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First of all - I am not the model!!!! lol

Human reason has this peculiar fate,” Immanuel Kant wrote in 1781, “that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.” He was talking about the way reason can speculate about, and yet not know, the ideas that transcend it.
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Update October 2011
Still here!
The older I get, the faster time passes.
I see it's a year since I updated this profile. So, I'm a year older, still loving living on the Isle of Lewis - but also loving my trips to Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead! It's the people I meet as much as the places. Talking to new people, learning a little about their lives is always fascinating to me.
I've always been an on-looker - a watcher, rather than a taking-part sort of person. So I guess it takes a while to get to know me. My pictures show my little world and the things which grab my eye. I hope you enjoy them.
If you would like a glimpse of this world that I inhabit, I have produced a couple of books which will show you just a little part of my daily life.

www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/964135

www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1623951

Kate

They say the journey is more important that the destination, so I keep going.
Hopefully my passing does not harm many on the road.

Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.

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Snapshots and Street 60,204 photos, 1,866 members
"Paper Moments" - 2012 CEPI Photo Competition 452 photos, 300 members
Wildlife In Scotland 15,186 photos, 1,003 members
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Glasgow Art Galleries & Museums 1,757 photos, 313 members
Minimal Black&White(NO text) 19,873 photos, 5,678 members
Welcome to Scotland 980 photos, 25 members
· TRACE IN FACE · 39,161 photos, 3,572 members
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100 WORDS 1,477 photos, 186 members
Charley Barley Calendar competition 2012 90 photos, 14 members
Photography Tutorials and Helpful Links 1,289 photos, 1,374 members
Saltwater 1,879 photos, 134 members
Now Closed - AHSS Photography Competition 2011 67 photos, 24 members
my life is a picture... 10,718 photos, 1,165 members
WHITE in/on/between WHITE 12,964 photos, 1,244 members
an ode to Blossfeldt 197 photos, 18 members
MoNovember 1,192 photos, 231 members
PNEUMNEM 1,692 photos, 230 members
HONEY MOUTH ALCHEMY 6,802 photos, 810 members
Beamish Museum: Period Vehicles & Machines 2,527 photos, 66 members
Beamish Museum: Horses & Ponies - and other animals 565 photos, 33 members
Beamish Museum: People in Costume 2,403 photos, 105 members
The Beamish Museum Group - for all you beamish lovers 5,800 photos, 101 members
Candid & Street Photography 553,766 photos, 18,811 members
The Magazine - The Official Active Assignment Publication 343 photos, 101 members
Low key portraits 1,563 photos, 640 members
Active Assignment Weekly:May 28-Jun 4: Circles 6,121 photos, 1,384 members
Standing Stones 7,163 photos, 1,546 members
Saul Leiter - In No Great Hurry 562 photos, 62 members
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Blurb Books 2,477 photos, 6,512 members
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Saol na nGael ~ Saoghal nan Gàidheal ~ Life of the Gael 1,107 photos, 186 members
Telford Churches and Manses 93 photos, 9 members
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Testimonials (6)

bowtoo says:

"I have known Kate as a fellow member of the Photo Critique Assignment Group on Flickr since I joined in Dec 2007.

She has been a great help as a critic of my photography and her love for the art is an inspiration. I wish that I had met her many years ago!

Kate is constantly at work. Her famous bus stop images and other street candids are a welcome part of my contact's stream and I love reading her thoughts and descriptions of her images."

25th September, 2010
Cynmat says:

"Ms. Kate is a storyteller. I look forward to seeing what story she has for us all on a daily basis. Kate is creative, and filled with imagination. Kate has reminded me what photography is all about, it's about telling a story, it's about the human side. Kate does this so very well. I applaude you Kate, and I thank you for your contributions. You are an inspiration to me."

14th April, 2009
Eric Hands says:

"It's been said already...I often think ( photographically at least ) how lucky I am to live in the big city with so many photo opportunities every day. Kate, living out there on an outpost of civilisation, never fails to surprise and entertain - and the pictures just get better and better. Top work from a very favourite person."

3rd March, 2008
Michael - B says:

"What I like about her photo stream is that it makes me think. Sometimes I look at one of her pictures and I simply have to stop and ponder for a moment or two. So many things just pass through our minds each day that we sometimes long for these rare moments where we can just sit and ponder. If you are the same, and if you sometimes need to stop and take a break, go and have a look at her photo stream right now."

8th February, 2008
Phil Dillon says:

"I think it's fair to say that Kate has broadened her approach over the past year to the point where I never know what to expect next and and am consistently surprised and overjoyed by the vision she shares."

31st December, 2007
*Melody* says:

"Kate quite simply takes beautifully thought out photos. She has the ability to see beauty in virtually everything and, as a consequence, takes beautiful pictures

She is lucky enough to live in a gorgeous part of the UK and has no hesitation in shooting it in all its glory.

The one down side to where she lives is that we will probably never get to meet ...but we are virtual drinking and photographing mates

Take a few minutes and browse through her lovely photostream"

10th September, 2007