Notes from a creative life.

Two Decades in America: A Photo From Every Year

Where It Started: A Camera and an Introduction to America Back in 2006, my father-in-law, Rowland was the first person who made America feel a little less foreign to me. He worked …

Chasing the Northern Lights in Maine

I have always wanted to see the northern lights. Growing up in Scotland, I was too far south and stuck in the glow of Glasgow most nights. The sky there is bright enough that you a…

Building a Retro Style Videogame Using Artificial Intelligence As My Dev Team

My retro-style browser game, started as a simple design experiment. I had a vision: a fast-paced, arcade-inspired space shooter that felt like something you’d find on a dusty arcad…

2024 Eclipse of the Sun in Maine

Witnessing the 96% Solar Eclipse from My Backyard Yesterday, I had the incredible experience of watching a 96% solar eclipse right from the comfort of my own backyard. I stayed loc…

Exploring Battery Steele

Exploring Battery Steele on Peaks Island Last week I took a trip over to Peaks Island to check out an abandoned WWII military base sitting just off the coast of Portland, Maine. Ge…

Drone Videography

I purchased a drone late last year. I have long wanted to get into shooting video with a drone and decided it was time to buy one. I quickly realized that a gimbal is a must-have i…

My best photos of 2020

I managed to take many photos in 2020 despite the coronavirus restrictions to our lives. Below is a short slideshow of photos that I think are my best over the past year.

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New Art

I am venturing back into art. It’s usually a winter pastime for me on those dark nights where you need something to fill your time. But I recently got inspired watching youtube vid…

Comet Neowise

Tonight I headed out on a mission to see and photograph Comet Neowise. Neowise is a fairly recently discovered comet first spotted by the astronomers using the Neowise Telescope. H…

Saturn Rises

Last night I had clear skies and the opportunity to photograph and film Saturn without having to stay up till the middle of the night. Below is just a short clip, but in it you can…

Moon Phases 2020

I recently picked up a Nikon P1000. After having spent almost 15 years taking photos exclusivley with Canon Cameras I felt it was time to cross over and see what all the fuss was a…

Bird Photography

A selection of recent shots taken with my new Nikon camera. I will be adding to Flickr a lot more in the coming months, you can check out my Flick Stream here and my 500px stream h…

The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017

For the first time in 99 years a coast to coast total solar eclipse cast its shadow over the continental United States. Everywhere from Oregon to South Carolina was in the 70 mile …

Create Your Own Night Sky Timelapse Movie – Tutorial

*Note – Some prerequisite knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and basic digital photography will be required. I have been fascinated with the night sky since as long as I can remember, go…

Photos of Scotland Visit Spring 2017

Click to scroll through the photos or use the arrow keys to view all photos in the album. One of my photos was even featured in a local newspaper as photo of the week.

My Best Photographs of 2016

Star Trails

As promised, below is a photo made from 30 minutes of 30 second exposures stacked in photoshop to show how stars revolve around the north star (Polaris) this photo was taken in con…

2016 Solstice Full Moon – Photoshoot

Last night I drove out the the West Kennebunk Plains known to locals as the Blueberry Barrens. I knew that this area would be a prime location for getting a shot of the Moon as it …

Journey Into Astrophotography

I have been taking photographs for just shy of a decade since I emigrated from Scotland to the North East United States. Since the day my father in law put a camera in my hand I wa…

Super Blood Moon Photoshoot

A rare event compelled me to grab my camera and stand out in the cold autumn air for 2 hours. A complete lunar eclipse coincided with a super moon (when the full moon is at its clo…

My Youtube Live Channel!

