Daft Maul

I don’t often make self-portrait appearances herein but this photo made me laugh so I thought I should post it here ( and it might look better on black). I took it for my daily image on BlipFoto. Thanks to the boy for helping me get it set up. For the...

Stop! Holga Time…

Got my Holga 120N today from the hairy chap at the parcel depot . I showed it to my daughter and she said “That’s from McDonalds!”. I can see what she means. A hi-tech piece of kit it is not. But it has a charm about it. If you’ve never heard...

PhotoBlog : Silhouettes

When you are dealing with life shooting in the grey bleakness of Scotland, it’s perhaps not surprising that I’ve stumbled into shooting quite a few images ideal for silhouettes. It’s really very easy. Get to low ground with people walking above you,...

The Genius Of Phonetic Emphasis

Driving to work today I was behind a van belonging to a kitchen fitting specialist. This, in itself, is nothing remarkable. Then I noticed the tag line across the top of the back of the van: “Thee kitchen fitting and flooring specialist” Interesting. Is it...

PhotoBlog : Sunday @EdinburghZoo

Had a very pleasant couple of hours in the Zoo yesterday. The sun was out but because of the earlier rain, the zoo was quite quiet. Been a while since I did a photo blog post so here is a selection of shots from yesterday. Click on the images to download a free hi-res...