Tag Archives: Scotland

Scottish Speakers. NB

Posted on April 8, 2013 by niallbenvie

I’ve recently been recruited by the Edinburgh-based bureau, Scottish Speakers, who will now handle bookings for presentations I give in the UK. I will continue to offer the same format, of day long workshop (free to the club) and evening … Continue reading →

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Field studio birds, 3. NB

Posted on March 8, 2013 by niallbenvie

How hard can it be to get the 4 metres from my office to the hide in my garden to photograph small birds in the field studio? Much harder than it reasonably should be if the last 3 weeks of … Continue reading →

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Imacon Flextight 646 scanner for sale. NB

Posted on February 13, 2013 by niallbenvie

I spent about £1500 3 years ago to get my Flextight scanner repaired – but the good thing was that it acquired a new CCD sensor and was as good as new.  The bad thing is that I have had … Continue reading →

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One last plug. NB

Posted on December 4, 2012 by niallbenvie

You’re maybe visiting this site for nature photography content but let’s face it, a great many of us like chocolate too. I’ve been applying myself of late to some concept pictures for Carlotta’s Chocolates (we couldn’t use Charlotte’s Chocolates as … Continue reading →

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Something completely different.2. NB

Posted on December 3, 2012 by niallbenvie

We’re really pleased to announce that our chocolate website is now live. Uniquely amongst the many artisan chocolate websites, we have a photographic offer alongside the chocolate that Charlotte produces: personalised gift prints of my photographs and design that last … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity recording for NGO’s. NB

Posted on November 9, 2012 by niallbenvie

The increasing trend amongst NGO’s, highlighted by a colleague recently, to use staff or volunteers to provide images for their publications more often than not ends up compromising them. That may sound sweeping but a glance at any number of … Continue reading →

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Flood event and our first home-based workshop. NB

Posted on October 30, 2012 by niallbenvie

  We recently had a remarkable rainfall event (at the end of the most dismal, disastrous summer since 1995) which saw the River North Esk near home rise by over 4 metres -then fall again by the same in 20 … Continue reading →

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Just hangin’ around. NB

Posted on October 18, 2012 by niallbenvie

  Three people. One fishing rod. What was I to do while Iona and Charlotte took it in turns to fish from the main pier on Coll? Well, I didn’t want to miss out on the excitement if a fish … Continue reading →

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Greg Wise shoot. NB

Posted on September 22, 2012 by niallbenvie

A recent shoot for the Woodland Trust’s Broadleaf magazine of actor Greg Wise reminded me of two vital requirements of outdoor portraits: that the pictures are always lit and that you always do a walk through first.   My friend Erwin Christis, … Continue reading →

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Something completely different. NB

Posted on March 5, 2012 by niallbenvie

During my life I’ve turned my hand to many things from (during my farming days) drain construction, ploughing, simple machinery design and bus driving to (during my photographic career) tour guiding, lecturing, book writing and image making. But it has … Continue reading →

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