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Building a portfolio for a Gallery show in Boston

I am currently building a portfolio of work to hold an art gallery showing in Boston in the Summer of 2015. I am torn as to what the theme should be for the show. Until this point …

My Best photographs of 2014

2014 was a frustratingly slow year in a creative sense – In the past 12 months I moved state, bought a home and welcomed a second baby into my family, so it was a year of great suc…

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2014 – Return to Art

This post will be updated at regular intervals during 2014. It will document a year of art production. I mainly specialize in portraits of people – normally famous people such as a…

My Best photographs of 2013

Project Imagination New York City Premier

In early February 2012 I was sitting at home, bored and thinking what could I do to entertain myself. Being a photography enthusiast I grabbed my DSLR and along with my wife brains…

Pictures from a Scottish Island

I recently went on a vacation to see my family in Glasgow Scotland. We spent part of our time together on a beautiful Island on Scotland’s west Coast – The Isle of Arran. Arran has…

Latest on Project Imagination – Biz Stone wraps “Evermore”

Biz Stone has finished his short film for Project Imaginat10n with the film titled Evermore. Evermore is a story about a small family who all share a love for the poetry of Edgar A…

The Blizzard of 2013 – Winter Storm Nemo in Pictures.

The blizzard of 1978 is something I have been hearing about every winter since I moved to the Boston area almost 7 years ago. What made that blizzard particularly nasty was the fac…

Reflections After Dark – CHDK Night Photography in Salem Massachusetts

I recently found out about CHDK. CHDK meaning Canon Hack Development Kit is a firmware upgrade available for many Canon Cameras. I stumbled upon this while browsing flickr for astr…

My Best Photos of 2012

Below is a set I created on Flickr which contains my personal favourite shots of 2012. This year I have been more active than ever in photography. I was lucky enough to win some co…

Biz Stone’s Picks for Project Imaginat10n

Below is a video of Twitter Founder Biz Stone discussing his selction for Project Imaginat10n. My photo is discussed at approx 1m40s into the video. Project Imaginat10n is a nation…

Lights Camera Action!

I have been informed that my photograph has made the final cut and will now feature in the Project Imagination film festival. My photo “Stairwell Entity” was selected by Twitter co…

Eye of the Hurricane – Scenes from Hurricane Sandy.

Hurricane Sandy slammed the eastern seaboard last week and I was there with my camera to witness the storm in Salem Massachusetts. As the first high tide of the day approached I we…

Project Imaginat10n 2012 winner!

I’m so excited to be picked as a Winner for the “Unknown” Theme in Canon’s Project Imaginat10n Contest. My photo can inspire a film directed by one of five celebrity directors. Pho…

I am a finalist in Project Imaginat10n

I’m so excited to be picked as a Finalist for the “The Unknown” Theme in Canon’s Project Imaginat10n Contest. I want people to vote for my photo, “Stairwell Entity” from now until …

New Year and New Photos

Having been on leave from work for the last week or so I have had a chance to step away from the stress of the daily grind and again discover the joy of picking up a camera and hea…

2011 Retrospective in Pictures

This year has been a very busy year, full of changes. I have moved to a new home and also I am to become a dad in early 2012, a change that I look forward to very much. I also have…

My Top 5 Android Apps.

Being relatively new to the Android Market I have been busy downloading all manner of apps for both personal amusement and apps that I feel could help me in practical ways. I have …

Photoshoot for Landscape Gardens

Last week I went on a sunset photoshoot for my client Skapars Design Group to document 2 of their most recent jobs located in Cambridge Massachusetts and Roslindale Massachusetts. …

New Business Cards!

I have just created a design for my new business cards. I have selected 10 of my best photographs to feature on the back. Although I am listing myself as a Web Designer, Photograph…

Photoshoot of Ancient Rome – The Eternal City

Recently I went on a trip to Rome, Italy with my company for a business trip. Our days where mainly spent in a conference room in a hotel on the outskirts of Rome. However there wh…

New website launched! SarahsImagination.com

I have recently helped my wife create a website as an outlet for her creative works. My wife designed the site and I helped her set up the technical side and did a few bits of cust…

Timelapse Art, Episode 2

I recently produced a second drawing and filmed it in time lapse for entertainment purposes. The subject this time was iconic boxer Mike Tyson. The drawing took approximately 4 hou…

Time Lapse Drawing of Muhammad Ali

This is my first attempt at filming a drawing I did. I chose Muhammad Ali as he is a recognizable iconic figure. The drawing took 3.5 hours, but here it is condensed into a little …

Time Lapse Video/Photography.

