Landscape

Life Out On The Road When I am out and about I love to photograph landscapes. The natural scenery and changing light never ceases to amaze me. It is something which I have no control over and I like that. You cannot persuade the sun to come out or stop the rain. It is  just a case of watch and see what happens and…

News & Politics

Photographing The News  News and political events can be unpredictable, things can move in a way that you would not expect. I think we always have to behave with dignity and respect when dealing with people that have been involved in a news story. Sometimes international incidents also have a local angle. The image above was one of the tributes at the Tron Church in Glasgow when Nelson Mandela died….

Features

Assignments in Feature Photography My absolutly favourite type of work is work in feature photography. There is nothing I like better than working on a subject where the whole purpose is to get the subject looking just perfect to promote a magazine article, an event or even a product. The image above was to promote Electric Gardens, part of the West End Festival in Glasgow. Jay Osmond with…

Sport

The sports sections of newspapers can be as important as the news pages. Often readers will turn to the back pages before they have even looked at the headline on the front page. When the Commonwealth Games came to Glasgow it gave us the opportunity to look at other sports apart from football which tends to fill the Scottish papers. Even the London Olympics…

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day in The Herald & Evening Times One of my favourite when I was working full time at The Herald was helping with the picture of the day. Readers would send in their photographs from around Scotland to be used on the letters page. I was often taken aback with the quality of the images that are sent in. These next scenes are a…

Famous Faces

Photographing Celebrities  Part of my daily work can be photographing some well known people who are in the news. Often it is to publicise an upcoming event or I might just need a portrait for a newspaper of magazine article. The image at the top of the page is of Andy Murray’s mum Judy, who is well known in her own right. She was lending her support to…

Portfolio

My Portfolio page will change from time to time. These are some of my favourite images that I feel work well together. I still like to keep all my other sections grouped together.