First Minister, twice.

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing portraits of Humza Yousaf, First Minister, twice. It isn’t every week you get to visit Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. Never mind twice in one week. Both portrait sessions took place alongside interviews for UK newspapers, Financial Times and The Guardian. […]

Sack the Board!

Let’s Sack The Board! Continuing to mine my photography archive I’ve brought out another ‘zine, this time in collaboration with Matt at Lower Block, publisher of photography zines about football culture. This latest zine, Sack The Board!, looks at the footballing season of 1993-94 at Celtic FC in Glasgow, when there was a time of […]

Artists of Scotland exhibition.

Artists of Scotland. Where: Stallan Brand Architecture + Design, 80 Nicholson Street, Glasgow, G5 9ER. (Near the Sheriff Courts, Glasgow. Next to Patricia Fleming Gallery.) 6th November – 21st December, (closed 8th Dec.) Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm Weekend viewing by appointment (let me know!) I’ll be exhibiting series of portraits of the Artists of Scotland, […]

Return to Romania – Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant

The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant announces rebrand, new website and the launch of the next exciting stage of its journey, partnering with Canon Europe, The Guardian and The British Centre of Photography, amongst others, to support young and emerging photojournalists across the globe. Many years back, only a year or so after I was finished at […]

Portrait of Rose Reilly, now on show

My portrait of Rose Reilly, pioneer in women’s football, has gone on show at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after being acquired recently. The photographic portrait of Rose Reilly was originally shot on assignment for an editorial client. A lovely assignment, again as I’ve said before, one of those assignments where you […]

Hat trick of portraits

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 […]

Photograph a whisky distillery…

It’s always great to hear a client say the magical words “we need you to go photograph a whisky distillery…”. Poetry to my ears as a Scottish photographer. They say that whisky is for sharing, so below I share with you a few photographs from a couple of fairly recent whisky industry assignments. As a […]

Enough is Enough

To the streets! It’s been a busy couple of days for protest on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, and across the UK. With a Union Unity demonstration on Friday, followed by hours on the streets yesterday to photograph an Enough is Enough demonstration, there’s been time to take in the mood of the people, and […]

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