Stay the Same

  • Auggie’s Photo Album

    This is for Tommy’s dad Mac (and for me) . . . click on the picture or the link below to play this film clip Auggie’s Photo Album from the film Smoke (1995) And thank you to Davie Newton for reminding me about this nearly two years ago while I was making the test film…

  • #6 Mac’s Gate

    My friend Tommy who is the postman and ranger here on Knoydart told me a while ago about his dad Mac who has been taking pictures of the same gate every Monday for the last twenty years and Mac has kindly sent me some of his pictures. I think they are quite beautiful.

  • #5 Ailidh Morrison

    Friend, Eigg dweller, talented poet and fellow wood tiger Ailidh Morrison responded with this  . . .   It is as if, time had not passed Nor moved your face from mine Though thundering waves denote a different season passing As yet I am still Inside our time Rain wreaks havoc on a muddied window…

  • #4 Jessica – Back to future

    A good friend and fellow film maker Jessica Townsend sent me this link to Irina Wernings Back to the Future project today. Click here for more pictures. They are quite wonderful.

  • Five Months Today

    I have been filming in exactly the same place, at exactly the same time every day for exactly five months now. It feels like so much has happened in that time, but it has also gone quickly. The platform has aged significantly, the varnish has worn off and today it was covered in ice. In…

  • Every Day is Groundhog Day!

    My life feels a little bit like Groundhog day sometimes (OK, except without the immortality stuff).  The up side is that it gives you the chance to deal with things just a little bit differently, maybe just a little bit better than the day before.  But then like Bill Murray there are also the days…

  • #3 Jim Manthorpe

    So, as a fellow Knoydartian and someone who loves timelapse video, your project does of course interest me. When I saw some of the stills from your project I thought it striking how much your expression reflects the weather in each shot. When the sun shines, you look like you’re looking forward to the day…

  • Six Easy Pieces

    This film uses live stop motion, taking thousands of pictures as the actors move really slowly. It also has twins, a trapeze and a dead fish coming back to life! I first saw it last summer at the Edinburgh Film Festival.  

  • response #1 email from mum

    Just found this on the internet. Although in a way quite different from what you are doing, because they are travelling and you are staying in one place, there was something about this, especially the ‘ How To Get There’ section , that reminded me of your project. love from Mum

  • A little bit of blue sky

    I made this little film during a rare moment of escape last week. I jumped on a boat straight after filming, caught a train, and spent a few hours in Glenfinnan before surprising a friend there who was arriving from London. It was all good timing, a private boat  happened to be leaving that morning…