My portrait of legendary Scottish footballer Rose Reilly is highlighted this month on the Sporting Heritage website and Sporting Heritage podcast. Sporting Heritage aims to “bring together the UK’s sporting collections and the people who care for them.” My portrait of Rose, which was acquired last year and now hangs on display in the Scottish […]
Just over a year ago I set myself the project of photographing 100 of the pre-eminent artists of Scotland. The portfolio, of portraits of those artists photographed in their studios and creative spaces, now sits around 125 portraits. On this page I present some of the latest portraits, shot in the past week or two. […]
This week I’ve added two more artists to my Artists of Scotland portrait series that I worked on last year. The portfolio of portraits of the pre-eminent artists of our times, here in Scotland, photographed in their studios and creative spaces now sits at approximately 120. This week I met and photographed, I like to […]
What a privilege it is to be a photographer, to be able to travel the world, or your own country (Scotland) or even city (Glasgow) and to meet and photograph the people who contribute to the cultural fabric of our nation and times. To be able to go inside places, offices, studios which aren’t generally […]
A bit late to the party with sharing news of my recent Artists of Scotland exhibition, which sadly has now finished. It was a busy end to 2023, with having the exhibition on, all that that entailed, and still photographing a few artists for the overall portfolio. The exhibition ran at Stallan Brand architecture and […]
I’ve written previously here about the acquisition by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery of a 2019 portrait of Rose Reilly, pioneering women’s footballer, that I shot and how it is now displayed in the national collection, in Queen Street, Edinburgh. I’m delighted to hear that Rose yesterday popped into the gallery to view her portrait, […]
One of the privileges of being a Scotland-based photographer working on assignment, and on personal projects, is getting to meet the people we do. I had one such portrait assignment recently in Dumbarton, near Glasgow, with Lord Speaker, Lord John McFall of Alcluith. Not only do we get to meet people of all walks of […]
Always nice to score a hat trick of portraits of Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan, and be assured a winner. As a documentary photographer my days of chasing the news on a daily basis have receded into the earlier part of my career. But none the less it’s enjoyable and important to still […]
Keepin’ it relaxed! – I get a lot of assignments as an editorial portrait photographer here in Scotland, and last week I assembled in a folder the relaxed and honest portraits you see here, mostly shot on recent editorial portrait assignments for newspapers and magazine clients. I shoot a lot of work that I don’t […]