Lorne has been a professional environmental photographer for over twenty years, firstly with the Countryside Commission for Scotland and latterly with Scottish Natural Heritage; he presently works within the SNH Publishing Unit at Battleby near Perth.

Lorne was born and raised in rural Perthshire where he still lives to this day, he is married with two children.

His first encounter with photography came when he won a Polaroid camera as a youngster, the magic of instant photography was life changing and he has been taking photographs ever since.

He studied photography for two years at Napier College in Edinburgh in the 1980’s. His early years as a professional photographer were spent working with medium and large format cameras primarily photographing the Scottish landscape in both black and white and colour.

He has been a category winner and five times commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and in 2009 won the Urban Wildlife category in the British Wildlife Photography Awards and had a highly commended landscape image in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

He has been the organiser of the Scottish Nature Photography Fair since 1996, it's now in its twentieth year.

Lorne has a rounded photographic style and is interested in all aspects of natural history photography from macro to wildlife and landscape. He is well versed in the environmental issues of the day and his work has been published widely throughout the UK.