SCOTLAND in black and white

Here I go again! It seems like every couple of months I post more images of Scotland but there is a very good reason. This magnificent little country is at the top of my list for landscape photography and especially black and white.

On my first trip to Scotland I took a 35mm camera strictly for color and a medium format camera explicitly for black and white. The Nikon F3 was loaded with Kodachrome 64 transparency film, while I put only Kodak Tri-X ( 120 ) through the Rolleiflex. The 35mm slides were excellent but since I am a printer the larger black and white negative was my preference and on future trips I only took larger medium format cameras.

All of the images that I am posting now are over twenty-five years old but were not necessarily taken in the same year. I still have a large number of negatives that I haven't printed but when the urge hits me it's quite easy to spend an entire day working on them. Needless to say; the urge strikes often but I don't know whether it's my love of photography or my memories that actually move me.

I find myself returning more and more to black and white film because it still has a purpose and it is what I have spent much of my life enjoying. As photographers we all have to find the tool and the medium that allows us to express our feelings in what we see. Ansel Adams once said, " We don't take a picture, We make a picture."

I hope you enjoy my Scotland prints from the eighties and nineties. I always like hearing from other photographers and those just interested in old photos. Please send me an e-mail or leave a comment at the bottom of this post. Thanks for looking in

Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan Moat Bridge

Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan Castle in the morning light

Elgol on the Isle of Skye

The rugged coast at Elgol

Elgol with the Cuillins in the background

The Cuillins in the mist

Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye

Hiking in the Highlands

Family cemetery plot on Skye

Ancient Crofter's cottage on Skye

Serenity at twilight

Coastal rock formations

White cottage on the Loch

Eilean Donan Castle at high tide

The remains of Duntulm Casle on Skye

Duntulm Castle tower