some pictures from yesterdays photoshoot.

A couple of images from Saturday’s sunset. I decided at the last minute to go out and I was rewarded with an angry looking sky.

Pictures from today’s photoshoot with Laura and Calvin.

Two images taken on a crisp Christmas Day. The recent snowfalls had covered Arran in a good layer of snow. With the rest of the family busy, I decided to get out for an hour to try and get some pictures. These are the results.

Some images from today’s photoshoot.

A couple of weeks ago during one of our trips to Ken Dee marshes we decided on the way home to stop off at Turnberry lighthouse. This lighthouse was designed by Thomas Stevenson and was completed in 1873 on the site of the remains of Turnberry castle.

We reached the edge of Turnberry golf course about an hour before sunset. We parked the car and had a 10 minute walk to the lighthouse. The cloud had moved in as the afternoon wore on, so the chance of a good sunset was dwindling rapidly. This was my first time at this location so even though the light was poor, I wanted to try and make the most of it. I went down into the bay beside the castle and managed to get shots with some good colour in the sky from a slight break in the clouds above the lighthouse.

Further exploration of this bay led me to this wonderful row of granite rock. This made an excellent foreground for a good mono conversion using the dull grey sky to it’s maximum effect. The lighthouse had also just turned on it’s light, this was ideal and it was only a matter of waiting till the light was in view before taking the shot.

I moved back up to the lighthouse and went onto the ruins of the castle. I was hoping for any break in the clouds to show something of the sunset. Luckily for a minute or two the clouds parted to get a glimpse of the pink sky. It was just a matter of getting into position before the pink clouds disappeared to get the shot.

All in all; it was quite a good first visit, even though the sunset we expected never materialised. I will definitely be making a return here in the future when I have more time to explore the area fully.

More images from last weeks photo shoot.

Two pictures from a recent shoot with Lisa and Michael.

Pictures from todays photoshoot with Mia.

Another trip through the archive.  This post was inspired by a recent comment regarding Ardrossan sunsets.  I realised that a lot of them were either sitting on my hard drive or on my pbase site.  So here are another 2 or 3 old images from the great summer of 2006.

The Old Ship.

Stoney Ground.

Golden sunset.