Recent content by Tobers

Isle of Harris and Lewis

Time for another update. The haggis escaped unfortunately, so you'll have to put up with the following: #16: Here's the kit I'm using for this project. Basically, the smaller and lighter, the better. Firstly, the Leica Q3 (1) is a very small and high quality instrument that handled the majority...

Righto. will report back :-)

I’m likely to give them some business for a book project. I’m about to get some hardback samples done (150-ish pages) ahead of a print run of several hundred to start with. Wondering if anyone has used them.

A quick note on the Leica Q3. I got mine on launch day (from Red Dot after getting on the list many months prior). I’ve been using it extensively for a book project I’m doing. It is a stunningly good camera. For the people pictures I’m doing it is just superb. I am usually pairing it with...

Many thanks - I'll see if I can rustle up a piper. Great idea. Either a piper or a captive haggis.

A few more as this project progresses. I'm really enjoying it, meeting loads of new people and finding out a lot more about the island. Great fun. #10 Torabhaig distillery #11 Bespoke furniture maker #12 Glendale shop #13 The Woodworker #14 The Mountain guide, a member of this...

Wee video of a photoshoot with some fishermen as part of the “work” theme for the book: Fishermen - Skye At Night View: https://youtu.be/MAYrJre3bNE

Bit of a delay posting, but the project has been in full swing. #8 Skye Bridge #9 Neist Point

How to photograph some artisan weavers in a shed at night? I found out when I visited Andrea and Roger who founded Skye Weavers up in Glendale. This is part of the work life theme in the book. As ever with this sort of thing, I went with an idea of the key shot I wanted, and ended up with a...

The new A9 does actually do playback of images as a video, not as stills, as there would be too many stills to scroll through at 120fps. From a sports photography perspective I can absolutely see the attractiveness of this. It becomes trivial to select one or more stills from a video sequence...

Impromptu addition from last night's outing. It was fireworks night down the road at Hotel Eilean Iarmain. I'd been keeping an eye on the aurora forecast as usual, and it was starting to look rather interesting. By the time the fireworks started a pretty nice display was kicking off up in the...

On Wednesday night I had conditions I’d been waiting for. A clear-ish sky, near full moon, little wind. A few miles up the road from me is an area of marshy “flow country” type landscape, with some cool lochans dotted with little islands. You get glimpses of it from the road. For a while now...

Just I definitely don't have that budget!!

Hi Ian - thats superb feedback, many thanks for taking the time to write it up and look through the website. The website has only a smattering of what is going to go into the book, and curation of the content to provide context is a high priority. It’s definitely going to be vital to ensure...