RK Photographic / Rob Knight

February flight, flood, light An east wind pushed and pulled at the threads of early February. For days, it flattened waves and suppressed the sea. It was a firm hand denying the impulse of waves to break into mischief. It crea…

An antidote to news of war perhaps. A short post/read on light and the arrival of spring:

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Ah you can certainly go in, the fisherman’s cafe in there does a good cuppa and hearty (if not so healthy) breakie too.
It’s fascinating listening to the stories of the old guys in there.

I’ll keep an eye out for it this week 👀

Not the first person either, the lesser spotted Sanna Sand Leopard 😉

Sanna, West Ardnamurchan.

“Sand remembers nothing.”

Each tide redraws the shoreline.
There’s a lesson here about letting go and about belonging to process, not permanence.

Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 25 over on the blog now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#OirNaMara #EdgeOfTheSea
#PlaceAndBelonging

There’s lots of fab boat yards out there and down to the Tees. Assume you’ve been to Paddy’s Hole?

Sanna, West Ardnamurchan.

“Sand remembers nothing.”

Each tide redraws the shoreline.
There’s a lesson here about letting go and about belonging to process, not permanence.

Read Spiorad aird nam Murchan Part 25 over on the blog now: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#OirNaMara #EdgeOfTheSea
#PlaceAndBelonging

Ah ‘Cammas’ as it’s pronounced by the locals, used to photograph up there a lot. There’s lots of lovely vignettes around the area to photograph for sure.
A few remnants of the old industrial past here n there too.

Love the light and textural two tonality of this one.

The bow of a well painted boat, light blue in colour, the planks casting shadows.

Wansbeck Boat Club, Cambois.

One from a recent explore into the more grittier parts of Northumberland.

#photography #landscapephotography #photographers

Fascadale, West Ardnamurchan.

“Stone remembers fire.”

Ardnamurchan’s shores are the roots of an ancient volcano, shaped now by tide and weather.

To walk here is to feel time underfoot

Read part 25 of Spiorad aird nam Murchan - The Edge of the Sea: Oir na Mara:

www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#WritingTheLand

A description of The Kirk Sessions. The text reads: 'The Kirk Sessions: an evening of poetry and music. Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lesley Harrison, Lisa Brockwell with music from David Ogilvy & Don Paterson. 7pm Friday 3rd April. Cortachy Kirk, Kirriemuir.' The North Sea Poets and Bookmark Book Festival logos are at the bottom of the image and there's a white arrow pointing to the next slide. In the background is a photo of a brick church with leafy green trees in the background.

Announcing the first #NorthSeaPoets live event 🌊

The Kirk Sessions: an evening of poetry and music

Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lesley Harrison, Lisa Brockwell with music from David Ogilvy & Don Paterson

🗓️ 3rd April
⏰ 7pm BST
📍 Cortachy Kirk, Kirriemuir
🎟️ £12/£10

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Fascadale, West Ardnamurchan.

“Stone remembers fire.”

Ardnamurchan’s shores are the roots of an ancient volcano, shaped now by tide and weather.

To walk here is to feel time underfoot

Read part 25 of Spiorad aird nam Murchan - The Edge of the Sea: Oir na Mara:

www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#WritingTheLand

Swordle, West Ardnamurchan.

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Ardnamurchan teaches this quietly.

Land and sea don’t end here.... they listen to one another.

Part 25 of my Spiorad aird nam Murchan series of writing & photography: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#OirNaMara #EdgeOfTheSea #Intertidal

Swordle, West Ardnamurchan.

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Ardnamurchan teaches this quietly.

Land and sea don’t end here.... they listen to one another.

Part 25 of my Spiorad aird nam Murchan series of writing & photography: www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

#OirNaMara #EdgeOfTheSea #Intertidal

Layers.

Mountain side views enjoying the changing light.

#photography #nature #landscapephotography

Kilmory, West Ardnamurchan.

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Part 25 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan is now live.

'The Edge of the Sea - Oir na Mara'

www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

Join me at the edge.

#Ardnamurchan #SpioradAirdNamMurchan #Writing #Photography #DeepTime #SenseOfPlace

Thank you Laura, there’s something very special about the atmosphere on this peninsula.
I hope you enjoyed the writing on the blog exploring these ideas further.

Kilmory, West Ardnamurchan.

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Part 25 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan is now live.

'The Edge of the Sea - Oir na Mara'

www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2026/2/...

Join me at the edge.

#Ardnamurchan #SpioradAirdNamMurchan #Writing #Photography #DeepTime #SenseOfPlace

Dawn light over Loch Caol, Isle of Skye #Scotland #Sligachan #IsleofSkye www.damianshields.com

Kilchoan Satl Marsh, West Ardnamurchan.

The next blog piece in my inspired writing and photography series 'Spiorad aird nam Murchan', a gentle return after a pause and lot's of life's streses.

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Kilmory, West Ardnamurchan.

Tonight at 8pm

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Part 25 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan arrives this evening.
The Edge of the Sea : Oir na Mara

Inspired by Rachel Carson, written from Ardnamurchan’s Atlantic margins where geology, tide, memory & identity meet.

Join me at the edge.

Kilchoan Satl Marsh, West Ardnamurchan.

The next blog piece in my inspired writing and photography series 'Spiorad aird nam Murchan', a gentle return after a pause and lot's of life's streses.

www.rkphotographic.com/blog

Kilmory, West Ardnamurchan.

Tonight at 8pm

“The shore is not a boundary, but a meeting place.”

Part 25 of Spiorad Àird nam Murchan arrives this evening.
The Edge of the Sea : Oir na Mara

Inspired by Rachel Carson, written from Ardnamurchan’s Atlantic margins where geology, tide, memory & identity meet.

Join me at the edge.

Black and white photo taken at low level of two boys playing football & tackling the ball in a small park. Taken on a crappy old iPhone 8, I cropped out some of the grass at low level & transferred to Classic Mono in phone…more or less straight out of the phone camera.

Football.

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekGForGames #ClassicMono
#AlphabetTechPhoto

Wayne Mondok (Canadian Artist, born 1961)
"Yellow Light", undated.
Acrylic on Canvas, 51 × 41 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

No smoke without fire

Drinking for England By the A64, the town where I grew up sits a mile from the dual carriageway, on either side of the River Wharfe. The bucolic landscape is mostly flat, with quarries, paddocks, oak trees, arable fields,...

Reposting this piece I wrote a few years ago about growing up in Tadcaster (Madcaster). Sometimes the words come to you without effort, as if they’ve been brewing inside for years, waiting patiently for the cork to pop.

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How artists are tracking environmental change through poetry, film and sound People who have lived in a place for decades hold memories that city planners cannot see.

How artists are tracking environmental change through poetry, film and sound

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How Scottish Gaelic is helping protect Scotland’s seas Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.

An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands….
A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.

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My general feeling is that every summary tool shortcuts the library shelf. In grad school there were few things I adored more than finding a book on the shelf bc I inevitably found six or seven other books on proximate shelves that I didn’t even know I needed! Process is the point!