Man Rescued From River Tay Perth

Picture here as used in The Courier and Evening Telegraph to cover the story of a man being rescued from the River Tay at Perth having gone for a swim while drunk.

Evening Telegraph Story - from the following day

The Courier Story - from the night of the rescue

Emergency Services at River Tay Rescue. Stuart Cowper Photography

Perth River Tay Rescue

Words from The Courier who used my photo below:

Water rescue teams have rushed to Perth after a man was seen jumping from Queen’s Bridge.

Crews from the Scottish Fire and rescue Service were called at around 3.20pm on Tuesday to carry out a rescue on the Tay. Two appliances from Perth, along with the Technical / Water Rescue Unit were turned out. 

A male casualty was taken by ambulance to hospital. The incident is understood to be non-suspicious.

Pictures taken shortly after 3.35 as crews stood down. It was also around this time that the ambulance arrived on scene.

M90 Car Fire - Perth

Pictures here from the scene on the exit of the Friarton Bridge onto the M90 where a car had caught fire. The car had caught fire shortly before 6.45pm, yesterday, Friday 4th March. These photos were taken shortly after 6.50 by which point the fire had been extinguished. There were no injuries and the car was recovered a short time later.

Three appliances from Perth turned out to the fire along with two police vans.

River Tay Search Operation Perth

Pictures here of the search operation on the River Tay at Perth following reports a woman was spotted in the river. Fire Crews from Perth, Dunkeld and Dundee - including the Command Support and Water Rescue Units were joined by police, coastguard and the Special Operations and Resiliance Team of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

 

 

 

 

Video: River Tay Body Search Perth

Video here from the scene on Perth's Tay Street as a large-scale search of the River Tay got under way.

River Tay Body Search Perth

Pictures here from Tay Street in Perth, where a large-scale, multi-agency search operation was underway following the sighting of a body in the River Tay.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews from Perth were joined by colleagues from Dunkeld, Coupar Angus and Dundee - including specialist water rescue teams and a command support unit. Scottish Ambulance Service deployed its Special Operations and Resilience Team, along with the Police Scotland Search and Rescue Team and their helicopter. Further support came in the form of the Coastguard and the RNLI lifeboat from Broughty Ferry and a Seaking search and rescue helicopter.

The search was stood down at 9.30pm, and would resume again the following morning.

Some pictures follow, with the full collection here

Video: Perth Flat Fire

Video here from the scene of a flat fire in Perth. Please see the post below for the pictures.

Perth Flat Fire

Pictures here from the scene of a fire in the St Catherine's Square block of flats in Perth.

A fire had taken hold in a flat on the top floor of the block and was well established by the time the fire service arrived.

 

Just prior to their arrival, the occupant of the flat, jumped from the window to avoid the flames. He was taken to Dundee with serious leg and ankle injuries.

 

Three units, including the combined aerial platform, attended from Perth, along with additional units from Dunkeld and Auchterarder. The Command Support Unit from Dundee was also turned out, along with the Scottish Ambulance Service resilience team.

 

The reports of the fire came in at 11.35, and whilst it took some time to access the flat due to the nature of the older building, the fire was brought under control and extinguished relatively quickely. Crews stayed on site until 2.15, with an Investigation to take place the following day.

 

 

Full collection of pictures here

 

 

 

 

Suspicious Fire in Perth High Street

There was a suspicious fire in a flat in the old High Street in Perth. One of my photos were used in this article on the BBC website and can be seen here:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-25088433

Armistice Day 2013 Perth Wreath Laying Ceremony

Pictures here of the Remembrance Day Wreath Laying Ceremony in Perth at the Mercat Cross / King Edward VII Memorial.
Wreaths were laid by Provost Liz Grant, MP Pete Wishart and MSP Roseanna Cunningham along with representatives from Tayside Fire and Rescue, Tayside Police and local military organisations.

Sample of images follows, but the full collection is here

 

 

 

 

Sandeman Perth Small Fire

Pictures here from outside the Sandeman pub in Perth last night following a small fire. Smoke was seen coming from a booth in the main part of the pub, and after efforts by staff to locate the source were unsuccessful, the fire brigade were called. The pub was evacuated at 7.55 and crews stood down at 9.20, with the pub opening a short time later.

Sample of pictures below, but the full collection can be seen here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perth Flat Fire

Pictures here from the scene in Perth's Kinnoull Street as crews attended a small kitchen fire in a 3rd floor flat. Three Perth appliances turned out at 10pm, and the small fire was extinguished by 10.20, with the street sealed off at the scene for a short time with other flats in the block also evacuated.

Pictures from the scene:

 

Last Day of Tayside Police & Tayside Fire and Rescue

Tomorrow, April 1st 2013, will see the introduction of a national police and a national fire service replacing the current establishment of regional police and fire and rescue organisations. The new police body will be called Police Scotland, whilst the fire and rescue service will be known as Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Decided today to take some photos of Perth Fire Station and Perth Police Station on the last day of them operating as Tayside Fire and Rescue and Tayside Police.

Tayside Police - Western Division HQ - Perth

Tayside Fire and Rescue - Station 21 - Perth

Tayside Fire and Rescue - Station 21 - Perth

Tayside Police - Western Division HQ - Perth

Nikon D7100: First Shots

I picked up my Nikon D7100 on launch day 14th March, and then this weekend was able to get out, despite the weather for some shots with it.

I got the camera from my local independant shop in Perth, JRS Photo Hardware - as it was £100 cheaper than online.

Here it is with the Sigma 150-500 and 2.0x adaptor attached:

On the Saturday, in the rain, I went out to capture some Perthshire Amateur Leage Football Action. These few pictures were all taken with the Sigma 70-200 2.8 attached. It was worth going out for as one of the pictures was published in the local paper today in their coverage of the weekend's football.

 Please note as well, that all the pictures are reduced in quality pre-upload, just so it doesn't take as long! To see the photos in their original size, then go to my gallery - link at the bottom.

 

Handheld, 70-200, 70mm  ISO 640 F2.8 1/1000

Handheld, 70-200, 70mm ISO 1000 F4 1/640

 

Handheld, 70-200, 95mm, ISO 1000 1/800 F4

 

Handheld, 70-200, 95mm, ISO 1000 1/800 F4

 

Handheld, 70-200, 70mm, ISO 1000 1/800 F4



Handheld, 70-200, 122mm, ISO 1000 1/640 F4

On the Sunday, something slightly different, went out for pictures of Tayside Fire and Rescue and Tayside Police as they conducted a river search for a missing person.

These shots were also taken with the 70-200 attached, but a couple were taken with the Sigma 150-500, which is a truly excellent lens. I also decided to see what like results I could get with the Sigma 150-500 with the extra 1.3x crop mode on the D7100 which reduces the quality to 15.4mp, but allows an increase to 7fps, and the full 51 point focus across the cropped area.

Handheld with Sigma 150-500 at 500mm with the 1.3x 15.4mp crop mode used. ISO 800 F6.3 1/320

Handheld Sigma 70-200 @ 200 f2.8 ISO 500 1/500

I'll be using the D7100 as my main camera, along with my trusty D300, and so keep checking back to see more images taken with it. You can subscribe via email by using the links on the right.

Please also check out my gallery which you can see here.