by Thomas Stirling | Jun 21, 2016 | astronomy, astrophotography, photography
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 was barely over the horizon as its an area of perhaps a few miles in every direction...
by Thomas Stirling | Jun 15, 2016 | astronomy, astrophotography, photography
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 was hooked on getting shots that where out of the norm. I always try to capture scenes...
by Thomas Stirling | Sep 29, 2015 | astronomy, astrophotography, photography
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 closest point to earth) giving us a “Super Blood Moon”. I stood in my back yard...
by Thomas Stirling | Dec 21, 2014 | photography
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 success but this took a toll on spare time for art & design. I have a sense of...
by Thomas Stirling | Nov 4, 2013 | evermore, photography, Project Imaginat10n, project imagination, video, videography
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 brainstormed some ideas about potential subject matter. At the time I was living in Salem...
by Thomas Stirling | Apr 19, 2013 | arran, isle of arran, photography, scotland
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 been described as “Scotland in miniature” meaning that it offers everything that the...