Here is a short video/photography experiment I created recently, I am planning on doing many more with different subjects, but this is the initial test of the effect. Future projec…

10 Tips for Building a Facebook Following

Create some custom designs. Use FBML tabs as a way to separate your content from the generic looking pages that some other businesses may have.

Holiday Snowglobe Flash Toy.

The flash gadget on its own doesn’t do anything really apart from provide mild entertainment if only for a few minutes. I have however added a facebook facepile and twitter stream …

New Stirling Creative Youtube Channel!

I have also uploaded my first video which shows how my website ranks in Google for keywords and phrases that I tried to gain high rankings for.

Stirling Creative is on Facebook

The new page will soon feature some cool FBML functionality

“Google Goggles” Coolest Search App Ever!

Further to my earlier post about my top 5 apps. I have discovered what I think is just about the coolest way to search the web. The scary part is that this technology already from …

WordPress as a Content Management System

I have recently over the past few months been experimenting with the power of the wordpress platform in order to deliver custom built sites for clients that they are able to easily…

Macro Photography from Winter Island

Yesterday I went on a walk in Winter Island in Salem Massachusetts. The weather was awesome and I brought my camera to see if I could get any new photos for my portfolio. I selecte…

Food for Thought | Photos Update!

My photos are now featured on the website for Salem Massachusetts restaurant Rockafellas. See the site and how the photos where used here: www.rockafellasofsalem.com

Adobe CS5 Flash iPhone app creation

After looking through various documentation, I have concluded that I am going to try my hand at iPhone App development when Flash CS5 is released. Seems like the best way to create…

My top 5 iPhone/iPod Touch Apps

I have recently delved into the world of mobile web apps. I am doing research for my job on mobile marketing and app development. Having said that I have been downloading apps like…

The Burying Point – Salem Massachusetts

This afternoon I went for a walk in the historic burying point graveyard in Downtown Salem Massachusetts. The Burying Point is the oldest burying ground in the city of Salem. Here …

Food for Thought

This past Sunday I was commissioned to take photos for a local Salem fine dining restaurant. I took approx 200 photos and have posted a small portion of them here. The final photos…

Bruce Lee Vector Art

I have been re-exploring Adobe Illustrator recently having seemingly used nothing but Photoshop for many years. I wanted to draw something iconic that would be instantly recognizab…

Parsonsfield Union Church Photos

I was in Parsonsfield Maine this weekend. This morning we went on a road trip around the local area and happened upon this historic church. The sunlight was spectacular and positio…

Out with the Old, In with the New

Tonight I attended a Bonfire in Salem for the towns used Christmas Trees. Below is a photo gallery of my best shots from the night.

Winter at Salem Willows

Happy New Year (and new decade) to all who stumble upon this blog. Today I took a short drive down to Salem Willows. I plan to go a short road trip every day time permits me to do …

Seagull Collage & Beach Shots

Seagulls

A Christmas Eve Stroll on the Beach

Hoop Shot The first shot I took at the end of the parking lot just before entering the beach area. I put a little bit of a soft focus on this to focus more on the hoop. Lucid Daydr…

My 5 best photos of 2009

1. Archway to the Afterlife I took this shot on a recent trip to Fort McClary near the little seaport of Kittery Point, Maine. It was late in the day and we where lucky to make it …

Google Wave Explained

This is about the best video I have found on youtube for a solid explanation of what Google Wave offers offered. Since this post was made Google have discontinued developing this p…

10 Tips For Twitter Success

There are many techniques for earning twitter followers. You will notice as you go explore twitter you see users that have tens of thousands of followers. There are 2 reasons for t…

Winter comes to Salem

I took a walk in downtown Salem today as the first major snowstorm of the year was just winding down. There was at least a foot of snow on the ground after a blizzard hit overnight…

Some examples of my drawing work

In the spirit of getting my blog off to a running start I am posting some drawing’s that I did several months ago. I have always loved to draw people. It’s the one thing that truly…