Colin Shearer's Photography

30/01/2017

A couple of sunset shots of Buckie, catching the spire of the North Church as the sun sinks into the clouds

21/01/2017

I remember, many years ago (almost 35, I think!), I shot a series of black and white photos of Bishop Elphinstone's tomb at King's College in Aberdeen. I was back there a couple of weeks ago and decided to have another go at it. I've played around a bit with styles and (as I did before) I concentrated mainly on the details of the bronze sculpture. And one surprise... on my last visit, I certainly don't remember noticing that the Bish painted his toenails purple!!

13/01/2017

At Cullen harbour this morning

30/12/2016

https://cgfshearerblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/just-fyne/

We spent Christmas on the West Coast of Scotland, on the shores of Loch Fyne.This is a beautiful area. Scotland’s West Coast is in some ways like that of Norway; our equivalent of fjords…

09/12/2016

https://cgfshearerblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/my-kind-of-town/

It’s lucky I love Chicago. My job took me here regularly, and for a while I was spending about a week out of every month here. These days I don’t get so many chances to visit, but I'm always thrilled to come here.

07/12/2016

And these are from St. Boniface Catholic cemetery, just a few blocks to the North.

07/12/2016

I'm in Chicago at the moment, and after my blog post on cemeteries Olivier suggested I should visit Graceland cemetery. So I headed up there, and also took the opportunity to visit another graveyard in the area. First, here are some shots of the grand tombs and monuments (and some of the less grand ones too) at Graceland.

30/11/2016

I love cemeteries. I always find them peaceful places, and I can spend hours wandering around, reading inscriptions and wondering about the life stories of the people buried there. I also find them…

29/11/2016

"Zen pigeon"

24/11/2016

"Over the Wire"

23/11/2016

I’ve roamed by Tweed, I’ve roamed by Tay, By Border Nith and Highland Spey, But dearer far to me than they: The braes o’ Bennachie. – from “Gin I were where the…

22/11/2016

Two shots looking towards Bennachie late on Sunday afternoon: a panorama of the whole range, and a silhouette of the Old Parish Church at Kirkton of Oyne.