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Lost Shore
A lovely little bit of the shore at the Dalmeny Estate, South Queensferry. Everything was at strange tilts and angles so nothing ever looked upright, which I loved. It was the first time in ages that...
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Portobello Sunset
Portobello beach, Edinburgh, Scotland. It’s a strange time of year in the North! It doesn’t get properly dark at night and even the sunsets take on different hues. The sand at this beach had a lovely...
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How I set my prices for professional art photography
Knowing, or at least figuring out, what to charge for photographic services is complicated. It really is. If you’ve happened upon this blog post while Googling for information to help you decide what...
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Flu, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and cats
You know what’s really annoying? When you want to be outside taking pictures of lovely things but instead you’re stuck inside feeling rotten cause some crazy flu has decided to set up residence in...
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Angel of the North
A blast from the past(ish)! I took this photo with my old Canon 350D in 2008 and while it’s been lurking on my hard drive since then, I’m pretty sure I’ve never actually shared it anywhere online and...
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A Ship and a Summer Sky
We’re having actual-Summer in Scotland right now. There was almost-Summer a few weeks ago and that-couple-of-slightly-warm-days back in April, but now it’s hitting the kind of temperatures and...
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Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago I had a compact digital camera, a 2.1mp Nikon Coolpix. Having been shooting on film since forever, a digital camera still felt like some awesome new technological magic and I couldn’t...
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The Mill at the End of the World
This is one of my favourite buildings in the world, Chancelot Mill in Leith, Edinburgh. It’s imposing, industrial, kind of ugly and wonderfully out of place next to all the new apartment buildings and...
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Bloody Shower Photography How-To
Today I’m going to walk you through how I created the image above. Honestly, it’s one of my proudest photographic moments so far and it’s also one of the pictures I use everywhere online, so it’s a...
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Polaroid Macro Lens Attachment Review
Sometimes you just know. From the first moment, you feel it in your heart, an almost magnetic draw. You feel weak with desire and you know that you’re going to surrender. You whisper, “Together, we...
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Elements
Playing with my Polaroid macro attachment again, this time with flash instead of natural light. The 5 pointed star is a pendant on a necklace and the background is a section of rainbow fur. Prints...
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Chance
More fun with my Polaroid macro lens attachment. The dice are little plastic beads on a bracelet and the background is a section of rainbow fur. I love how experimenting with macro photography has me...
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Holga Fish
Some of the shiny aquatic monsters I share my home with, photographed with a Holga lens on a Sony Alpha A550 dSLR body. FOLLOW THIS BLOG ON BLOGLOVIN’ Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest | Ello...
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All The Forks I Give
A friend made this lovely necklace for me so that when I run out of forks to give, at least I’ll have a few tiny ones spare ;-) This was taken with a Polaroid macro lens on a Sony Alpha A550 dSLR....
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Shades of Expression
I found a completely unused, previously unopened but obviously old box of crayons in the cupboard where I keep my camera gear. I don’t remember ever buying the crayons and I can’t think of an...
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X-23 with Tiny Tigress Cosplay
Yesterday, I spent an afternoon with X-23/Laura Kinney from Marvel’s X-Men, or rather Tiny Tigress Cosplay in the guise of X-23. Having never shot cosplay photography before, I had a look online for...
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Weeds and Light Leaks
The end of my street is slowly being taken over by massive plants with purple flowers. I have no idea what they are, but they’re huge and they grow really quickly. They actually look pretty cool and...
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A Rainbow of Macro Photography
A rainbow of art, because what better way to be happy than with vibrant colours and macro photography? My life these days seems to involve a lot of finding art supplies I didn’t know I had so when I...
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A Cat Asleep In The Sun
Today I decided to follow my own advice from my 5 Ways to Break Out of a Photography Rut post. I don’t feel stuck in a rut as such but life has been really busy over the last couple of weeks and I...
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Macro Fabric and Jewels
What a busy week! I had a fantastic afternoon running character development workshops with some of the amazing volunteers at Beltane Fire Society on Saturday, focusing on expressing strength and power...
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