1st Blog Post – so firstly, a warm welcome to anyone who has stopped by to take a peek. I intend to use this blog to discuss the various things that are going on in the world of Trossachs Photography, and include various snippets of knowledge I have gained throughout the years.

I recently read a post on my friends blog, http://www.alexaispas.com/2010/03/17/mount-everest/ where she talked about identifying something that you desperately want to achieve, but is unimaginably difficult to do, or a “Mount Everest”. I found this an interesting concept, and I discussed in some length in a comment on her blog post what my Everest was, and interestingly for a photographer, it was art itself. It is thankfully through the medium of photography that I am being able to express my artistic nature, as well as being able to make a small amount of money on the side as well.

My day job outside of photography continues to drive and challenge me, and I can foresee the workload increasing here. I wish I could talk more about it, but:

  1. It is not in my nature to be secret… but I would have to kill you afterwards
  2. Nobody is here to read about me as an IT Product Manager!

On the photography side of things, I am starting to see a steady increase in work from the City Nightclubs up here in Scotland. My original club, City Perth, are bringing me back on a weekly basis on a Saturday night, and are loving the shots they are getting. They are driving 8000 hits to their Facebook and Bebo accounts, which shows that their marketing strategy of using Social Networking to raise the company profile is working, and after a discussion with the manager, it is mostly driven by my photos. As you can imagine, I am somewhat of a happy individual at that report! It looks like City Perth may be introducing a new Friday Night gig, I can’t say what yet, but it is going to be amazing, and I’m provisionally pencilled in for the opening night. I’ve the Olly Murs gig on the 23rd of April at Perth, possibly the Lisa Lashes gig on Easter Sunday at Perth, possibly “I Love… Easter” on Thursday 1st April in Falkirk, along with the weekly Saturday gigs in Perth.

Aside from the nightclub shots, I am also attending the British Downhill Series this year with Media accreditation. The first round of this is in Rheola, South Wales on the 10th and 11th of April, and some big names from the Downhill Mountain biking are signed up already including all three Athertons, Scott Mears, Chris Hutchens, Tom Braithwaite and Danny Hart to name a few. My aim for this year is to build more persona in the Mountain Biking scene. I’m also attending the UCI World Cup in Fort William this year as well like I have the past few years… I would have loved to attended the foreign events, but owing to a large number of conspiring events, money is not stretching to that. 🙁

So, 1st post down, and hopefully I’ve given anyone interested or being nosey, enough of an insight as to what is going on right now. Now I’ve got to start processing some 390 odd photos from last night in the club. Should come down to around 250-300 shots uploaded when finished.

Links

  • Judge Joe Brown knows his Photography – A cautious tale for anyone taking up photography professionally… know your stuff
  • Phunkt.com – A fellow mountain biking photographer who’s quality is amazing, but just don’t go looking for riders in hoodies 🙂