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Cool Jazz I love photographing musicians. They always give you ideas of how they want to be photographed. They have a style. One was saxophone player Gerard O’Neil who was one of the finalists in this years BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year. We took some pictures and were trying different ways of holding the sax. Sitting standing, playing we tried lots of…
Stars on the Stairway When I saw the production of Hamilton in London. It was under duress, I went thinking it was a rap musical and wouldn’t like it. How wrong I was. It was an amazing show with a fantastic music score and stage production. The lead character, Alexander Hamilton, must have some memory to learn all the words for the show. His…
It’s That Time of the Year Already I have not been to the Barras for ages and how trendy it is now, with the new food courts and arts stuff going on. My visit was for a picture of the Kings Theatre Glasgow pantomime cast for their production of The Little Mermaid. It is starring Darren Brownlie , Hannah Janet Scott, Elaine C Smith,…
“There’s been a murder” The words “There’s been a murder”, have echoed through my TV life since I was a youngster. I loved Taggart. I am watching the re runs now on cable. Any detective investigations like Quincy or Silent Witness I am happy to revisit. My work with the forensic service, not on live cases, but their process is fascinating, although they always…
Ride 4 Rita I met a lovely couple, Liz and Fadi Ghazala who, along with friends and family, were cycling to Glasgow from Aberdeen in memory of their baby daughter. The team traveled 210 miles across Scotland, connecting the neonatal units in Aberdeen and Edinburgh before finishing in Glasgow, at the NICU where Rita was treated for the rare genetic condition Edwards Syndrome, or…
‘Lochie’ the Big Scottie I was at the amazing Trades Hall in Glasgow for the launch of ‘Scotties in the City’ from Maggie’s Centres. It the unveiling of the plans for Glasgow’s most exciting new art trail and to photograph the giant-sized Scottie, ‘Lochie’ with Glasgow artist, Douglas Roulston. The vibrant trail will take place for eight weeks over the summer of 2026, when…
Art Meets Music I love going to concerts also art and photography exhibitions. So I was delighted to be asked to cover the opening of an exhibition of artworks by illustrator Katie Smith in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Clyde Foyer. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) have installed nine original artworks by the Scottish illustrator. Music Director Thomas Søndergård and the RSNO musicians…
Walking On Sunshine We had a lovely sunny day for supporters of the National Autistic Society Scotland, who walked a 5km route around Glasgow Green to celebrate World Autism Acceptance Month. I did this event with them last year when it was chucking it down. Even as the rain came in sideways the smiles kept going. What a difference a year makes. We had…
Time For Tea I met Dr Lindsay Middleton, food historian and Knowledge Exchange Associate at the University of Glasgow in the Salon du Luxe in the Mackintosh at the Willow tea rooms, which played host to this year’s Scottish Food Heritage Symposium that looks at tea and its relationship to Glasgow and Scotland. In Glasgow tea rooms were established in the late 19th and…
A Year in Pictures from 2024 2024 was another fabulous year taking photographs. Here are some of my highlights. There were more but I ran out of music. I feel so privileged to do something I love as a job. Here is to more fun, fab photographs in 2025.
Martin Shields Photography 