The core of my family heritage is tied to the Scottish Highlands and Isles. No matter how many times I visit, I always have a strong sensation of coming home to my roots. In 2019, my wife and I decided we were long overdue in sharing our love of this magical place through a photography workshop.
Working with a boutique Scottish travel partner, we spent 10 days traveling from Inverness to the isles of Lewis and Harris and finally to the Isle of Skye, the home of my core clan, MacLeod, and Dunvegan Castle.
This image was made during the early part of our trip while we were at the Callanish Stone Circle on the Isle of Lewis. I had been working with black and white digital infrared for a number of years and had a specially modified digital camera with me on the trip. I confess the "magic" of seeing in my viewfinder light that we humans can't see is pretty seductive...and this scene just seemed to scream "infrared."
I had quite the wait before the stones were clear of people. This wee dachshund and his owners wandered into the scene at the last minute, but I decided to go ahead and then see whether to include them, or not. When I got home and started working with the image, I loved the scale, position and pose of the dog against the huge stones, so let him stay, but sent his owners on their way through the magic of Photoshop.
General Edition and Sizing Information:
Limited Edition Prints signed and numbered in an edition of 100. Each print is made personally by me, printed either on Ilford Multigrade Classic fiber paper and selenium toned, or on Canson Platine paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply or 8-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Note: Three images are in editions of 150.
Open Edition Archival Pigment Print made personally by me on Canson Rag Photographique paper using a Canon Pro-1000 printer and my personal printing profiles. Mounted and over-matted on 4-ply museum board using the most current industry standards for archival permanence. Digitally signed.
Sizing:
Open Edition Pigment Print – Image size approximately 8x10, over-matted to 14x17 with 4-ply museum board
11x14 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 9x11.5, over-matted to 16x20 with 4-ply museum board
16x20 Limited Edition Print – Image size approximately 14x18, over-matted to 22x28 with 4-ply museum board