A few words from Scotland

[David Paterson]

I used to be davepaterson, now I've become dgp2015 which is quicker to type.

I'm a retired commercial and editorial photographer and have been a photographer of one kind or another since 1965, so I'm not exactly a teenager. Since retiring to live back in Scotland I have actually been more active - photographically - than ever before; I have the time and (just about enough) energy to be out most days indulging my passion for nature and landscape.

I've published a lot of books and have held a lot of exhibitions - currently (June 2015), I have an exhibition going around several galleries - images of the most important neolithic monuments in Scotland.

Oh and - time to open this can of worms, I think - I have Parkinson's Disease.

[Bjørn J]

Hello Dave, great to see you here!
I look forward to see more of your wonderful Scottish landscapes.

Bjørn J

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I am thrilled that you took to our new revived NG, Dave !! Been some time since the Lofoten raid under old NG auspices, but never say never.

Sorry about your illness, there is little or no fairness in the manner Nature distributes its less attractive annoyances. However, your photography bears testimony to your being able to cope with the situation. Good on you, good for us all.

[David Paterson]

Thanks, Bjørn and Bjørn; it's good to be among friends.

I don't really know why, but I seem to enjoy more affinity with my Norwegian photographic friends and acquaintances than with their Scottish equivalents. Maybe it's because my name is - of course - a Viking one. Paterson = Petersson.   

[Bjørn J]

Paterson could also be the Norwegian Pettersen, a very common family name in Norway. Petersson is Swedish. It means "son of Peter". You could well have Viking blood in your veins

[Bjørn Rørslett]

First and foremost, you came across as a very pleasant and nice friend. You even managed to keep your patience when used as a bait for hungry seagulls

[Mikes]

Hi Dave. I'm glad that you have found this forum too, and I look forward to enjoying more of your highland landscapes (and maybe some Japan ones as well). Hope you remain active for many more years.

Mike.

[Frank Fremerey]

Hello number 45 in the family reuniuon. Looking forward to NG-meetups in Europe and elsewhere.

[Olivier]

Hello David,

As much as i think about it, there is no way to make Paterson sound French.
But in any case it is nice to have news of cousins from far away...

Olivier

[Akira]

Hi, Dave, great to have you here!

[simato73]

Hi Dave,

I have just subscribed and this is the first post I read - it was top of the pile in the Introductions section.
I am the same known with the same username in Fotozones, that is Simone Tomasi.
It is nice to know a few of the people here, including you, from meeting them in person.
That trip to Lofoten has been excellent and I think about it often.

Sorry to hear about your disease, now some of the comments that you wrote on several occasions in the past make sense.

[David Paterson]

Thank you all for the warm welcome - I feel very much at home in the revived NG.

Simone (and both Bjørns) - I also often think fondly about that week in Lofoten and wish it could be repeated (not necessarily in Lofoten). It was so good to be with a group of people, all of whom just understood - no explanation necessary - what it is to be a photographer. Non-photographers do not understand, and sometimes that can become tedious.

[simato73]

Thank you all for the warm welcome - I feel very much at home in the revived NG.

Simone (and both Bjørns) - I also often think fondly about that week in Lofoten and wish it could be repeated (not necessarily in Lofoten). It was so good to be with a group of people, all of whom just understood - no explanation necessary - what it is to be a photographer. Non-photographers do not understand, and sometimes that can become tedious.

That would be great, maybe in Scotland...
With a young family I cannot leave for long, but I could maybe drive up for a long weekend and I have wished already for some time to photograph the West Highlands.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

NG Coming Together events are important to build the collective spirit. I'll shortly add a new board (under travelogues) where such ideas can be suggested and brain-stormed.

[simato73]

NG Coming Together events are important to build the collective spirit. I'll shortly add a new board (under travelogues) where such ideas can be suggested and brain-stormed.

Excellent!