Travelling Mercies

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“Travelling Mercies” is a recent album from husband and wife duo Ashton Lane, and it topped UK Official Country Artists Album Charts earlier this year. I was approached by Esther and Tim last summer to photograph and design the album packaging. The shoot took place last September in one of my favourite places, Mugdock Park. In fact, I keep meaning to do a separate blog devoted to sessions I did there over the years (and there have been many), hopefully I’ll get to it soon. Anyway, back to Ashton Lane, I always get a bit nervous when my brief for a Glasgow based shoot includes words “outdoors” and “sunny” simultaneously - I may have many tricks up my sleeve but controlling the weather isn’t one of them so all you can do is hope that you’ll get lucky. And lucky we were indeed - it was a beautiful sunny evening, perfect for what we were trying to achieve.

Behind the scenes:

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Nikon D850 + Nikkor 85mm f1.4

Stevie Manns

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Stevie Manns is a Scottish singer/songwriter and podcaster who’s been based in New York for the past few years. We connected on social media some years back and we’ve been discussing a possible shoot ever since. It finally happened during Stephanie’s most recent visit to Glasgow in September 2019. We shot in Kelvingrove Park and Charing X back lanes, all natural light. It was a pleasure! Enjoy.

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Nikon D850 + Nikkor 85mm f1.4

Guest Editorial

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I love Barbra Kolasinski’s work and was delighted to be asked to photograph her new collection “Guest”. I don't shoot a lot of fashion for a variety of reasons (lack of budgets, unpleasant individuals, etc). Still, I’m super happy when the right opportunity with the right people presents itself. For this project, Barbra put together an absolutely stellar team of not only talented but also genuinely nice creatives (check credits below).

We shot this collection at The Pyramid, a brilliantly bonkers, Brutalist, B-listed building in the middle of Anderston which now serves as a community centre. Despite many people involved and a variety of clothes and looks to get through, the whole thing went super smoothly and was actually a lot of fun. Long hours and cold be damned if you’ve got a great team you’re working with! Barbra wanted something weird and not traditionally “pretty” - thus weird poses, setups and ambiguity. This turned out to be probably the biggest editorial I’ve done so far and I couldn’t be happier. Check it out below:

Clothes + Styling: Barbra Kolasinski
Model: Erin Lathangie / Colours
Make Up: Sara Hill
Hair: Rochelle Jolley
Set: Flowers Vermilion
Videographer: Bob Rafferty

Behind the scenes:

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Nikon D850 + Nikkor 50mm f1.4
Profoto A1 x 2
Profoto Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon
Neewer 120cm Octabox
Reflector

Brooks Williams

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I met Brooks Williams in November 2018 when I was photographing him and Rab Noakes for their joint tour. We got on very well and when Brooks was finishing work on his latest solo album “Work My Claim” last summer, he got in touch asking me to shoot the album promo. The photos were taken in a back alley in Finnieston as well as Kyoti Recording Studio. Have a look:

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Nikon D850
Nikkor 85mm f1.4
Nikkor 50mm f1.4
Neewer 120cm Octabox
Profoto A1
Profoto Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon

Dog Digital

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There are several interesting things about this particular shoot but none more so than the fact these images were taken late February in Glasgow - scroll down, have a look and call me a liar, I won’t blame you. But it was full on sun, clear blue skies, the works. Sometimes you just get lucky (or it’s global warming). Either way, the shoot was for Dog Digital, an award winning marketing agency based in Glasgow’s city centre. They were looking for portrait images of some members of their team and wanted a contemporary, urban feel with the city of Glasgow as the backdrop. The challenge was to feature the city but without making it too obvious so we focused on lines, textures and angles. Kirsty and Stuart from I’ll Be Your Mirror were in charge of styling the shoot (and, as ever, were a dream to work with) and Beccy Goldinger took care of hair and make up. The shoot was long and took 3 days to complete but it was actually very relaxed and fun. It’s always easy when you work with nice people. Check some of the images below:

Behind the scenes:

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Nikon D850
Nikkor 50mm f1.4
Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8
Profoto A1 + Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon
RoundFlash Beauty Dish