I was brought up in a somewhat Scottish tradition. So when I saw Howard Bond’s brochure at the local custom lab offering a Scotland photo tour for advanced students only, I was interested. It looked wonderful, based at Penkill Castle, owned by a Detroit lawyer, haunt of nineteenth-century Pre-Raphaelites.

But my credentials and camera were not what Howard had in mind. So I decided to do my own tour. My best friend, who had traveled several weeks over there, offered to be my guide. We had an unforgettable two weeks, the surprising climax of which was a warm welcome by the MacLachlans, one of “my” three clans.

I shot 1500 frames of Kodachrome and a couple dozen 4 x 5s. On our return I had a one-man show at Ian’s Patisserie in Ann Arbor.