Category Archives: Architecture

Glasgow Tower

01.13.15

My lovely Panasonic G3 was in my car when I had to visit the Glasgow Science centre a few weeks ago. On leaving the meeting I snatched a few minutes to take a handheld shot of the “Glasgow Tower”. I didn’t think I could add much to the 5,000,000 or so shots of the tower...

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Dun na Cuaiche, Inveraray

08.19.12

This weekend Julie and I walked up to the lovely Dun na Cuaiche folly above Inveraray castle. At 248 m high, not a major hill-walk, but with our near-10 kilo baby, (yes really!) in a backpack carrier, it turns into some serious exercise. To my shame, despite visiting Inveraray for 8 years on a regular, (like twice weekly)...

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Dianne McGeeAugust 20, 2012 - 10:59 am
Your first photograph from the folly is excellent, Matthew. I’ve always wanted to do that walk. Also like the photo of the dovecote.
Mary GiliesJanuary 22, 2013 - 12:59 am
Really enjoyed viewing your portraits and reading about the people you photographed. What I was most ompressed with was the fact that you hadused some really interesting backgrounds for the portraits particularly those of Melanie where the scene behind said so much about her.

Superb images , didn’t know you did this kind of photography.
Thanks for telling me about your website, will pop in now and again to see and learn more about portrait work as I tend to go much closer for portraits.
Regards Mary
Kees SlingsFebruary 20, 2013 - 1:07 pm
Hi Matthew,
I’ve never been up to the folly but have visited Inveraray and the castle a few times as a Scotland loving Dutchy. I didn’t know anything about the dovecot on the castle grounds until I read the first chapter in ‘The New Road’ by Scottish writer/journalist Neil Munro yesterday evening. An excellent beginning of what promises to be great historical novel. The dovecot figures in a gothic creepy crawly scene in which the main character and the castlekeeper’s daughter are holed up inside in the dark of night, when suddenly the door opens and an unseen figure stands in the dark doorway, breathing heavily and trying to sense their presence. Very suspenseful.
I’m not a photographer but happened on your site googling the dovecot, the castle and the town itself. I’m very much into Scottish history and the town and castle are indeed the seat of the ancient Campbells, Dukes of Argyle, since the 18th century. The New Road is available 2nd hand on amazon.co.uk for one penny (plus GBP 4,02 dispatch) and another book of essays on Munro (Exploring new roads, essays on Neil Munro) has a cover that’s an exact replica of your vista picture of the town and Loch Fyne taken from the folly.
kind regards,
Kees Slings
Netherlands
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Which Inside a Building Picture?

03.22.11

OK, I need your help again. Its round 2 of the Amateur Photographer of the Year competition. The results for round 1 (trees) were in Amateur Photographer magazine today and yours truly didn’t feature in the top 30 that they published. However undaunted I will press on optimistically. (I secretly have the ambition to get just...

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Inside a building 2

03.20.11

I managed to get some time yesterday in the Kelvingrove museum in Glasgow. This is an amazing, classical building on a grand scale. Photographically the challenge is that the pictures have to be handheld as it is a busy museum and a tripod is considered a trip hazard for visitors. The light is low except...

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Inside a Building

03.13.11

Well, this portrait photographer is trying something new again. It’s round 2 of the Amateur Photographer contest, “Inside a Building”, and I thought I would use it as an excuse again to try some new pictures. This weekend I snatched a moment or two in 2 shopping centres and a car park to catch some...

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