After a mega busy week which has prevented me from posting here, I had a particularly pleasant experience last night. Some of the people I photographed came together for a night in “Arta” in Glasgow’s Merchant City. It was great to see the people who came along and it really reminded me what a great...
Larry was my 7th portrait from my project and I struggled to cope with the bright low sunlight. I had the same problems with Seg two portraits previously. Looking back, I was technically inept at dealing with high contrast bright sunlight. I would now use a helper holding a diffuser, use fill flash to even...
I’m really looking forward to seeing the 100 prints in the cafe’s space, if you happen to be in the area I can attest that their coffee and baking won’t dissapoint regardless of how the pictures go down! I really like Martin’s portrait as a background for the poster. Nice and simple, direct and engaging.
Meeting Ratnadevi was a lovely and thought provoking experience. She had studied for a doctorate in art and was really interesting to chat with about art. She gave me some great insights into why I was doing the “100 portraits” project. This would have been my second choice of portrait from that session. The painting...
I went walking with friends today up the incredibly cold Ben Dubh above Luss. With wind chill, (and there was plenty of it), it was bitterly cold and way sub zero at the top. All layers were on! I carried my 40D and my LX3 on a waistbelt on my rucksack and despite the flat...
