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About The Site<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Having come toward the end of my degree, and having 1-2 years of photographs lounging around taking up disk space, I figured it was a good time to put my life on the internet for display- and so here it is! It would have been interesting if I’d continued into Academia to put papers and the like on it too, but after COVID, a messy family situation, and five years of it, that likely won’t happen \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Me<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I’m an Astrophys graduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academically, my roots lies firmly in Computational Astrophysics. All the code I’ve produced (worthwhile, at least) can be viewed on my GitHub repository, here<\/a>. I can code in Python & Julia, I’m fluent with $\\LaTeX$, and have elementary experience dealing with C\/C++. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve coded with relation to the study of rolling scalar fields in modelling LCDM; raw FITS data to characterising stellar populations; an MSc relating to data-driven hierarchical clustering techniques applied to kinematic stellar data in the Milky Way. There’s also a whole bunch of fun codes related to hydrodynamic simulations, numerical PDE solving, MCMC techniques, and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently I work as an Imaging Geoscientist with Viridien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m an amateur photographer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love Landscape, and I love to hike to get to it. I also savour the opportunity (where possible) for the odd jaunt of Astrophotography, for which I own a full-spectrum modified D5300, Star Adventurer, and IDAS LPS-D2 filter! Since leaving Scotland my options have been limited, but we’ll see when I’ll get the chance to use the equipment again \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far I’ve one hardback book printed, and one softback zine, too. My photographic library includes pictures from across Scotland, Madeira, and Japan. Currently in progress is a hardback on my trips to Madeira, and in the future I hope to make many more photobooks based on my hikes and experiences ^_^<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some other miscellanies…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love calligraphy, have a modest set of fountain pens and inks, and also enjoy working on my electrical engineering project “vespertilio.” I hope in the future to have a complete system for it, but at the moment it’s very much in the prototyping stage. It does work though!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Harlaw Reservoir at sunrise, shot by a friend using my FS-modified D5300.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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The clear night atop Beinn Narnain- it may have been the end of summer but it was bloody cold up there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spiffy calligraphy ;). Though I’m a bit rusty at it nowadays I still bust it out for the Christmas Cards!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Current Photography Projects…<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Photo Trips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • None yet in 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Recent Trips<\/strong>… bit of a backlog of edits… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Scotland ones, 2025 (in progress editing!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Madeira Winter 2025 (in progress editing!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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