FACES OF SCOTLAND BY DENNIS HARDLEY

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As promised each day I am posting another of my charactor pictures captured over the years.If you follow my blogs you will have noticed the wide variety of subject matter of interest to me as a professional photographer,so why not go back through my blogger postings today.Here are two young ladies chatting in Inveraray.

PEOPLE PICTURES 3 BY DENNIS HARDLEY

As promised here is another of my charactor shots sorry about missing a day due to commutor failure .This time its a wonderful lady from a croft near Salen.

PEOPLE PICTURES BY DENNIS HARDLEY

As promised here is the second picture from my People portfolio,I found this lady "Jeannie Gibson" in a potatoe field on the island of Mull near Bunessan.I was immediately drawn to the charactor of this person and thought she would make a great picture.This was many many years ago now,but confirms my longstanding interest in people.More at http://www.scotphoto.com/ Another picture will be posted tomorrow.

People pictures.DENNIS,S FACES, CANDIDS ETC

For the next few days Dennis will post some of his favourite charactor shots on this blog site.Since becoming a professional photographer in 1974 I have always had a strong interest in photographing people and especially those with interesting faces or Charactor.After all its people that make the world tick.My first picture is this one of Harold MacMillan taken at a wedding in Argyll.www.scotphoto.com

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE USA NOV 09

My son and partner "TONY" is as we speak in the USA,in fact he is in Nashville Tennessee.He has taken some shots with his canon so a selection of these have been uploaded for all to see.
Its very hot and dry out there 75degrees.The beautiful colours of late Fall in this pic towards the city from Bicentennial Mall. www.scotphoto.com

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE USA NOV 09

I mentioned that my son Tony was in Nashville as we speak,its 75 degrees and very sunny.He has got some photographic work to do in Chattanooga but meantime he prowling around Nashville with his gear.Here is another shot This time its of the Symphony Hall.

NASHVILLE TENNESSEE USA NOV 09

Here is Another picture taken by my son tony who is in Nashville at present .He is using a canon EOS1D MK111 with 16-35 f2.8 lense and a 28-135. This is a view towards Nashville from across the cumberland river.By the way its 75 degrees there today and has been all week.

CONNEL BRIDGE SUNSET ARGYLL

Here is one of the pictures in my new stretched Canvas range,taken with a long lense and with a dramatic blue cast.see the whole range at www.scotphoto.com/prints.html

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE NOV 09

Its certainly wet out there but waterfalls make great subject matter,take a look at this shot in Glencoe.I managed to get deep down into a gully to get this image with a 12mm Sigma lense +tripod of course.Shutter speed at 15th /sec.Its one of the pictures featured in my new canvas range due out soon. Im also listening to "Spotify" on line music,its fab.Im into Sinatra,Erroll Garner,Little Richard,Count Basie and Bill

Haley.

OBAN LIFEBOAT IN ACTION

Here is another dramatic shot taken by my son Tony of the Oban lifeboat bow-on in rough seas off the coast of Kerrera.Taken once again on a canon EOS1D Mk3 with a 16-35 f2.8 lense a very high speed.and Yes,the camera did suvive the salt water,but Tony,well that was another matter but he had every confidence that he would be rescued if he fell overboard.

OBAN LIFEBOAT IN ACTION

Dennis works closely with his son and partner "Tony" who is absolutely a photographer in his own right,so I thought I would show two great shots taken by Tony depicting the Oban lifeboat in action.We all take our hats off to these brave crews who would respond to a call out regardless of the conditions.Taken with Canon EOS1D Mk111 at 2000th of a second.

