My Website

[Struan Gray]

After years of good intentions I have finally put together a photographic website:

http://www.struangray.com

Comment's, suggestions, bugs and unstinting praise all welcome in equal measure.


PS: In case anyone was wondering, this is not me:

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=176259133

[Miguel Curbelo]

I like your website, it is austere and effective, and your photographs are presented in a simple uncluttered way, devoid of any artistic affectation or pretence.The design and the content reflect the way you come across in your posts: your observations are enlightening and touching, and you express complex issues in an elegant, uncomplicated manner.
A trivial question regarding the images, I am curious about the fact that they are all square, when you have worked with different formats...

[Diane Maher]

Very nice layout and photos. I like the Gaels pictures the best. I like pretty pictures of beaches and water since all we have here are rivers and lakes.

[Struan Gray]

Miguel, thank you. I'll admit I was fishing for compliments, but yours was more gracious and pleasing than I had any right to expect.

Squares: I could (should) write an essay, but it really comes down to the fact that I just like them. To me the static shape makes it more obvious that I am showing a spatial pattern and not a temporal one: I've made a thing, not captured a moment. I'm also on a formalist kick at present, and there are more ways of slicing up a square than a rectangle. I use 6x6 in MF and crop for 4x5.

Diane: go there - Scotland that is. You might never make it back.

[Brian Ellis]

No need to fish for compliments, these photographs would draw them on their own. I also really appreciated the introductions that accompany each gallery and the simplicity of the site. Excellent.

[Colin Graham]

Very effective. Wonderful work. I like Gaels section the best too, but Tanglings is a close second.

[Henry Ambrose]

Excellent!

[Frank Petronio]

I really like it alot, it is well thought out and constructed. It even validates. Bravo.

It compliments your excellent photos. The text is good too.

[mono]

Good website, Struan!
The "smoking" Suilven is great!
I have another Cul Beag...
And I will make it back in April!

[paulr]

I've already told Struan that I hope to steal his code someday; it's such a perfect, unobtrusive website design.

But sadly, I'll never get away with stealing his amazing images.