Brand photography

How to prepare for professional headshots

Feeling unsure about how to prepare for professional headshots? As a brand photographer in Edinburgh, I’ll guide you through what to wear, how to pose, and how to feel comfortable in front of the camera, so you get images that truly reflect you.
How to prepare for professional headshots

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7 things I’ve learned this year

7 things I’ve learned this year – good, and not so good! How did YOUR year go? What did you learn from it, and what’s the best and worst things that happened?
7 things I’ve learned this year

Client work

Bagpiper photos

Bagpiper photos in Edinburgh were something a bit different … Meet Glyn Morris of www.scottishbagpipers.com, Scotland’s premier piper. And read on to find out about the interesting and completely unforeseen “issues” which occurred during this photo shoot!
Bagpiper photos

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Here’s why to ditch working mum guilt – 5 surprising reasons the children benefit from your job

Working mum guilt … Poisonous, isn’t it? As I’ve been a working mum for many years now, and as most of my clients are also working mums, I’m going to tell you exactly why we can all ditch the working mum guilt which plagues so many of us.
Here’s why to ditch working mum guilt – 5 surprising reasons the children benefit from your job

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Smartphone addiction is real

Two years ago, my poor overworked smartphone gave me an obscene gesture and yelled “nooooooo, gimme a rest!”.

Then it died.

Here’s how I fared, and why I’m scared of the slippery slope.
Smartphone addiction is real

Brand photography

How to photograph events yet still be present (part 2)

Find out how to navigate the line between being the Party Pest because your phone’s constantly in front of your face, and documenting it just enough so you can look back later and value the memories you’ve caught. And yes, share them on Facebook! (But later. Don’t “post and party”!)
How to photograph events yet still be present (part 2)

Brand photography

How to photograph events yet still be present (part 1)

How do we safeguard against turning into “That Person”? The one who experiences events only through the lens of a smartphone and judges it by the likes given on Facebook? How do we walk that line of immortalising the event highlights in photographs yet still be fully there in the moment to enjoy and really experience it? Can it even be done, or have we gone too far?
How to photograph events yet still be present (part 1)