Assynt, January 2018. #Scotland #Photography

Frithsden Beeches, 2025 . . Maps codify the miracle of existence. . . Nicholas Crane, Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet, 2002

“To walk through Bourblaige is to walk through time—to feel the weight of injustice, but also the resilience of memory. The stones of Bourblaige still stand, not as ruins, but as witnesses.” Part 14 of my Spiorad Àird nam Murchan series launches Sunday 8pm: a journey into the glen that remembers.

“The soundscape here is not just beautiful. It is healing.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... 🖋 “Silence holds space for what cannot be spoken.” The 13th instalment in my ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series of 📝&📷 #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening

Remembering Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson who captured lost way of life in Highlands www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...

An early morning re share of my latest ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ piece of inspired writing and photography. ‘The Sound of Ardnamurchan’ Also features some ambisonic sound recordings from the peninsula paired with a little slow video. Please do have a read, would love to hear your feedback. 👇🏻

If anyone is interested I've just updated the myportfolio site with some images from around #MorecambeBay ....a lot of channels, not a lot of sea. Work in progress. michaelhoughton62725.myportfolio.com/channels

🎧 Listening in Full Dimension – Part 13 of my ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series. Ambisonic fieldwork in Ardnamurchan reveals the emotional architecture of sound. 🖋 “These recordings are emotional landscapes… portals to presence.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #DeepListening

Dartmoor Tor (print available on my website 😉) #nature #EastCoastKin #illustration #art #photography #ThePhotoHour #landscapephotography #scape #landscape #naturephotography #icmphotography #intentionalcameramovement #creativephotography #creativepractice #blueskyartshow #classicmono #Dartmoor

Wast Water boathouse,......autumn encroaches. #lakes #lakedistrict #cumbria #autumn #autumnal #boathouse #wastwater #landscape #stormhour @stormhour.com @outdoorphotography.bsky.social

🎧 Listening in Full Dimension – Part 13 of my ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series. Ambisonic fieldwork in Ardnamurchan reveals the emotional architecture of sound. 🖋 “These recordings are emotional landscapes… portals to presence.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #DeepListening

Manchán ( may he rest in nature) created a powerful and lyrical piece about our relationship with our bogs and peatlands www.tg4.ie/en/player/ca... He left us a legacy of stories that connect our heritage, culture, history and sense of place to nature - our belonging to the earth. #ManchánMangan

– Kevin MacNeil, Introduction to These Islands, We Sing #NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky

Eriskay, 2024 #otd

Braer Oil Disaster, Shetland, 1993 - Photo-essay of that week in January ‘93 when #Shetland feared a huge environmental disaster, brought out of the #archives and now available as a #photozine. www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com/photography-... #photography #photobook #Scotland #ShetlandIsles #zine

Thank you for all the engagement and kind words for my latest ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ piece exploring the soundscape and quietude of the peninsula. It is truly appreciated 🙏🏻 You may also enjoy this earlier piece exploring ‘The Colours of Ardnamurchan’ www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/...

‘Pen and Lens: Two Sides to Every Story’ The long standing relationship between writers and photographers. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

‘The Old Ocean’s Bauble: Mark Power in Brighton’ Mark Power shoots a new series in Brighton and Hove, England, searching for the unspectacular and the everyday in the city's quiet corner www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

#Glasgow by Raymond Depardon - PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photos from 1980, by the #Magnum #photographer who brought out widely discussed book of Glasgow photos in 2016. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

Only 1 space remains on each of the 2026 dates (March & October) Book now to secure these last few remaining places until 2027/28.

“The silence here is not empty—it is composed. A score written by wind, tide, and the hush of heather. In Ardnamurchan, we don’t just take photographs; we listen, we dwell, we create.” Join us for a week of immersion & creative visual storytelling: rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan-creative-retreat

Fíorálainn. (Exquisite.)

“Gaelic place names are sonic poems — they encode the soundscape into language.” Explore toponymy in Part 13 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan. ✍🏻&📷 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening #GaelicPlaceNames

Delighted to have my work & words featured in @obscuracraft.bsky.social October issue. If you are interested or work with historical processes they are open for submissions. You can hear more about their work on @llfpodcast.bsky.social too.

