Scottish Stoater

A collection of photographs
and notes by Chris Collins

Recent

• Scottish Sunset: Mountain Peaks from Neilston

  The light nights are here! The kids are in bed and I still have daylight to play with. Tonight, I decided to nip out with my camera.

  27 Mar 2023

  

• Goodbye Fujfilm, it's been a blast

  Knowing when to let go of a product you love is never an easy decision, especially when it comes to something as personal and important as photography gear.

  19 Mar 2023

  

• Film Roll #11

  Some shots from September 2022 to January 2023 shot on my Ricoh 500 G with Fujifilm C200.

  21 Jan 2023

  

• A wander around Glasgow with my new camera

  Some shots of a dark and cold January night in Glasgow City Centre

  20 Jan 2023

  

• Breathing new life into an old iPod Classic with Rockbox

  Breathing new life into an old iPod Classic with Rockbox is a great way to give your old device a new lease on life.

  18 Jan 2023

  

• Cycling the Great Glen Way

  Some photos from a weekend gravel cycling in the Scottish Highlands

  31 Jul 2022

  

• Colourising Neilston Low Station

  This is my first proper attempt at colourising/reviving an old photo.

  25 May 2022

  

• Fixing a Ricoh 500 G and shooting a roll of film

  I bought a Ricoh 500 G in excellent condition off eBay, repaired it and shot a roll.

  09 Mar 2022

  

• From high dependency to high heights

  On the 13th November, I was hospitalised with a severe, life-threatening asthma attack.

  05 Dec 2021

  

• Inveroran Hotel, 1960s

  A scan of a 35mm slide that was going in the bin

  11 Nov 2021

  

• Dark nights are shite

  I'll take any weather, just not dark, drawn-out evenings.

  29 Oct 2021

  

• West Highland Way

  A collection of photos of our 2021 trip on the West Highland Way shot on film cameras.

  31 Jul 2021

  

• Arlehaven Cottage, Blane Valley

  I tried to locate a beautiful cottage from one of Tom Weirs books, sadly it's gone

  06 May 2021

  

• Wild Camping at Sandwood Bay

  After months of Covid restrictions being imposed on Scotland, I managed to escape Glasgow and head up North for a night of wild camping on Sandwood Bay.

  01 Aug 2020

  

• Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)

  A short report on a wintry accent of Ben Vorlich (a personal note)

  18 Jan 2020

  

• Bidean nam Bian & Stob Coire Sgreamhach

  After a failed winter attempt in March 2018, having turned back at Stob Coire nan Lochan, I had Bidean nam Bian on my radar since.

  15 May 2019