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  • The surprisingly simple story of how Greyfriars Bobby got his shiny nose

    TL,DR – tourists rubbing his nose for luck. Because I hate it when websites have clickbaity titles and make you read through a whole load of irrelevancies before giving you the story.  I’ve always been very happy with this photo of the Greyfriars Bobby statue, photographed in 2006. Look closely at Bobby’s nose, and compare…

  • Like Snapshots – But the Light is Better

    How would you describe your photography in a single sentence? Maybe just a single word, even? A few years ago my friend Simon Wootton – letting his mouth get ahead of his thoughts – said that my photographs were “like snapshots, but the light is better”. I think he regretted it immediately, because he quickly…