Duncan McEwan has been photographing the Scottish landscape for over 40 years and remains as enthusiastic as ever about the opportunities it offers. Having started travelling abroad in 2005, he is more convinced than ever that Scotland is second to none when it comes to landscape photography.

Interests, apart from landscape, include natural history and sport, as well as most other aspects of outdoor photography. While landscape and natural history photography are often regarded as distinct disciplines, pursued by different photographers, Duncan perceives them as being very much interlinked, almost at opposite ends of a spectrum, with the landscape being as much a part of the natural world as the organisms that colonise it. One of his main fascinations is making images that link the two and he believes that the landscape photographer who does not carry a macro lens can be missing a great many opportunities. He promotes the beauty of the natural world through landscape and natural history photography, believing that to a wider appreciation of the natural world can highlight the importance of conservation issues.

The search for new locations, or finding new angles on familiar ones, provides constant motivation. Strong compositions, mood and interesting lighting are always uppermost in his mind - aspects which are equally applicable to both digital and film capture. In landscape photography, there is only so much that can be planned - so often it is the unexpected that provides the most exciting moments and having an open-minded approach can be highly rewarding and avoids disappointments. His favourite area is Lochaber, closely followed by locations in the West and North-west Highlands , as well as the Inner and Outer Hebrides . He is, however, equally happy photographing in Lowland Scotland where he sees the photographic challenges as being much greater