Growing up on the Island of Bute off the West Coast of Scotland provided me with a rich source of nature just begging to be explored and photographed. The trouble was, I didn't have a camera! Fortunately, my family didn't have a television either, so my playground stretched from the ocean to the hills with flora, fauna, sky and history in between. Sometimes I felt so excited about what I saw that I began writing nature essays for school so that I could share what I felt.

Today, when I enter the hallowed grounds of nature and I feel exhilirated by its infinate treasures, that same desire to share with those who can't be there is fulfilled through photography.