In his latest column, @countrysideben.bsky.social listens to one of the most dramatic sounds and spectacles of the Highlands. Read all about the Rut: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/the-rut/

The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui – a short film exploring the legends & locations www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsEV...

“The silence here is not empty—it is composed. A score written by wind, tide, and the hush of heather. In Ardnamurchan, we don’t just take photographs; we listen, we dwell, we create.” Join us for a week of immersion & creative visual storytelling: rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan-creative-retreat

The barque Alphonse. Seaton Carew #coast

Great Seas IV - Ardnamurchan Lighthouse viewed from Briaghlann, #Ardnamurchan Ardnamurchan Lighthouse on the "Headland of the Great Seas" was taken on a stormy afternoon when waves whipped up by Force 7-8 winds crashed into Briaghlann and up onto the small coral sand beach on Dubh Rubha Mor.

“Gaelic place names are sonic poems — they encode the soundscape into language.” Explore toponymy in Part 13 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan. ✍🏻&📷 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening #GaelicPlaceNames

“May it inspire others to dig, to dream, and to grow.” Support community growing and the Trussell Trust. Pre-order Through the Fence: throughthefencephotobook.co.uk #SupportLocal #TrussellTrust #ThroughTheFence

“May it inspire others to dig, to dream, and to grow.” Support community growing and the Trussell Trust. Pre-order Through the Fence: throughthefencephotobook.co.uk #SupportLocal #TrussellTrust #ThroughTheFence

🍃 Voice of the Wind, Sound of the Sea The elemental forces of Ardnamurchan shape every breath, every frame, every phrase. 🖋 “The hills hold silence like a breath held too long.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... Part 13 - ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series of ✍️&📷 #Soundscape #Ardnamurchan

🍃 Voice of the Wind, Sound of the Sea The elemental forces of Ardnamurchan shape every breath, every frame, every phrase. 🖋 “The hills hold silence like a breath held too long.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... Part 13 - ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series of ✍️&📷 #Soundscape #Ardnamurchan

Three tiny storms for you 💙 Tisha Mark ©2025, Tiny Moment No. 2501, 2502, & 2503, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3" Originals are available (sold separately; ship when dry, approx 2 weeks): tishamark.com/shop #art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #ArtYear

When we look at a river, what are we really seeing? In Following the Bend, Ellen Wohl takes readers on a majestic journey by water to find answers, along the way shedding light on the key concepts of modern river science. Out now (4 Nov UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

✨ Coming tonight at 8pm – a new expressive essay exploring the vivid, shifting colours of Ardnamurchan through seasons, geology, language, and emotion. 📷 “The colours are not just seen—they are felt.” 🖋 Join me in this immersive journey through pigment, place, and perception.

My creative work is shaped by listening — images echo sound, words follow rhythm. 🖋 “To be composed by the quiet is to allow the land to speak through you.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening

An interesting read Rob, about the inclusion of sound recordings in your work. For me the silence seems the loudest when I‘m out in the landscape on the Peninsula and that comes through in your blog too.

An interesting read about the inclusion of sound recordings in photography work.

My creative work is shaped by listening — images echo sound, words follow rhythm. 🖋 “To be composed by the quiet is to allow the land to speak through you.” 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening

A different road to High Rocks. Same looking countryside as the others but with the sun in a totally different direction. . #sharemondays2025

The summary report can be made available to anyone in local authority homelessness services who is interested in facilitating a display of the exhibition locally and to venues which are interested in the impact.

I have just had the summary report on the exhibition & it seems to have had quite an impact on staff in homelessness services in Norfolk and in charities who said they felt ‘reinvigorated’ to improve things for people experiencing homelessness. One young woman who was street homeless was also housed

“Silence in Ardnamurchan is not an absence. It is a presence. A fullness. A kind of sonic generosity.” Explore the quiet that listens back. 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening

Starting tonight in Aberdeen!

“Silence in Ardnamurchan is not an absence. It is a presence. A fullness. A kind of sonic generosity.” Explore the quiet that listens back. 🔗 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/... #SpioradÀirdnamMurchan #Ardnamurchan #Soundscape #SilenceAndSound #DeepListening

Shyly, tentatively the sun slides into another new day the clouds gather round seeking to welcome their old friend together they carry the stories of earth together they display the wonders of all things natural together they inspire awe Live in awe be inspired #Wordsmith #JustWords #Sunrise