe early one misty morning, and of a vibrant blue, orange red and yellow sunset in Inverawe.