COVID-19 Update - January 2022
Cases numbers are falling across the country after the Christmas Omicron peak. Some of the restrictions that came in then have been lifted again but we are still being told of the need to exercise caution and there are individual decisions to be made about what we feel comfortable with. Personally I continue to be rather cautious and look to continue with outdoor-only shoots at least for the next few weeks until we see if the positive trends continue.
For full details read my COVID-19 page.
For full details read my COVID-19 page.
Personal and Local. Make it Specific.
These days, in a world awash with social media and online platforms, business is personal, even for the largest companies. All businesses want to show their human side to connect with their customers, using pictures of their staff online or in company publications. For small businesses in Edinburgh and beyond it is frequently your unique personal story that attracts potential clients and helps you to win their business. Whatever the size of your company professional portrait photography helps to portray your identity - your brand.
Having the right pictures to tell your story are really important when it comes to PR and publicity. While a promotional event on Edinburgh's Royal Mile or on Portobello Promenade will get some attention from passers-by, its real value is afterwards, when the images taken can be used to reach a much wider audience. An open press call can attract local press photographers but by hiring your own photographer you can be sure to manage the photocall much more closely and get your pictures exactly the way you want them, ready to share online and with the media.
And it isn't just businesses - a feature of our times is the way in which 'branding' has gone beyond the business world and has become important to everyone. Whether you are looking for a new job or a new relationship a great portrait is a real asset. My portrait photography is done out on location, which could be just about anywhere you like. We can set up a space in a meeting room or for more intimate family portraits it could be in your living room, kitchen or back garden. I say 'we' because taking a portrait should always be a collaborative project between subject and photographer to create a picture that captures your personality, who you really are. Although we have come out of lockdown restrictions I remain relatively cautious in my work but that shouldn't prevent me from taking your photograph. Please get in touch to discuss ideas.
With families living further apart the opportunities to take a group photo are less frequent and can often only come about when people gather for a particular celebration - a Christening, an 18th or 21st Birthday or a Silver or Golden Wedding Anniversary. As well as taking advantage of having everyone in the same place for a family portrait, hiring a photographer for the party itself will leave you free to enjoy yourself. Large events, particularly indoors, are still not completely 'normal' but with appropriate precautions multi-household gatherings are possible once again, even if we may have to be a bit more creative to create that group shot.
Place is important to me and especially the place I currently call home - the city of Edinburgh and more specifically the suburb of Portobello. Portobello is a thriving local community with lots happening throughout the year, frequently based on grass-roots local activism. Important as this work is, it is still often unpaid as volunteers take on the job of making the place where they live that little bit better. Sometimes, as my schedule allows, I am able to make my own contribution to these efforts by taking and making available top quality pictures of what is going on in Portobello - our pictures, our story.
These days, in a world awash with social media and online platforms, business is personal, even for the largest companies. All businesses want to show their human side to connect with their customers, using pictures of their staff online or in company publications. For small businesses in Edinburgh and beyond it is frequently your unique personal story that attracts potential clients and helps you to win their business. Whatever the size of your company professional portrait photography helps to portray your identity - your brand.
Having the right pictures to tell your story are really important when it comes to PR and publicity. While a promotional event on Edinburgh's Royal Mile or on Portobello Promenade will get some attention from passers-by, its real value is afterwards, when the images taken can be used to reach a much wider audience. An open press call can attract local press photographers but by hiring your own photographer you can be sure to manage the photocall much more closely and get your pictures exactly the way you want them, ready to share online and with the media.
And it isn't just businesses - a feature of our times is the way in which 'branding' has gone beyond the business world and has become important to everyone. Whether you are looking for a new job or a new relationship a great portrait is a real asset. My portrait photography is done out on location, which could be just about anywhere you like. We can set up a space in a meeting room or for more intimate family portraits it could be in your living room, kitchen or back garden. I say 'we' because taking a portrait should always be a collaborative project between subject and photographer to create a picture that captures your personality, who you really are. Although we have come out of lockdown restrictions I remain relatively cautious in my work but that shouldn't prevent me from taking your photograph. Please get in touch to discuss ideas.
With families living further apart the opportunities to take a group photo are less frequent and can often only come about when people gather for a particular celebration - a Christening, an 18th or 21st Birthday or a Silver or Golden Wedding Anniversary. As well as taking advantage of having everyone in the same place for a family portrait, hiring a photographer for the party itself will leave you free to enjoy yourself. Large events, particularly indoors, are still not completely 'normal' but with appropriate precautions multi-household gatherings are possible once again, even if we may have to be a bit more creative to create that group shot.
