March 2026

Pointing to the Stars I love everything about space. Its vastness, what’s out there, it does make me a bit nervous about it all, especially when the latest moon trips were happening. I was delighted to meet a more down to earth space traveller at the Glasgow Science Centre, which is continuing its 25th year celebrations by welcoming visitors living in the local postcode…

February 2026

Old Favourites Return for the World Cup I photographed a few old pals this month. The first two were Ally McCoist and Fred MacAulay. They are set to revive their hit show for one night only as a special preview to Scotland’s first World Cup campaign in 28 years with ‘McCoist and MacAulay Live – World Cup Special’ at the SEC Armadillo in May….

January 2026

Sun Sets on the First Day of the Year Happy New Year and all the best for 2026. Here we are at the beginning of February and all the Christmas festivities seem such a long time ago. With a rainy December it was so nice to see a change on New Years day. I was down at Loch Lomond for the annual News Years…

December 2025

Sound of Christmas This is the best time of year with lots of festive assignments coming in. One of my favourites is the RSNO performing the music to The Snowman. This years reading was done by comic Josie Long. She was fab. Its such a Christmas story. Although it was mentioned that in Glasgow the words are changed to Irn Bru. The orchestra come…

November 2025

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…

October 2025

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…

September 2025

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,…

August 2025

“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…

July 2025

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…

June 2025

‘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…