So in all my wisdom I decided that it was time to give my boys their own rooms, what a mess, carnage, The spare room was used by me as an office, so you can imagine the paperwork and the usual “I’ll just keep this useless piece of information here and deal with it later,…
Glemavis, The Auld Grey Kirk I drive past Glemavis, The Auld Grey Kirk, New Monkland Parish Church almost daily, a church that often catches an admiring glance from me, I’ve been meaning to photograph it for a while, but it’s just never been the correct time. It’s so close to a school and most times…
THE POWER OF THE PRINT Today’s blog is about the power of the print, I am old enough to remember floppy disks, and the rapid advances in technology hence forth. I hear everyday about the wedding photos lost forever because people chose to have images stored on technology and never bothered to print. I mean,…
Wedding Photography Prices I should probably start by explaining why I have written this blog. My wedding prices page on my website www.mcsnappyohare.co.uk was starting to turn into a novel, and was becoming awful pretentious, “I am a photographer who produces award-winning images, I am a super duper amazing wonderful do it all photographer”….
Random Photography and slowing things down Sometimes turning over the creative engine involves just grabbing my camera and walking. I find that having no artificial constraints can often cause my inventive faculties to rise to the challenge, overcome that stress, and get going. Sometimes it’s the best way to learn and the best release of…
I have been doing a lot of relaxing photography around my home town for a change, I am really enjoying it. Coatbridge, is my home, I know I speak a lot about it’s past, but hey, why not?, you should read up on its industrial importance, to not only Scotland but the UK as a…
David & Suzanne become Mr & Mrs Dempsie Today’s wedding was themed around films, a movie theme, red was prominent throughout, and it was awesome, I love red. I felt welcome from the offset, both Suzanne & David were a pleasure to photograph, nothing too much trouble, a great couple. David started the entertainment early…
James & Elizabeth I met James & Elizabeth over a year ago, and instantly knew that we’d hit it off, I liked the sense of fun and humour they seemed to have, of course like most grooms James wouldn’t have cared if I had 8 heads and 20 feet, as no doubt he was…
Kirsty & Mikey Brannigan say I do Being a photographer is a very personal experience at times, it’s hard not to become involved in the emotion of the day, yes you do get weddings that sometimes lack the intimacy they need, people sometimes forget to step back and inhale this special day, which is a…
It promised to be a stunning day in Lanarkshire, however us lanarkshire people are prepared, we know that it is near impossible to predict the weather in Scotland, it was only last week we had “taps aff Tuesday”, and it started to snow!. The day started promising wall to wall sunshine, however in the blink of…