Wildlife photography highlights, March 2021
It’s been a great start to the year’s wildlife photography season.
Author: Alex Roddie
Award-winning outdoor and nature writer, editor, author, and photographer.
Field Notes – Isolation and Connection, a journey through Knoydart
Why do we search for solitude when we go into the mountains? Is it to get away from it all, or is it to connect with something else?
Are we being good role models for wild camping?
How can we do better?
Introducing The Pinnacle
I’ve started a Substack newsletter. I hope you’ll join me.
What I’ve been reading this week, 21 March 2021
The winter that was, a bolt of blue, beyond Craigellachie, and a safe space for women in the outdoors.
A Year with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
In March 2020, I took a leap of faith and switched camera systems to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III. A year and several thousand frames later, here’s how it has helped me to grow as a photographer.
The Farthest Shore – a few publishing updates
The Farthest Shore: Seeking Solitude and Nature on the Cape Wrath Trail in Winter. I have a publication date!
What I’ve been reading this week, 14 March 2021
Calling it out, reflections on nature and ‘the outdoors’, environmental principles, and learning to deal with freelance anxiety.
What I’ve been reading this week, 7 March 2021
Ocean to Asgard, sunset on Suilven, the true risk of catching COVID-19 outdoors, and some good news from the publishing industry.
Has outdoor culture become too detached from nature? →
For Alex Roddie, hillwalking and the natural world are closely linked – but it seems not everyone feels that way.
What I’ve been reading this week, 28 February 2021
Shooting the breeze, bending nature writing out of shape, in pursuit of purity, and is walking just a joyless trudge?
My first issue of Sidetracked magazine as editor: a learning curve, ice bears, and that Gucci cover
Our best issue yet, and my first at the helm, but one not without controversy.