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Photography | Studio33 | Sydney, Australia | Nov 2011
I'm currently down in Sydney, Australia and I've been photographing some new material for a video production company called Studio 33. Some lovely shots of Sydney's iconic landmark the Sydney Opera House. Blues skies too... in Novemeber?
Here's a quickie:
Video Production | Sydney | Nov 2011
I'm about to head down to Australia for a bit of time over the winter to shoot for a video production agency in Sydney, Studio 33 www.s33.com.au. They're a professional video production company producing video material for TV commercials, training and corporate videos as well as national and international events. It's been a few years since I've spent anytime down in Oz so I'm really looking forward to the change. I'll post new material as and when.
Photography at Scotland's Museum of Transport | 13th July 2011
I was shooting down on Glasgow's clydeside today at the new and impressive Scotland's Museum of Transport. I was commissioned by a Southampton based client to shoot some of their new floating pontoons... read more
Award Winning Wedding Photography
I got some great news this morning. The results of the latest WPJA photography competition were announced... read more
Wedding Photography | Castle Menzies| Rosalind and Craig | 25th June 2011
To view the full blog from Rosalind and Craig's wedding click here
Wedding Photography | Pollok House | Catherine and Simon | 16th June 2011
To view the full blog from Catherine and Simon's wedding click here
Wedding Photography | Edinburgh Corn Exchange | Lee and Jamie | 2nd July 2011
My first wedding of this month, in what is going to be a busy July, saw me back through in Edinburgh for Lee and Jamie's wedding at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
The morning started at Lee's documenting the girls preparations, which including champagne out on the terrace under an amazingly clear blue sky, the likes of which I haven't see all summer! It was then a short drive across town to the Corn Exchange for the 2pm ceremony, after which the guests, understandably, made the most of the fine weather by heading out to the terrace garden for the drinks reception.
Lee and Jamie arranged to take the wedding party to Saughton Park for some group and portrait shots, which ended up being nicely timed as the weather broke just as the wedding headed indoors for the speeches and dinner.
The night was ended off superbly by Hollie on vocals and a very lively dance floor.
Here's a flavour:
Explain Yourself! | Jan 2011
If you haven't been my site for a while you might have noticed I've three new weddings on the gallery page. I had originally put them on my blog but I liked them so much I decided to use them as my new wedding portfolio for 2011. This however, meant I didn't have anything up-to-date to get my new blog off the ground.
As the wedding season has slowed down for the year it has given me sometime to revisit some personal projects, which include working on some of my caravan images I shot in 2010.
The beauty of having a blog is I can show new material at will. It also give me an oppertunity to explain a little more about my work. I thought this was a good thing until I sat down and tried to put into words why I've spent the last 4 years photographing abandend caravans.
It started in the summer of 2007 when I took some time out and went camping on one of the remote parts of the west coast of Scotland. It was a rather surreal experience stumbling across this small, bubble caravan in the middle of a wild, coastal peat bog. Looking at the surrounding landscape it was easy to understand why someone had chosen such a beautiful spot for their holiday ‘home’. The view across the moor extended beyond the sea cliffs and out over the Atlantic Ocean, the Hebridean islands barely visible through the hazy, sun drenched horizon.
It was the realisation that for whatever reason this wee caravan in this idyllic place had suddenly become an unfashionable holiday choice for a new generation and as a result had become abandoned and forgot. There was something strikingly lonely, standing in the warm sun surrounded by the quiet of the landscape, trying to imagine all the great times the families must have had on their annual pilgrimage out of the city.
This was, and continues to be, the catalysis for why I shooting forgotten caravans. This latest bunch were discovered whilst down in Derbyshire, hanging out with a bunch of friends. I couldn’t believe it when I saw a whole ‘yard’ full of vans like a caravan retirement home. Needless to say I was late getting to the pub to join everyone for lunch. Don’t worry; my friends don’t understand it either.
