March 2024

Happy Birthday Kelpies Every time I drive past the Kelpies they take my breath away. I remember years ago photographing sculptor Andy Scott in his studio in Maryhill with Baron, one of the model horses for the Kelpies. As he was explaining to me the size and scale, I was thinking how is this possible? This year was the 10th anniversary of the Kelpies…

February 2024

Suits You Sir He’s Behind You I always feel a bit sad when pantomime season is over for another year so you can imagine my delight when I was asked to photograph stage star and panto legend Johnny McKnight. Johnny was giving The Cameron Lecture at the University of Glasgow’s Bute Hall. The lecture, The Panto Dame (She’s Behind You), celebrated the magic of…

January 2024

Happy New Year 2023 had been another year with lots of different assignments and lots of fun with more than a few cups of coffee with some cakes added in to the mix. The link shows some of my favourite pictures of the year. There were more but I was running out of music. Happy New Year on Loch Lomond I do like an excuse…

December 2023

Light Up The Night On the winter solstice or shortest day I was photographing some local landmarks that were lit up in a bright green colour for the NSPCC.  The landmarks across Scotland shone green on the longest night of the year in support of the NSPCC and its Childline counselling service. It was a super assignment. It can be difficult because if the…

November 2023

Hi Jinks on The High Seas I am a fan of a fish supper, so you can I imagine how pleased I was to get a call to cover the The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow 2023 panto production of Treasure Island photo call at Blue Lagoon Fish & Chips cafe in Glasgow.  What a great location, they have a pirate ship in the cafe. The…

October 2023

PM in the AM Pumpkin Time Again Cool colours in the Sick Kids Hospital I met Dr. Alyson Walker, Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthetist, at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. I photographed her in the first phase of the Theatre Improvement Initiative. Her vision is to make the theatre and reception areas much more attractive to the youngsters that come into the hospital. The…

September 2023

Roaring Success I am a keen, if erratic, golfer and am no stranger to the golf range. When I was asked by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for suggestions where to shoot the press picture for the upcoming Jurassic Park In Concert to celebrate the iconic film’s 30th anniversary, I knew exactly where to go. Jurassic Parr crazy golf was the place. I have…

August 2023

Wedding Belles I loved having a few of the shots in black and white too. This shot was the one I remember form all these years back in 1986. I photographed Eilidh’s mum in this very spot waiting to go into the church and I had it in my mind when she said she was getting married there.  Brookside Fan Club Shapes & Colours…

July 2023

Outlander Comes to Glasgow I got to meet Outlander author, Diana Gabaldon at the University of Glasgow as she opened the 1st International Outlander conference at the University of Glasgow. Expert scholars and Outlander fans joined Dr Gabaldon to tackle themes such as Jacobite history, screen production, Scottish tourism, Gaelic and Scots language, costume design, fandom, Claire Fraser’s medicine, and witchcraft. Her talk entitled, ‘”Why Scotland?…

June 2023

Heathers in the Rain June started with a buzz at The Kings Theatre when the show The Heathers came to town. The cast of ‘Heathers The Musical’ were at the front of The King’s Theatre wearing their iconic, bright coloured uniforms,  to celebrate the start of the musical’s first-ever run in Glasgow. Following two smash hit West End seasons, a record-breaking run at The…