When I’m not at my desk in the office you can usually find me wandering the streets of Edinburgh – the extremely photogenic capital of Scotland – with my camera in hand and snapping away. I originally became interested in photography in the summer of 2004 when I bought my first ‘proper’ camera to document my travels around Europe. What started off as a hobby quickly escalated into an obsession, but I haven’t looked back. A year later I upgraded to a DSLR and now find my passion and enthusiasm for photography growing each day.

I’d like to think of my choice of subject matter as being somewhat eclectic: I simply shoot whatever interests me. My favourite subjects include portraiture, landscapes, infra red, long exposure night scenes and, more recently, urban and street scenes. Marcel Proust once said “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes” and this is something which I try to apply to my photography – to help me find the ‘extra’ in the ordinary…

Edinburgh photography blog – the daily exposure