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Dog friendly chippy!
When a client asks can you go to St Andrews for a job it’s a no brainer.
With the start of summer it’s always nice to get a trip to the seaside and have some fish & chips, and now award winning Fish & Chip Shop Cromars in St Andrews has created a dog friendly menu, the doggy chippy is offering sausages and puppuccinos for your pets.
I can’t speak for the puppuccinos but the Fish &Chips were amazing and well worth the trip, big thanks to Wendy at Cromars for all her on the day.
Legendry fashion designer Jeff Banks
Out and about this week photographing a true legend.
Commissioned to shoot the fashion designer Jeff Banks with his new range of glasses at Specsavers, Morningside.
Jeff was a pleasure to work with and a total gentleman with that old school demeanour.
*Image shot with a Nikon z7ii lens 24-70 f2.8 at 48mm iso 200, 400/f4*
Scotland from the air
I love shooting aerial photography so when I got a call from a client to shoot renewable energy sites around Scotland I was delighted.
Five days up in a helicopter and a few thousand frames later…
Flying at first light to locations you just don’t realise how stunning Scotland is from the air.
I’ve put together some of my favourite’s images hope you like them as much as I enjoyed shooting them.
Aerial photography has it’s own set of challenges, from making sure all your kit is secured in the aircraft so nothing falls off mid-flight when you have your camera sticking out a window at over 100mph! Then there’s the technical issues of shooting from the air not to mention working in a survival suit…but I loved every minute of it.
I get asked a lot about the technical aspects of how I shoot, firstly get it right in camera and you won’t spend hours trying to fix your images later! The number of times I’ve heard “it’s ok I can always sort it later in photoshop”.
Firstly, I always shoot in RAW and only use manual, processed in lightroom then any final adjustments done in photoshop.
For aerial photography a high shutter speed is a must as your traveling at speed and with the vibration of the rotors anything over 1000 at f8 works well then it’s just a matter of concentrating on the image.
And of course a massive thanks to everyone at PDG Aviation who were amazing.
No flash portraits
Working with one of my clients who who are in the middle of a re-brand and wanted something a bit different for their staff images, something more youthful and engaging…think I managed to capture it perfectly for them!
Just a bit of window light and a reflector.
Moulin Rouge dancers
Moulin Rouge dancers help raise money at the annual Lunch with an Old Bag.
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All three Scottish dancers from London’s West End show Performed at the Prestonfield House Prestonfield House Hotel in Edinburgh (an amazing venue).
I’ve been shooting this event now for 11 years now, over 300 well lubricated ladies get together to help raise funds for the The Prince’s Trust Scotland to transform the lives of thousands of young people.
Since the first Lunch with an Old Bag the event has raised more than £4.7m, which translates directly as help for over 4,700 young Scots.
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