I had the pleasure of photographing Kelly and Alistair who were working the night shift at Broadford Ambulance Station. Here’s how it went.

The Isle of Skye is home to the International Otter Survival Fund, a charity that helps with the conservation of otters around the world. On this night I photographed Ben at their Sanctuary in Broadford and heard more about their work.

During the winter, the Torabhaig distillery runs 24x7 with three shifts of distillers keeping production going non-stop. On this wild and stormy night in January, Doc and Niall were on duty among the beautiful copper stills and traditional wooden washbacks.

And it’s over to Sleat Furniture Services to photograph Stuart Shone inside and outside his workshop. Bright strip lights and high winds make for an interesting shoot.

A first for me - photographing ice pancakes on a freezing river in the darkness of a moonless night. What a great experience. A very unusual subject, set off nicely by a very bright green airglow in the sky.

A cold night in a cemetery is not at the top of most peoples’ to-do list, but it was for me one bitterly cold February night.

A cracking visit to Achnacloich to meet Neil and Ruariadh, directors of Dualchas Architects, as they review plans for a new project. The setting is Neil’s own house of his own design which is 100% stunning.

How to photograph some artisan weavers in a shed at night? I found out when I visited Andrea and Roger who founded Skye Weavers up in Glendale.

As ever with this sort of thing, I went with an idea of the key shot I wanted, and ended up with a much bigger variety of compositions that I expected. Always keep an open mind!

A beautiful, still, cold, clear night in a little-known corner of Skye yielded 3 lovely photographs for the book. What a place this island is!

I doubt i’ll get a shot like this again. Fireworks at Hotel Eilean Iarmain combined with fireworks in the sky from a strong aurora. Later, an additional image from Tarskavaig just to add to the aurora fun.

Photographing with a drone at night is very tricky, requiring long exposures and high ISO. This is a combination that is highly sub-optimal for a small battery powered aircraft with a small sensor in a rather windy part of the world. This shot needed an 8 second exposure to get the look I wanted.

Why not spend the night in your car, then scale some precipitous cliffs in the dark in order to enter a sea cave to take a photograph before dawn? Seems like a great idea. So that’s exactly what I did one night in early September.