Award Nominations
Finalist, Young Business of the Year, Association of Scottish Businesswomen Awards 2011.
Finalist, Event Photographer of the Year, Scottish New Music Industry Awards 2011.
Listed in Top 100 Freelancers, The Drum Magazine 2011.
Tag Archives: event
Scottish Women in Business Event – November 2012
BBC Scotland‘s Donalda MacKinnon was our special guest at November’s Scottish Women in Business event, another fascinating Woman of Influence for 2012.
Posted in event, photos, scottish women in business
Also tagged bbc scotland, donalda mackinnon, glasgow, hope street, lunch, networking, november 2012, opium, photographs, photos, scottish women in business, speaker, swib, woman of influence
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Enchanted Forest
I’ve spent the last two nights lurking with my camera in Faskally Wood, Pitlochry, capturing the beauty of The Enchanted Forest. I’ll tell you more when I’ve fully recovered but, for now, here are a few of my photos. AND you may like to know that they all feature in the new Enchanted Forest calendar for 2013 and it’s available to buy online now. Yup, we really are that fast.*
+++UPDATE+++ The calendar is now available to buy in Fisher’s Hotel and Just The Ticket, both in Atholl Road, Pitlochry.
*Now you know why I need to recover 
Posted in event, photos
Also tagged 10 year anniversary, 2013, buy, calendar, christmas present, enchanted forest, faskally wood, flow, gift, hut, lighting, loch dunmore, official, order, pitlochry, purchase, reflections, scotland, scottish, spectacle, trees
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Dogs Trust Fun Day 2012
Dogs! Puppies! Dogs! PUPPIES! That’s pretty much my brain activity at yesterday’s Dogs Trust Fun Day in Strathclyde Country Park. I’ve never seen so many dogs in one place. It was amazing! Exhausting but amazing. This is a wee selection of photos I took at the event but you’ll find many more over on Facebook (and I’ll add to that gallery in the next few days so keep an eye on it if your dog isn’t there yet). Please get in touch if you’d like to buy prints or digital images. I’ll be donating a percentage of the profits to the Dogs Trust.
Posted in event, photos
Also tagged batman, children, dog show, dogs trust fun day, games, glasgow, iconic legion, kids, miss intercontinental scotland 2012, prizes, puppies, rescue dogs, strathclyde country park
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The Enchanted Forest 2011
I’ve spent hours in the Enchanted Forest in Pitlochry over the last few nights, taking photographs to turn into calendars, greetings cards, postcards and prints. I’d love to tell you more but I’m up to my eyes in multi-coloured trees, moon-like objects, leaves and stairs that glow in the dark. *Update!* You can now buy official Enchanted Forest merchandise right here.
I’ve put loads of my Enchanted Forest pictures on my Facebook page. And there are more to come. I hope you like them.
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Also tagged bright, buy, calendar, christmas, christmas card, enchanted, explorers garden, forest, gifts, greetings card, lights, merchandise, official, photography, photos, pitlochry, postcard, presents, pretty, print, scotland, scottish, spectacle
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Paws in the Park
Many, many Paws in the Park at yesterday’s doggy event in Rouken Glen Park. I confess I paid more attention to cuddles than photos but I hope you like this lot. It was incredibly hard not to take some of the puppies home.
Posted in charity, event, glasgow, pet paparazzi, photography, photos
Also tagged 2011, animal, border collie, border terrier, campbell and galloway vets, cocker spaniel, dog, dog show, doggy dash, dogs, dogs trust, endoscope, family, glasgow, glasgow dog training club, holistic pet, labrador, mascot, miniature daschund, newfoundland, paws in the park, pets'n'vets, puppies, puppy, race, retriever, rouken glen park, run, springer spaniel, stall, t-shirt, vet
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T in the Park 2011: Bands
I spent last weekend at T in the Park, shooting promotional pictures for the festival organisers, DF Concerts, and I found a little time to photograph a few bands. Lots more to show’n'tell soon but here are some photos of Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Slash and Ocean Colour Scene.
Posted in event, festival, music, photos
Also tagged 2011, balado, band, chris martin, coldplay, dave grohl, df concerts, festival, foo fighters, gig, kinross, live, music, ocean colour scene, photographs, photography, photos, scotland, slash, t in the park, titp
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Scottish Women in Business Photos
I photographed April’s Scottish Women in Business meeting at Tapela in Glasgow. I learned that trying to eat, network, gossip, listen and take photographs at the same time is nigh on impossible. Fun night though, as ever.
Posted in business, event, glasgow, photography, photos
Also tagged 12th april 2011, business, club, glasgow, group, meeting, networking, photos, restaurant, scottish women in business, swib, tapela
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Photo Showcase at Curlers Rest
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be launching my Photo Showcase at Curlers Rest in Glasgow’s West End on Wednesday 11th May 2011. I’ll be taking over the walls of their upstairs bar for a couple of months, showing puffins, meerkats, creative abstracts and aspects of Scotland.
I’m using this as an excuse for a wee get-together on the night. A tweetup, a party, an excuse for me to wear a nice frock. If you’d like to come along from 8pm on Wednesday night then please RSVP on the Eventbrite page.
