I’m hopeful that the PLUS Registry will be the future for photographers, distributors and image users. I now have a PLUS ID – 01-AA-641. This will be associated with all my images and is mine forever and for all time. I’ve also registered another ID – SCOT-IMAGE, which is interchangeable with the first ID. OK, [...]

Tags: copyright, PLUS ID, PLUS Registry

Puffins, I just love them. They are great birds to photograph or to just sit back and watch – you can get really close too! To give them their proper title, they are Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula artica) and they can be found in various places around the Scottish coast during their breeding season. On a [...]

Tags: Atlantic Puffin, birds, Fratercula arctica, images, Photography, Scot-image

I get at least two or three emails most weeks asking for a free image . These requests come from all sorts of people, none of whom I actually know, but all seem to think I am willing to spend my time sending them images and working for free. Not to mention the fact that [...]

Tags: business, free images, images, Photography, prints, Scot-image, stock photography

Well, I’ve had my Amazon Kindle a few days now and I have to say that I’m very impressed! Before I got my fingerprints all over it, I first took a series of stock images of my new gadget. To see my other images follow this Amazon Kindle stock images link. All Kindle images are [...]

Tags: Amazon, e-book, e-reader, ebook, ebooks, ereader, gadget, Kindle, Photography, reader, stock photography, technology, wireless

A 45% increase in hosting fees by my previous web hosting service prompted my search for a new host. I was recommended to look at Tsohost and my initial thought was, “It must be too good to be true at that price!” But Tsohost offered all I needed for two WordPress websites and using a [...]

Tags: host, hosting, Scot-image, website

**UPDATE** Images of the damaged sculpture have been added – see below and my “Man in Motion” sculpture gallery. Now this is a shame. The sculpture, by Andy Scott, known as “Man in Motion” and situated on the Muirside Roundabout in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, was hit by a car last night (12/2/2011) with devastating effect. Brian [...]

Tags: Andy Scott, car crash, Clackmannanshire, Man in Motion, Scotland, sculpture, Tullibody

So, having made the big announcement that I’m going to climb 300,000ft of ascent in 2011 (equals 5769ft/week), I had better keep a record of my progress (or lack of, maybe). **UPDATE** On March 7th, I’ve upped the challenge to 1,000ft per day – 365,000ft for the year. It makes the maths easier! Here goes [...]

Tags: challenge, David Robertson, hillwalking, Scotland

Can I do it? Can I climb 300,000 feet of ascent in 2011? To be honest, I don’t know, but I guess that’s why it’s a challenge. By the way, “climbing” for me means walking uphill – I’m very much a hill-walker, a Munroist indeed! Break it down and it only equals 822 ft per [...]

Tags: challenge, hillwalking, Ochils, Scotland