The Varying Moods of Scotland

Summer in the Highlands? Hold a Games, break out the pipes and drums and play Scotland the Brave. Tourist season in Edinburgh? Break out the pipes and drums and play Scotland the Brave. Autumn, pretending to be winter, in Perth? Break out the pipes and drums and play Scotland the Brave. This was one of […]

Perth Street Stories: groups

Back in November, Perth council thought to hold a winter street festival – never mind that it wasn’t Christmas, Advent (at the time) or even winter yet, at least it was a good excuse to get folks tramping past the shop windows. Herewith, a handful of street scenes – a little different for me – […]

Ways of Looking at a Bollard

Well, they say photography is partly about seeing interest in mundane things. So here are five views of a simple bit of street-furniture: fisheye, defished – for an ultrawide distorted effect, the bollard in its context minimalist – all distracting elements removed for a pure study of lines abstract – reduced to a pattern of […]

Urban grunge

Frontage of The George abandoned hotel in Stranraer. With apostrophes like that I’m not surprised the pizza joint went bust as well.