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...
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...
Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing my old colleague and friend, Petrea’s wedding. Amazingly, it didn’t rain, and the sky allowed some drama, I was happy. I was assisted all day by my girlfriend Julie, and she did an amazing job of holding remote flash, helping to ensure that we didn’t miss critical...
Julie celebrating a family Birthday in Clydebank Recently. Mixed lighting from my camera mounted flash and various mixed temperature sources meant black and white was an obvious fallback. A Lightroom preset in duotone, which I have never used before gave a lovely effect on Julie’s very stylishly cut hair. It is “split tone 2” in...
There is nothing nicer as a photographer than being asked to take someone’s wedding photographs. I am absolutely thrilled that Charlotte and David have asked me. As always with an important event like someone’s special day, a pre-shoot lets us get to know each other and gets everyone comfortable with me and my terribly in-your-face...
