Cold snap? No kidding
Photographer at his peak on how he captures stunning mountain images Daredevil braves perilous places in search of the perfect picture
Photographer Hamish Frost has told how he scaled the heights to capture spectacular mountain shots.
To record extreme snow sports, Hamish, a Glasgow-based photographer, often finds himself hanging off rock faces and dangling over gullies.
Hamish has worked in mountainous and snow-capped landscapes across the world, from the Himalayas to the French Alps, and is embarking on an intrepid trip to Antarctica next month.
But it’s Scotland’s dramatic peaks where he cut his teeth and where he’ll be most happy this winter. “The Highlands are without a doubt my favourite place to shoot,” he said.
While the beauty of the Scottish Highlands in winter are a photographer’s dream, they are also a perilous, constantly changing terrain which shouldn’t be taken lightly, admits Hamish.
That was a lesson he learned one treacherous day at the beginning of his career, photographing climbers high up on a new route to the peak of Ben Nevis.
“The final pitch of their route turned out to be really difficult, so what I initially thought would be a short time hanging on the rope in the end turned into me hanging there for six hours in sub-zero temperatures.
“I was aware of how cold I was getting and I can remember having some pretty lucid daydreams – which were perhaps an early sign of mild hypothermia kicking in.”