Posted in business, glasgow, photography, photos, promotion
Also tagged 2011, bar, curlers rest, display, eventbrite, exhibition, glasgow, invitation, invite, launch, photo, photography, pictures, pub, public, showcase
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So Much To Say…
… and so little time and energy! Sorry for lack of updates, folks, but I’ve been a tad busy. I’ve got plenty of blogs brewing that have yet to make their way onto the screen but I thought I’d just give you a quick summary and point you in the direction of a few new photos.
Today was spent cuddling and photographing dogs. In fact, I met and photo’d more than 30 of ‘em at the Glasgow Vet School Rodeo. Amazing event and great fun, despite a biting wind. I even popped into the reptile tent and was talked into holding a snake. I survived but I think I prefer them through a very long lens. I’ll have all the doggy photos online soon but, for now, you can check out my pictures from last year’s Rodeo here, featuring dogs, a lamb, sheep, a calf, ferrets, birds of prey and duck herding.
Puffins! I’ve put a few of my new puffin photos online. Lots more to come. They are ADORABLE.
Talking of adorable, have you ever seen a baby meerkat? Well, please step this way and prepare to squeal. I photo’d a baby and three adult meerkats at St. Andrews Aquarium last week. Lots to tell about that so please watch this space.
And now for something completely different. Here are my X Factor Live Tour Photos featuring One Direction, Matt Cardle, Rebecca Ferguson, Cher Lloyd, Paije Richardson, Katie Waissel, Aiden Grimshaw and the legendary Wagner.
On top of all of that, I’ve walked on fire (I raised over £400 for OneKind!), done a really successful headshot shoot, taken some pictures of a great Quarriers project, done my first wedding (as second shooter for the fabulous One Big Picture Photography), picked up some great tips at the Photovision Roadshow, and managed an ounce of a social life at Edinburgh’s Twestival. I’ll tell you more about some of them soon.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and lie down
Posted in charity, event, glasgow, music, pet paparazzi, photos
Also tagged adorable, aiden grimshaw, baby, bearsden, birds, birds of prey, boy band, boyband, busy, calf, charity, cher lloyd, concert, cute, dogs, duck herding, edinburgh, ferrets, fire, firewalk, first, glasgow, glasgow vet school, headshots, katie waissel, lacking sleep, lamb, live, matt cardle, meerkat, music, musician, one big picture photography, one direction, paije richardson, pets, photography, photos, photovision roadshow, pop, pop star, project, puffins, quarriers, rebecca ferguson, rodeo, scotland, secc, second shooter, sheep, singer, snake, so many tags, st andrews, st andrews aquarium, tour, twestival, twitter, wagner, walked, wedding, winner, x factor
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The Story 2011 – The Short Version
On Friday 18th February 2011, a motley crew of story enthusiasts gathered at the Conway Hall in London to learn and be inspired. This is the second year Matt Locke has produced ‘The Story‘ and it was, once again, a fantastic event.
Graham Linehan and Cory Doctorow, on stage at The Story 2011. Photo taken on iPhone, not a brilliant example of my event photography
We were treated to fascinating insights and displays from Margaret Robertson, The Ministry of Stories, Blast Theory, Adam Curtis, Karl James, Cornelia Parker, Phil Gyford, Paul Bennun & Nick Ryan, Mary Hamilton, Lucy Kimbell, Martin Parr, Graham Linehan & Cory Doctorow, and Mark Stevenson. A last minute apology from Tim Kring (he of ‘Heroes’ fame) was a disappointment but, even without this star attraction, it didn’t feel like anything was missing.
My notes have turned into event minutes but if you’re just looking for a quick fix, here are a few of my favourite things:
“Every choice we make, even down to the jewellery or clothes we choose to wear or not wear, has an impact on the story we broadcast that day.” – Margaret Robertson
“Sometimes the story is not where/what we expect it to be.”
“Thank you for listening.” – Karl James
“eBay is full of stories”. – Cornelia Parker
“You can go anywhere with a camera, you can gatecrash people’s lives”.
“Photos capture the truth about who we are”. – Martin Parr
“The cat’s going to die, and Roy and Moss have to show it a good time. It’s an eight year old cat so what do eight year olds like? They take the cat to see Santa. They’re in floods of tears. It’s tragic.” – Graham Linehan
[Re: Father Ted night/Twitter]
Graham Linehan: “It was nothing too unusual.”
Cory Doctorow: “I’ve had Twin Peaks marathons that David Lynch didn’t join me for!”
Graham Linehan: “I’m annoyingly available.”
“This could be a renaissance, not just damage limitation. We have everything to play for.”
“The future cannot happen until we change our minds to meet it.”
“Cheer up, it may happen.” – Mark Stevenson
And there’s more. If you want to meet The Pedicurist, hear about Martin Parr’s close encounter with a shark and a wine glass, and find out how I got shot in the shoulder then please read on. I make no apologies for luring you in with sensationalist headlines. I do, however, make apologies for any inaccuracies I’ve made.
Okay, feel free to read the long version now.
Posted in creativity, event
Also tagged Adam Curtis, Blast theory, conway hall, Cornelia Parker, Cory Doctorow, february 2011, Graham Linehan, Karl James, london, Lucy Kimbell, margaret robertson, Mark Stevenson, Martin Parr, Mary Hamilton, matt locke, monster, Nick Ryan, Paul Bennun, pedicurist, Phil Gyford, storytelling, the ministry of stories, the story, the story 2011
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