LATEST ABSTRACT ART CREATION NOV 09

For those interested in abstract art,here is another of my recent creations called"lily" I just love the azure blues combined with the deep red of the stigma.Lots of both Assymetrical and Symetrical patterns I feel.What do you think? For more of these check out www.scotphoto.com/newabstractart.html

RECENT SUNSET OVER CAL MAC FERRY NOV 09

Arriving back into benderloch the other evening I spotted this shot which was approx 2-3 miles away.It was the Ferry operating between Oban and Mull heading towards Craignure silhouetted against the sunset.Shot on a Nikon D3X with a 70-300 nikon lense set at 300mm The outline of Mull is also visible.www.scotphoto.com ( always have the camera with you even though it had been raining all day.

Dennis Hardley,s new Canvas print range Nov 09

Another of my favourite recent pictures is this one of Eilean Donan castle taken after sunset when the floodlights came on. This and many of my favourites,many of them Local will be available before christmas on 80x60cm canvas prints.Keep a look out for these.See the rull range on www.scotphoto.com/prints.html.

Island of Tiree summer 2009

I have chose the following 3 pictures to cheer you all up during this dreak and wet period.These were all taken this summer and it should remind us just what a beautiful area it really is when the weather is good,and lets face it we did have quite a few really good spells on the west this year.Here is another beautiful beach on Tiree at Balephuil bay.

LOOKING BACK INTO THE FUTURE

I know its dreak and wet now but dont forget the good days we had earlier this year such as this one when I was on the Island of Tiree.Beautiful beaches,great clouds,with no crowds.Looking towards Crossapol from near Baugh.

TAKE A LOOK BACK SUMMER 09

Hey lets not get too depressed and forget about all those good old days that came along this year.

Here is one of my favourite views of Oban taken from kerrera this summer.I hope you enjoyed a look back and remmember spring is slowly edging its way towards us.www.scotphoto.com

CASTLE STALKER SUNSET WITH MORVERN HILLS

This recent shot taken from the shore at appin with the afterglow of a stunning sunset with the black outline of castle Stalker and the Morvern hills.It helps when the pieces all fit together (ie) no wind,high tide,and the right kind of skye + massive ammounts of luckwww.scotphoto.com

LATE AUTUMN LIGHT OVER DUART CASTLE

The lighting on this image is very similar to the one from Eriska,this time its Duart castle from Mull with the hills of the mainland as awww backdrop.Every minute of every waking day presents us with new challenges and opportunities wherever we are.www.scotphoto.com also of local interest is www.benderloch.com

LATE AUTUMN VIEWS NOV 09

Today s forcast was that there would be a break between two weather fronts ,this lasted only about 1 hour but the light was dramatic.I dashed out ahead of this break and caught this shot of the Morvern hills from Eriska using a 300mm lense.

SUNSET TIME IN ARGYLL NOV09 part 4

The last few days have seen some improvement from the Rain so I was out and about looking for shots.I took this from Dunollie castle with the Clansman heading out to castlebay set against the hills of Mull lit bythe setting sun.Also captured were the lights on the vessel itself in the fast fading light.Canon 1DsMk3 with 70 200 f2.8 lense. This vessel had already made a return trip to Coll and Tiree earlier in the day.

SUNSET TIME IN ARGYLL NOV09 part 3

The last couple of days have seen stable weather with some good light and interesting sunsets.Dennis was out there with his camera waiting around just in case nature produced something special.Here are 3 shots of the sun setting over Ardentinney with the hills of mull in view.This shot was taken just as the sun fell behind the hills.

SUNSET TIME IN ARGYLL NOV09

Here is another image taken yesterday evening from Eriska towards Ardentinney point and Mull, this one was taken after the sun had gone down behind the Mull Hills and a slight afterglow is building up.I always shoot sunsets with a tripod because during the afterglow the light falls off quite dramatically.Dennis Hardley Photography

SUNSET TIME IN ARGYLL NOV09

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The last couple of days have seen some nice light and so so sunsets in fact last night I went down to the island of Eriska and waited on the shore opposite Ardentinney point.Behind Ardentinney lie the hills on the island of Mull.Using my D3X with 300 tele lense I got this shot which worked out quite well I thought.www.scotphoto.com