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This was one of my more unusual shoots…If you have ever watched Sky TV’s Succession you’ll know what’s going on!
Turns out in Succession Roman Roy bought Scottish football club Hearts to impress his father Logan (Scottish actor Brian Cox), only to discover that his billionaire dad is actually a fan of Hearts’ big cross-city rivals, Hibernian.
So the Hearts manager and players got in to the sprit of the show by wearing specially branded shirts with the the name of Roy family’s infamous company Waystar Royco added to the front of Heart’s shirts, as well as on branding within the club’s Tynecastle Park stadium for Roman Roy’s fictional takeover of the team.
Great day shooting with Robbie Neilson and the team at Heart’s who were all great sports…will now have to go and watch the show!
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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TV Game Show – And They’re Off!
I had a great day recently shooting a new game show special – And They’re Off! with TV presenter Ore Oduba winner of Strictly Come Dancing.
Very interesting to see how a TV show is filmed and all comes together, long day for everyone, change of audiences and contestants to film four episodes in one day!
As a photographer technically it’s a bit of a challenge with lighting and keeping out of the way of the camera teams and crew while filming is going on, as well as the sound issues from my camera, you have to be a bit of an invisible man at these types of shoots not to be seen and defiantly not heard but still deliver a very high quality set of images.
All in all a great day and Ore was great to work with!
Ross Kemp Behind Bars – Inside Barlinnie
I had a great day with Ross Kemp shooting the stills for his new documentary Ross Kemp Behind Bars – Inside Barlinnie.
Love my job every day is so different I recently spent a day with Ross Kemp in Barlinnie Prison, how else would I get in to Barlinnie (apart from the obvious) what an interesting place a bit of a gold mine for photographers with all the old Victorian architecture.
I had never worked with Ross before and like most of us I had only built up a picture form his TV appearances, but a nicer more helpful guy you could not meet, a pleasure to work with, made my workday a lot easier along with the film crew.
In and out in a day, not many can say that about Barlinnie!
Don’t miss it – tonight STV at 9pm!
My favorite pix 0f 2014
It’s been another great year, now in my 14th year as a freelance photographer…wow can’t believe where the time has gone!
Over the years I have been privileged to photograph some amazing things, meeting some great people and traveling to places I would never think of going to, all with there own individual challenges but I would not swap my job for anything else!
I have put together a few of my favorite images from 2014, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them! They all tell a different story and mean so many different things to me.
Colin & Justin – style guru’s ?
Then my next job with Glasgow’s self-proclaimed style guru’s Colin & Justin…but not today wearing those jumpers. As usual arrived early to scout out a good location for the shoot, then went off and bought a few Christmas props for the boys to wear.
This was in aid of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day, which takes place on Friday 14 December. Over 6,000 people from schools and workplaces across Scotland have already signed up to donate £1 to wear their winter woolies on the day for the charity.
Colin & Justin were true professionals and a pleasure to work with, the only problem I had was editing the images, just a shame I had to leave so many out.
Launch of 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot
The official mascot of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has been unveiled at BBC Scotland’s headquarters in Glasgow.
Clyde made a grand entrance at the unveiling ceremony, zip-sliding through the middle of BBC Scotland’s headquarters at Pacific Quay, watched on by a few hundred guests who had all packed in to the BBC HQ.
12-year-old Beth Gilmour from Cumbernauld won a nation-wide competition to design the 2014 mascot, pictured here with Clyde.
After watching the rehearsals last night with stand-ins, it was great to see it all come alive, and what a spectacular launch it turned out to be!
Amnesty at the Edinburgh Festival
I get commissioned every year to photograph the Amnesty comedy gig “Stand up for Freedom” at the Edinburgh Festival and they never disappoint.
Take the best comedians from the festival and put them on in one show…what’s not to like!
Hosted again by Fred MacAulay and Susan Calman, the line-up that includes the multi-talented Josie Long; Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer 2011 Hannibal Buress; star of Channel 4’s Stand Up For the Week Sara Pascoe; sketch trio Pappy’s; David O’Doherty; newcomer Rob Beckett; cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish
This year Amnesty were showing their support for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
If your like me and don’t have the time to see all of the festival, this is a great way to get a fantastic taster.
Don’t miss the Comics v Critics football match on Sunday 2pm kick-off at the Meadows.
Susan Boyle gets honorary degree…
Its Friday and and its been a busy old week.
With a few mixed shoots, from the usual corporate portraits, photocall and PR jobs.
Yesterday I was commissioned to photograph The Queen at the Place of Holyroodhouse today it was Susan Boyle getting a honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries.
Susan with her honorary degree from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
Angels’ Share get their hands on more whisky!
Cast of Angels’ Share get their hands on more Whisky.
Fresh from winning the Jury’s prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the cast were at the unavailing of a rare bottle of whisky at the Lagavulin Distillery in Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, holding the world’s only known bottle of Malt Mill new-make spirit, the spirit that forms the basis of the plot for Ken Loach’s latest film, The Angels’ Share.
Early flight over from Glasgow, 25 minute flight, no time for a snooze!
I was commissioned to shoot this as the only photographer invited to the launch, great to meet the cast and a fantastic bunch to work with.
Its a few years since I have been to any of the Islands, and I had forgotten just how friendly everyone is and how they know each other! It was surreal at times just like watching some soap unfold on TV.
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