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Crufts 2020
I have a great client in London who I shoot all their Scottish photography for, so when I got a call asking me to be part of the press team for these years Crufts…as a dog lover I jumped at the chance.
I’ve put together a few of my favourite images from Crufts 20.
As a freelance photographer day to day you work on your own, shooting the press photography for worldwide press as part of a team was amazing!
Twenty thousand dogs, four photographers and three journalists and a picture editor on-site at the NEC…very rewarding experience.
Fantastic bunch to work with, long days and early starts for four days and picture of the day in The Guardian.
Hopefully will be back again next year!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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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