Author Archives: Matthew
I am a photographer who specialises in portraits. In 2008 I completed a "100 portraits" project in which 100 people chose each other in turn as my portrait subjects. It was a great learning journey about portraits in "the wild". I now love taking people-pictures even more than when I started photography a few years back.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
 This is a picture of Julie immediately after giving birth to our daughter Hannah. The room had been finally cleared and baby Hannah handed to Julie to feed. Although Julie was struggling to stay awake after a long night, you can see the joy in her eyes so clearly. I will post some pictures of…
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Friday, December 16, 2011
 I’m really lucky to work in a beautiful setting like Argyll, and when a winter sunset like today’s happens I feel the urge to share it with you. These pictures were taken using my Manfrotto tripod and my Sony NEX 5. This one is from Strachur, and was taken using my friend’s Olympus 135mm prime lens…
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
 Today I was visiting Rhu near Helensburgh. I haven’t been there for a long time, but when I parked my car, my heart leaped; I took this beautiful hound’s picture with a Canon G10 compact a few years ago, and it has had 1100 hits on Flickr from Boxer enthusiasts I presume. Anyway, I was…
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
 Huge congratulations on the arrival of Baby Daniel to a very loving Mum and Dad. I was at a celebratory dinner with the delighted couple at the excellent “International Starters” in Leith, Edinburgh, when I realised that the light was running out. Heather and Stuart had kindly asked if I would do a family shot…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
 How time flies, Julie with 6 weeks to go. Julie set me the challenge of photographing her in a black maternity dress. Perhaps madly I used my black background cloth and ended up using a reflector to try to get some more highlights on the bumplet. My friend Martin chided me for not posting…
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