Place is important to me and especially the place I currently call home - the city of Edinburgh and more specifically the suburb of Portobello. Portobello is a thriving local community with lots happening throughout the year, frequently based on grass-roots local activism. Important as this work is, it is still often unpaid as volunteers take on the job of making the place where they live that little bit better. Sometimes, as my schedule allows, I am able to make my own contribution to these efforts by taking and making available top quality pictures of what is going on in Portobello - our pictures, our story.
Conferences, Events, PR - Professional Photography Will Make Them Shine.
If you are organising a conference in Edinburgh it helps to use an experienced local conference photographer, familiar with the city and its locations. I have worked at many prestigious conference venues across Edinburgh including the EICC, Edinburgh University, Napier University, the National Museum of Scotland, the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh Castle, Royal College of Physicians, The Balmoral, The George, the Sheraton Grand, the Waldorf Astoria (aka 'The Caley'), the Radisson Blu, the Radisson Collection, the Edinburgh Grosvenor, the Kimpton Charlotte Square and the Macdonald Holyrood.
As well as conferences I have covered numerous other events for companies and organisations including awards ceremonies, company celebrations, launch events, formal dinners and balls at venues across Edinburgh from the Royal Yacht Britannia to Tynecastle Stadium. As a photographer I pride myself on my ability to work with you to tell the story of your event. I can offer advice on organising large set-up group shots, finding a suitable space for more intimate posed portraits and the best ways to get the pictures you want without interrupting the flow of your event. Often it is the candid, informal pictures that best capture the flavour of an event and I am able to work quietly and unobtrusively in the background to get those pictures. Although I mostly work in Edinburgh I can also travel further afield for specific events. For example I have photographed a three-day company event based at Gleneagles Hotel, conferences in Stirling and Glasgow and Royal Scottish Country Dance Society dances in both St. Andrews and Perth. Much of this activity although permitted is still not taking place as people remain understandable cautious about large indoor gatherings.
Edinburgh is The Festival City and a significant element of the city's identity is theatre and the performing arts. Theatre Photography serves two fundamental purposes - publicity before the show to attract an audience and then a documentary record for afterwards of what is otherwise a very transient art form. Some pictures can serve both purposes, such as dress rehearsal photographs being used to promote the show. Theatrical publicity shares many features with business PR, with the added advantages of great costumes and natural performers. You just need a professional photographer to take the pictures that tell your story. And it is always your story, even if the action on stage has been written by someone else and performed hundreds of times before, because your particular telling of that story in your venue with your cast makes it unique.
If you are organising a conference in Edinburgh it helps to use an experienced local conference photographer, familiar with the city and its locations. I have worked at many prestigious conference venues across Edinburgh including the EICC, Edinburgh University, Napier University, the National Museum of Scotland, the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh Castle, Royal College of Physicians, The Balmoral, The George, the Sheraton Grand, the Waldorf Astoria (aka 'The Caley'), the Radisson Blu, the Radisson Collection, the Edinburgh Grosvenor, the Kimpton Charlotte Square and the Macdonald Holyrood.
As well as conferences I have covered numerous other events for companies and organisations including awards ceremonies, company celebrations, launch events, formal dinners and balls at venues across Edinburgh from the Royal Yacht Britannia to Tynecastle Stadium. As a photographer I pride myself on my ability to work with you to tell the story of your event. I can offer advice on organising large set-up group shots, finding a suitable space for more intimate posed portraits and the best ways to get the pictures you want without interrupting the flow of your event. Often it is the candid, informal pictures that best capture the flavour of an event and I am able to work quietly and unobtrusively in the background to get those pictures. Although I mostly work in Edinburgh I can also travel further afield for specific events. For example I have photographed a three-day company event based at Gleneagles Hotel, conferences in Stirling and Glasgow and Royal Scottish Country Dance Society dances in both St. Andrews and Perth. Much of this activity although permitted is still not taking place as people remain understandable cautious about large indoor gatherings.
Edinburgh is The Festival City and a significant element of the city's identity is theatre and the performing arts. Theatre Photography serves two fundamental purposes - publicity before the show to attract an audience and then a documentary record for afterwards of what is otherwise a very transient art form. Some pictures can serve both purposes, such as dress rehearsal photographs being used to promote the show. Theatrical publicity shares many features with business PR, with the added advantages of great costumes and natural performers. You just need a professional photographer to take the pictures that tell your story. And it is always your story, even if the action on stage has been written by someone else and performed hundreds of times before, because your particular telling of that story in your venue with your cast makes it unique.
Your images will usually delivered to you electronically and to fit with your schedule and workflow. If you need to see proof images before making a selection or would like other people to be able to buy prints and/or digital files directly I can provide password-protected client galleries.
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I am a fully insured qualified member of the British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP).
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