Hi Everyone

People often ask me what the most important aspects of being a professional photographer in Scotland are and the answer is varied, as there is more to it than just making sure you have quality unique images you can offer the commercial client or the fine art photo customer.  Whilst that is vital there are other aspects which often scare people away from the profession and that is not even including the financial side of things.  When I was in Edinburgh yesterday, the every day pressures of life kicked in.  I had to drive my daughter to diving practice and during this time I went and did the weekly shopping, I had 15 minutes left with my infrared camera on my own and the weather was perfect, what do I do.  I quickly went into Pollock Halls in Edinburgh, remembering that the foliage in the grounds was good, even in winter with fir trees and tropical plants, under time pressure I came up with some really good infrared photographs to add to my Infrared Photography in Scotland collection, quickly edited them at home and started to post on social media right away.  This made me realise one of the most important aspects of professional photography is the ability to operate quickly and effectively.  I learned this from 10 years of working in the newspaper industry when you had lots of jobs with limited time and I think it has helped me in my corporate photography commissions in Edinburgh, Scotland and also with wedding photography when capturing the moment is crucial.  now there will be times when you have all the time in the word to compose your photo etc, but this doesn't happen very often, especially in Scotland, where the weather often changes every few minutes and you have to act quickly.  So practice at how to operate effectively in short bursts within a limited timeframe, it will help your photography in the long term.

All the best

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

www.edinburghphotographer.com

Rugby sports photography from professional corporate and event photographer Colin Wright, Edinburgh Scotland

Hi Everyone

I was photographing a football match, or should I say soccer for our American friends, on Saturday at my local club in Dunbar.  Now one of the things I find about sports photography and other corporate photography commissions in Edinburgh or throughout Scotland, where you have a strong interest in the subject you are photographing, is how do you separate the professional aspect from the fan or the interested spectator, well you tend to be so focused (pardon the pun) on the subject matter, your professionalism wins over.  the desire to get that perfect photo, combined with the need to appear professional and impartial tends to be so strong that you are in concentration mode and you don't say or do anything daft. I have often been so determined to get a good goal photo that I have wanted the side playing my team to score so I can get a cracking sports photo.  There are exceptions to the above, when photographing my local team, I will cheer after they score (but only after I have that goal photo and celebration photo of course).

Until next time.

Kind Regards

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

www.edinburghphotographer.com