Black Gull Graphics

Inspiration for landscape and seascape photography is never far away from Lossiemouth in particular, and Moray in general.

The unique climate of the Moray Firth gives rise to varied and beautiful skies and cloud formations. One can readily observe why David West, RSW (1868-1936), perhaps Moray's best known artist, deliberately chose to use a low horizon line in the majority of his landscapes and seascapes when depicting the Moray area. This enabled him to capture the beauty of the local skies and cloud formations so well.

The sky is always changing; what is visible one minute can quickly vanish the next, but there is always another cloud formation and lighting effect coming along and so there is always something new to capture.

Some of the images I did manage to capture are available here on the site and I hope that maybe they will give the viewer a small glimpse at the beauty of the area in and around Lossiemouth.

Why Black Gull? The image I've used as the site logo was taken from a larger image captured at Hythe rock one evening when out walking my dog. I was more interested in the sunset beyond and paid little attention to the foreground. It wasn't until later that I discovered where the real beauty was. There's a moral there somewhere! I hope that you enjoy the site.

Jim Robertson 2007

Presented in 2003 with the James Payton Memorial Medal by the Royal Meteorological Society (Scottish Centre) for what was judged to be the best weather photograph of 2003.