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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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Contacts (365)

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Groups (50 50)

"Paper Moments" - 2012 CEPI Photo Competition 21 photos, 41 members
Wildlife In Scotland 8,803 photos, 643 members
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kornrawieegallery/ 1,532 photos, 522 members
Glasgow Art Galleries & Museums 1,666 photos, 303 members
Minimal Black&White(NO text) 18,138 photos, 5,529 members
Welcome to Scotland 835 photos, 23 members
· TRACE IN FACE · 36,067 photos, 3,517 members
Flickr Graduates 5,981 photos, 385 members
100 WORDS 1,401 photos, 183 members
Charley Barley Calendar competition 2012 90 photos, 15 members
Photography Tutorials and Helpful Links 1,221 photos, 1,350 members
Saltwater 1,907 photos, 136 members
Now Closed - AHSS Photography Competition 2011 67 photos, 24 members
my life is a picture... 9,125 photos, 942 members
WHITE in/on/between WHITE 11,550 photos, 1,171 members
an ode to Blossfeldt 190 photos, 18 members
MoNovember 1,194 photos, 240 members
PNEUMNEM 1,759 photos, 233 members
HONEY MOUTH ALCHEMY 6,629 photos, 809 members
Beamish Museum: Period Vehicles & Machines 2,162 photos, 56 members
Beamish Museum: Horses & Ponies - and other animals 557 photos, 32 members
Beamish Museum: People in Costume 2,235 photos, 92 members
The Beamish Museum Group - for all you beamish lovers 5,187 photos, 83 members
Candid & Street Photography 507,221 photos, 17,833 members
The Magazine - The Official Active Assignment Publication 327 photos, 99 members
Low key portraits 1,420 photos, 578 members
Active Assignment Weekly:Feb 2-Mar 5:...Opposites Attract 5,870 photos, 1,364 members
Standing Stones 7,043 photos, 1,516 members
Saul Leiter - In No Great Hurry 475 photos, 59 members
Stornoway Town 396 photos, 32 members
A different point of view - for photographers 74,184 photos, 2,820 members
Blurb Books 2,468 photos, 6,488 members
Canon G10 Photographers Unite! 1,424 photos, 90 members
Urbanjunglism - Urban jungle minimalism 4,071 photos, 639 members
Ullapool, Lochbroom and Coigach 3,690 photos, 321 members
Saol na nGael ~ Saoghal nan Gàidheal ~ Life of the Gael 1,107 photos, 187 members
Telford Churches and Manses 93 photos, 9 members
Rostros y Caras -Faces 19,557 photos, 1,576 members
Quality Abstracts 8,748 photos, 7,051 members
Birds and Wildlife UK 251,993 photos, 9,713 members
The Sorcerers Apprentice -- Animating the Inanimate 4,600 photos, 186 members
Harris Tweed 279 photos, 79 members
Uig & Bernera 383 photos, 35 members
Belle De Contre Jour 40,391 photos, 3,347 members
Hybrid birds 1,847 photos, 271 members
The Art of Glass 3,104 photos, 471 members
Secrets of Stats 13 photos, 91 members
Old codgers and biddies 1,699 photos, 107 members
Modern Architecture of Baghdad 221 photos, 120 members
Photography Critique - Invite 125 photos, 76 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