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About Me

I'm a photographer with a day job who lives in a very photogenic part of the globe, and who gets to travel a bit to other almost as photogenic bits of the planet.

Oh and my wife, sons and their partners are pretty photogenic too.....

A lot of my photography is from the Scottish town of Cromarty, as that's where I live. On a day to day basis I enjoy visually recording the every day life of this small Highland town, but also I like to capture the the more unusual and quirky objects that can be seen on a walk looking out to sea, at the harbour, along the beach, or through the streets and vennels of one of Scotland’s more historic little burghs. 

You will not be surprised to find that I've written an On-Line "Photographers Guide to Cromarty", as part of the Open Source Photographer Guide Project.

This website showcases my better work, and is geared to enable the sale of limited edition prints on-line.  My Flickr Photostream chronicles what I observe and snap from my life in Cromarty, and my travels from the day job, which takes me around the Highlands and Islands, as well as to the rest of Scotland, the UK, Europe and the USA. Conversely my Blog allows me to pontificate.

My photos are regularly featured in a variety of books, magazines and newspapers, and an eclectic selection by be licensed through Getty Images, and I've exhibited locally.

I also run the Scotland Flickr Blog, showcasing the best photos and photographers from the Scotland Pool on Flickr.

The background stuff? Well I'm native to Caithness, was brought up Thurso, Shetland and Inverness, and have family ties to North Sutherland. I'm a Graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, have lived in Cromarty since 1985, and use Olympus E System cameras.


Calum Davidson

Links

The Green Isle of the Great Deep

Calums Flickr Photostream

Coldbackie on the Web

The Cromarty Image library

Photographers Guide to Cromarty

Charlies Site - www.farlie.co.uk


Updates and News

November 11 - My Getty Collection is growing - here is my contribution to one of the worlds largest stock photo sites.

October 11 - I always take a camera with me on my travels in the day job - here is what I snap.

July 11 - Sutor Creek has a
marine themed exhibition of my photos on over the summer.

June 11 - An exhibition of my East Kirk photos is now on Display in the Courthouse - pop along for a lookApril 11 - The East Kirk is now complete - as is the photoset.

December 10 - started a bit of a project, capturing the life of Cromarty over a year.

September 10 - Now have a collection of stock photos on the Alamy site - have a look.

July 10 - beta testing all sorts of banners and links for Getty photographers. A little bit garish.

April 10 - Focussing a bit more on Stock Photography - have a look at the range of pictures for sale  through Getty Images

Nov 2011