Welcome

Welcome to the web site of David Coyne.

As a keen amateur photographer this web site is intended to exhibit my photographic work. The site is structured with a gallery page with different subjects and pages with details of specific photographic journeys. I have lived in Glenrothes, Fife for the most of the last 25 years.

Biography

I was born in Newcastle upon Tyne not knowing that I would take a deep interest in photography. Maybe I should have realised my latent interest after going on holiday to Amble, Northumberland when I was around 9 years old and ran off to the local shop to spend my entire weeks pocket money on a roll of film (I was sent to the shop to get my money back!). I lived in Newcastle till I went to Liverpool University to study Physics with Electronics and subsequently stayed on to undertake a PhD in Solid State Electronics after achieving a 1st class Honours. I took up photography while at university with no special topic of interest but for some reason packed my camera away for almost 20 years. When working in Sweden several years ago I was determined not to get into the rut of working 7 days a week so I dug out my trusty Minolta 303b and have never looked back since. I currently use a Minolta 800si and Minolta 7D with a variety of lenses including a 70-210/2.8 zoom, 500/4.5 and, my favourite lens, a 105/2.8 macro lens and photograph pretty much any subject except "glamour" and people in formal studio-style portraits.

Please feel free to look at my gallery of photographs from a wide-range of subjects from locations across Scotland such as Wild Water and Slalom Canoeing, Motocross, Wildlife and Landscapes