Red Hot Chilli Pipers

What a great band, and a great bunch of guys too.

I was at their gig in Glasgow last night at The Ferry where they shared the night with Skerryvore. Both bands wowed the audience with virtuoso performances and a red hot setlist.

I took some shots of the Chilli Pipers backstage and a few documentary ones around the gig. Most of the evening was spent on the vidoe camera filming the live performance - now starts the editing which is just as creative as the shooting and takes 10 x longer!

Andy

Favourites from 2007...

..by which I mean favourite photos and not favourite brides!!

Here's a dozen or so shots that I think sum up where I want to be with my wedding photography. I tend to judge this artistically and technically whereas my couples judge the photos by a different set of values altogether. Often it happens that my personal favourites don't make it into their albums - That's why it's great to have a blog where I can post the favourites anyway.

That said, these photos remind me of some great weddings in 2007. It's a really nice part of this job that I get to know my couples so well and then get to share in all the emotions; the smiles and the tears of their special day.

Thanks to all my Brides and Grooms from 2007 and I wish you all the best of luck for the future.

Andy

Happy New Year

This will be a very exciting 2008 for me.

My 3 established business ventures (weddings and kids on andycraigphotography.com and dogs on one-eyed-hound.com) all look like having a great year and I'm very excited about limelightimages.co.uk as my new music photography venture and snapsbyandy.com as my new non-commercial website for my arty shots.

My old landscape website (MountainsandMolehills.com) will be allowed to sit on the back burner this year as it was taking up too much of my time.

All my creativity will be focussed on a blend of documentary and portrait work. All 4 websites use these same skills and increased focus on these areas can only help me as I constantly strive to capture the perfect moments.

My New Year's Resolution? To carry my wee camera with me as often as possible and to see what appears in front of me.

Here are a couple of shots from my Christmas in Edinburgh and Northumberland and my New Year in Lochcarron.

Andy