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The Old Manse of Blair
Always nice when you get to shoot some amazing food and get to eat it as well!
Wee trip up to the highlands to shoot at a five-star boutique hotel for one of my PR clients.
The Old Manse of Blair fantastic country house just outside Blair Atholl.
Can certainly recommend the food from the new head chef Iain Nicholson.
Mr Goose Resilience Festival
Nice trip down to Ayrshire last week to shoot the author and artist of the MR. Goose books for the upcoming Mr Goose Resilience Festival in June. Rained all the way down but as luck had it the clouds parted just as I arrived at the car park!
Pictured L-R Louise McBride, the artist behind the illustrations of Mr Goose, Grant Kennedy author of Mr Goose set on and around the River Doon and Craig Espie of Scottish band Skerryvore who has brought to life Mr Goose in musical form.
All the images were shot in the grounds of the Burns Cottage in Alloway.
Ian Rankin in a phone box!
Quirky new tourist attraction in Edinburgh.
In my job you get to photograph lots of interesting things as well as some decently nice people, I’ve photographed Ian Rankin (him of Rebus fame) many time over the years and he’s one of the nicest chaps you could work with.
Great shoot for my client which made the front page of The Scotsman as well five other papers.
So on to “Gilbert” a refurbished phone box by bespoke tailors, Stewart Christie & Co on behalf of Save the Children…
What you do is you go in to Stewart Christie & Co ask for the key make a donation and then take a selfie in the phone box, kitted out as an old Victorian box with some lovely vintage touches.
All the donations got to Save the Children…have fun and contribute to a great charity all in one.
4am start with Tom Daley!
4am start with Tom Daley, Nile Wilson and Denise Lewis…which really means up at 2am to drive the 70 miles to the location, the glamorous life of a freelance photographer!
But a great morning shooting with Tom, Nile and Denise who were on top form even at that time, I love an early start especially in the summer as you always get a great sunrise even in Scotland.
Shooting at that time of the morning has it’s benefits and challenges, on the plus side shooting a portrait outside with early morning light (golden hour) is fantastic but freezing the action of Tom jumping is a bit of a challenge, high iso and a fast shutter with shallow depth of field (for all you guys who keep asking what the tech is) the shot above was shot at iso 1250/500sec at f2.8 on a Nikon d4s with a 16-35mm lens.
Great also to work with Nile and Denise.
As always a great shoot is a team effort with a lovely client and big thanks to Haven who were hosting us all…and supplied us with coffee and a fantastic breakfast!
Best of June
It’s been a very busy month with lots of long days, stating early and finishing late…still editing at 2am so my clients have their images for first thing the next working day.
I wouldn’t change it for the world, as I sit here in my kitchen looking out on a lovely sunny morning listening to the radio working away.
Being self-employed is fantastic not for everyone but certainly for this photographer, still not bored and now in my 19th year as a freelancer!
A few images from June, I choose them for many different reasons, how good the light was on a specific shoot, the people oh and the people, working across so many diverse industries is such a pleasure and an insight.
meeting them all from apprentice electricians all the way up to the CEO and everyone in-between, I always enjoy a good chat with them before I start taking a picture.
Best of September
It’s been a very busy month, with lots of early start and late nights sometimes on the same day…
I’ve put together a few of my favorite images from September, I’ve picked them for various reasons, for the technical challenges to weather, being in the right place and some just because I had a such a nice time on the shoot.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them…
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Lunch with an Old Bag!
This is my sixth year photographing Lunch with an Old Bag and it just gets bigger and better!
LWOB is an annual charity fundraiser on behalf of the Prince’s Trust Scotland at Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh courtesy of owner James Thomson OBE and raised a whopping £706,593!
The event was attended by a host of stars, including disco legends Sister Sledge, who doesn’t remember dancing to “we are family” and “lost in music” still sounded as good today and brought back some great memories from when I was a teenager at the local disco!
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Great to see the gorgeous Clare Grogan from Gregory’s Girl.
Hosted by Des Clark who does an amazing job every year.
I missed out on seeing comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli at the Fringe so this was a great surprise and he didn’t disappoint!
The Queen’s Garden Party
One day I’ll get a real job!
Those of you who are regulars to my blog will know how much I love my job, and this is one of the reasons why!
I was commissioned to cover The Queen’s Garden Party at The Palace of HolyroodHouse.
I’ve photographed the Royal Family on many an occasion over the years but this is my first garden party.
What a great day and not even a typical Scottish summers day dampened the occasion, everyone I spoke to and photographed were loving it, from the ladies of the woman’s institute to serving and ex members of our amazing armed forces.
Tartan Gig 2017
Covered a fantastic gig on Saturday at the Glasgow SSE Hydro!
Tartan Gig 2017 the Girlguiding concert, very busy day as I was the only official photographer and tasked to cover everything!
With it all going on at the same time as the concert, first two songs shoot some fans enjoying the concert and get back stage for some shots of the artists at the media board, all in all a great day and a very happy client.
Not exactly my sort of music but you have to appreciate live gigs.
Louisa Johnson was amazing and the very energetic John Newman was a challenge to capture!
The remotest place on mainland UK!
I just love my job, I get to photograph so many different people and locations form all walks of life, I always find it very interesting getting an insight and knowledge in to so many different industries.
I would never get to so many places through my work and when an email dropped in for a shoot described as “the remotest part of the UK” I jumped at the chance…and the client wasn’t exaggerating!
I drove to Mallaig then crossed on a private ferry to Knoydart…one pub (which opens when the landlord can be bothered) and a school with 14 pupils!
Fantastic shoot with a real sense of being out in the wilderness, will have to go back at somepoint…
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