Here are more photos from my urban photo session with Ivor Gott for Urban Portraits Dumfries project (Part 1 is here). This time we chose a narrow courtyard/alleyway just off High Street. I liked the leading lines of multiple staircases we found in this courtyard and the shiny metal of…

Here’s a little story of some street photography reactions I had a couple of days ago in Dumfries town centre. I arrived too early for my dentist appointment and decided to take a photo of a new street art mural of an upmarket cafe covering up the windows of an…

My congratulations to Lincluden community, whose beautiful heritage of Lincluden Collegiate Church has been voted one of six Hidden Gems of Scotland! It was a result of two months of online Facebook voting organised by Dig It! 2017 that worked with partners across Scotland to unearth special places that are…

This series of “Pink Wall” Dumfries portraits was taken in collaboration with a brilliant local young artist Ivor Gott for my Urban Portrait Dumfries project. I came across this pink wall at the back of Iceland on Irish Street and took a reference shot with my phone as it seemed…

Another year has passed – and the traditional Guid Nychburris parade, part of an annual Dumfries festival has happens on the third Saturday of June, triumphantly returned to the town streets. Forty nine entries took part in the parade this year contributing to one of the most photogenic events on…

Capturing an outdoor interactive performance by Dumfries Youth Theatre at Portrack Gardens Open Day. Cosmic faeries arrive from the Moon to quiz the young humans about environmental issues, sing, dance and frolic with the visitors.

It is an ambitious project indeed to transform the wasteland at Sunderries Rd that has been neglected for twenty years into a community garden and kids play area, now known as Apache Land! I learned about it from Ivor Gott who was busy plotting an upcoming artists/community workshop when I…

What does a photographer do on a quiet Saturday night? Testing coloured gels portrait lighting setup on my favourite model, Helen, in our living room. Helen is a hairdressers mannequin we bought to  stand in for John when he got tired of his onerous modelling duties (you know the kind, “Please-please-please, just…

I am delighted to have one of my Glasgow street art photos published in the travel section of the Telegraph!

Being Russian, I couldn’t help noticing the rising tensions around migrants and migration as the Brexit vote was approaching. The worrying tendency was to downplay and reject the value of the migrants’ contribution to British economy and cultural life. To oppose this covert racism, a nation-wide campaign #1daywithoutus was created…

Sitting on a wooden log with my camera  on my lap, surrounded by acquaintances and strangers in front of an urban campfire right on Dumfries High Street, I had to admit: “Yep, the Stove once again came up with a community bonding event.” Dumfries town centre is usually empty on weekdays…

I fell in love with this gorgeous November afternoon light in Merchant City, Glasgow. Anyone who lives here and is familiar with the typical Scottish weather knows how rare this is and how briefly it lasts. You grab your camera and shoot, shoot, shoot!!! 85mm prime brilliantly renders delicate haze…