Category: Techniques


  • September Beckons!

    September Beckons!

    I can feel autumn approaching now, the world is starting to wind down, slow down and prepare for the darkness. I love this time of year, the colours as the leaves shift from greens to reds and golds. The chill in the air and the misty mornings. It is a time when the otherworld feels…

  • Why… Oh Why…

    Why… Oh Why…

    You may be asking yourself… Rob, mate, why on God’s Green Earth do you shoot analogue. And that is a fair question. I don’t only shoot analogue for starters – I use a LOT of digital equipment too. I shoot on Nikon Z series cameras commercially, and until recently, all my landscape photography was also…

  • Meikle Ferry

    Meikle Ferry

    Today I found myself working at the very mysterious Meikle Ferry – or as it was once known – The Ness of Portnaculter. The Ness was formed by glacial deposits that jut out into the Dornoch Firth near Tain, which formed a narrow stretch ideal for operating a short ferry from Sutherland to Easter Ross.…

  • Even the Best Laid Plans….

    Fail. Yes, tonight was an absolute disaster! I decided to head to a spot I had found to shoot the sunset with the big pano camera whilst the heather is at it’s peak. I got there, and had forgotten to take my midge repellent top. No problem, I would be quick… camera out, framed, focussed,…

  • The First Roll (of film)

    This is a short video I shot last night as I set off to the Inverness Darkroom for a bit of an induction/refresher in processing and 2 rolls of film. A 120 roll from the big 617 and a 35mm roll from the Sprocket Rocket. I was pleased to get something out of each of…

  • Inverness Darkroom

    I have done a “thing”. On Tuesday (the day after the storm) I popped into town to visit Inverness Darkroom, a part of WASPS, at the old High School. The darkroom facilities themselves are pretty encompassing, and the people I met were all charming. Today I filled out the membership form, paid my dues and…

  • Learning Curves Ahoy!

    We are back from our holidays on the beautiful Isle of Muck, and I haven’t done a great deal as yet with the photos! The weather was… typically West Coast… so there are a couple of good images and a lot of grey ones! But it was a good break nonetheless! What we did have,…

  • Starting to take shape!

    Today we have made a step forward – the socials are up and working! There is a new Facebook page – Wayward Spirit Studio and I have finally managed to get the Instagram page to link into a business management account so I can now upload direct from my desktop… which means proper photos can…