Brian’s Blog

One of the highlights from my visits to Dundee last week, was photographing the ‘Desperate Dan, Gnasher and Minnie The Minx’  sculpture on the High Street – all characters from The Dandy. The long-running children’s comic was published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world’s…

Returned home this evening after a fantastic week in Scotland, with great audiences for my illustrated talks in Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Around 270 people saw my images and the feedback was fantastic – ‘awesome work’ from Jamie Hunter in Dunfermline, ‘superb images and informative, humorous and very engaging commentary’ from Alan Taylor in…

Next week I will be returning to Dunfermline in Fife. The historic town dating from the C11th, where the remains of King Robert the Bruce lie. I lived there from the ages of 8 to 11 years – some 40+ years ago!! I wonder how much of the town I will remember, ‘The Glen’, the Abbey,…

Ok, the Referendum Result is in and this is NOT my first International Tour. But I am certainly looking forward to the trip back to my nation, and my four illustrated talks. Catch me if you can at my ‘Galapagos’ talk, 7.30 at Dundee PS on Mon 29 Sep; ‘Freeze Frames’ talk, 7.30 at Dunfermline PS on…

Just back from Udine in Italy, where we launched the new DLC website. I have been working on the EU funded DLC ‘Change Your Mind’ Project over the last 18 months as a member of its UK DLC Ideas Team, Editorial Board, and as the graphic designer of the website. Directing Life Change (DLC), comprising…

Spaces are still available, so please join me for my course from Wed 15 to Fri 17 Oct at Knuston Hall, Irchester, Northants. The course will demonstrate how to create stunning photographs. We will look at tips and techniques from the Rules of Composition, Depth of Field, Cropping, Lighting, Filters and use of Colour and…

Had a 1 2 1 photo session with a client today at Chester Zoo. Norman and I had an enjoyable afternoon in fine autumnal sun, taking different types of shots of the animals, from small African birds to capybara, a spectacled bear, chimpanzees, mongooses, elephants, giraffes and many others. The zoo is a fantastic resource…

I do not live in the High Andes or in Hawaii where the atmospheric conditions are perfect for gazing at the night sky. But the other evening while putting out my refuse bin, I looked up and the moon looked glorious. So I took this photograph. Sometimes you do not have go look far for an…

Excitement is building up in the Scottish Referendum Vote on Independence. As a Scot living in England I have no vote, but I am confident that Scotland’s residents will make the right decision. The vote is less than 2 weeks away, and I am not sure whether this will be my first International Tour!! Better…