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BEST OF 2025

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2025 SUMMARY

I had every intention of posting this earlier this month, but this year’s January is running away from me. It’s not a bad thing however, as the beginning of the year in this latitude can often feel like inhabiting Mordor - dark, hopeless, grey, where time is stretched beyond limits and where the thought of spring and light is but a memory. It turns out that flying off to Italy on January 2nd can help with that predicament massively. Who would’ve thought? My partner and I spent some time in Palermo (18 degrees Celsius, thank you very much) and then Milan and since coming back, my work has been in overdrive. I’m in the middle of the Celtic Connections festival, which I’m delighted to be covering 3rd year in a row, and which will inevitably be the subject of the next blog post (in anticipation, you’re welcome to check out previous years’ outings here and here). On top of that, I’ve got major projects with Horse, Kris Drever and Rainbow Room underway so I’m a bit stretched at the moment. Again, not a bad thing at all, I’m enjoying the work and it keeps my mind from worrying about that massive tax bill hanging over my head. But hey, life of a freelancer, right? Anyway, enough rambling. Here are some of my favourite images from 2025 as well as the music I was listening to. Enjoy and have a wonderful 2026.

ALBUMS OF 2025
Euro-Country CMAT
Owls, Omens, and Oracles Valerie June
Man’s Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter
Lux Rosalía
Through The Wall Rochelle Jordan
Lifetime Erika de Casier
Lay Low Eddie Chacon
Vie Doja Cat
Addison Addison Rae
Can’t Lose My (Soul) Annie & The Caldwells
That’s Showbiz Baby! Jade

SONGS OF 2025
Wrong Annie & The Caldwells
Headphones On Addison Rae
Euro-Country CMAT
Balenciaga Covered Eyes Agnes
Type Dangerous Mariah Carey
Dopamine Robyn
Jealous Type Doja Cat
Tears Sabrina Carpenter
Berghain Rosalía
Doing It To Rochelle Jordan

Mànran at the Hydro

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Behind the scenes with Mànran at the Hoolie in the Hydro

The first time I worked with Mànran, the multi-award-winning Scottish supergroup, was in 2022 when we did a very last-minute promo shoot in Glasgow. Earlier this month they were headlining this year’s Hoolie in the Hydro and I was asked to photograph the band on and off stage during the event. You can see some of my favourite images from the night below:

GEAR:
Nikon Z8
Nikkor Z 70-200 f2.8
Nikkor Z 14-24mm f2.8
Nikkor Z 35mm f1.8
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters
Profoto A10

Best of 2022 + Interview

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2022 Summary

This has been a rather strange year. When I sat down to compile my favourite images from the past 12 months, I felt quite dispirited when it comes to my work - nothing major, just slightly blah. And then it turned out I struggled to whittle down my selection to only 12 photos, it would appear I’ve actually done more interesting work than I gave myself credit for. Perhaps it’s just winter blues.

The main event of 2022 when it comes to my work was undoubtedly the Women At COP26 exhibition. It was quite an undertaking, a huge learning curve and something I’m very proud of. While its run at Trongate 103 finished at the end of October, it has now found a new home at Skypark in Finnieston where it will officially launch in January (albeit in a slightly abridged version). So there’s something to look forward to in the New Year, never a bad thing.

INTERVIEW - THE BRAW & THE BRAVE PODCAST

In other news, I was recently interviewed for The Braw & The Brave, Lisa Kennedy’s award-winning podcast about creative people and their passions. If you fancy listening to me talk about my work, discussing imposter syndrome and how I take my porridge in the morning among other earth-shattering revelations, click here to listen on Apple Podcasts or stream below via Soundcloud:

Anyway, back to 2022 summary - here’s my favourite dozen. Enjoy and let me know what you think:

And here’s what I’ve been obsessed with musically in 2022:

ALBUMS OF 2022
Renaissance Beyoncé
Yours Aye Jill Jackson
Motomami Rosalía
Dawn FM The Weeknd
Midnights Taylor Swift
Dirt Femme Tove Lo
Gemini Rights Steve Lacy
Angels & Queen Part 1 Gabriels
Blue Lawns The Great Yawn
Prism Say She She

SONGS OF 2022
Bad Habits Steve Lacy
Anti-Hero Taylor Swift
Baby Chicken Jill Jackson
Cosy Beyoncé
No One Dies From Love Tove Lo
Hung Up On Tokischa Madonna & Tokischa
Leaving Horse
Better Man Say She She
As It Was Harry Styles
Holy Hell Eddie Chacon