Even before lockdown on March 23 rd in the UK, the supermarket shelves were emptying. It was reminiscent of my first supermarket trip after being snowed in for 4 days during the Beast from the East in 2018 – when almost all of the aisles in the local Tesco were empty. This time, toilet rolls, tinned goods, pasta, flour and eggs were impossible to f...

As lockdown in Scotland enters Phase 3 with things returning to whatever the ‘new normal’ will be, it is timely to write my next blog about the community I live in and show some of the portraits I have taken to document how people here have managed during what must be the strangest period for all of us. Lorna and one of her three horses, Colin....

Scotland followed the rest of the UK into lockdown on March 23 rd 2020. The weather then was still very cold and Spring was yet to arrive. As I write this in Summer, we have gone through three seasons during the Covid-19 pandemic. We wondered if there were more gulls around during ploughing and planting given the increased lack of food in coasta...

Scotland followed the rest of the UK into lockdown on March 23 rd 2020. The weather then was still very cold and Spring was yet to arrive. As I write this in June, Summer is here, but Scotland remains in a more restricted lockdown than England. Ploughed field early on in lockdown Luckily, we live in a rural and agricultural area. Without the fr...

One of the best things about being a photographer is the chance to do things and go places that otherwise I wouldn’t be able to experience. Photographing well-known authors at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, dress rehearsals of a show or opera, politicians or previews of events, are just some of these. However, one of the best days I...