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So I haven't posted anything in ages...aim to remedy that in May :-)

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Sunday August 22nd at Eglinton Country Park, Ayrshire, for the Kyle Rod & Custom show. My first visit to this show, on the strength of a recommendation from Richie (who was displaying his car as part of Scottish Mini).There was a great selection of cars on show, and the atmosphere was very friendly. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too good, and I think that put a lot of visitors and exhibitors

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A 1951 VW Beetle taking part in the RSAC Three Lochs Classic 2010 at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, Rhu.A spectator told me that the car is original and hasn't been restored or modified; hopefully I can track down the owner a do a proper shoot with the car.

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Porsche Speedster replica, taking part in the RSAC Three Lochs Classic 2010 at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, Rhu.Owner Alastair Brown is the Director of Glidetrack, manufacturer of the best portable dolly camera systems and sliders. The Speedster is the star of one of the promo films on the Glidetrack website.

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On Sunday the 15th of August I had two photoshoots booked, the second of which was to be of four (gulp!) kids all happy and smiling for a portrait for their Gran.As is so often the case, getting children to all smile at the same time and facing the camera is not as easy as it might seem. In this case one of the boys just wasn't in the mood for getting his picture taken that day, and certainly

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It's been ages since I have posted anything on my blog...not sure why it's been neglected as I have been doing a fair amount. Anyway...Today I did a shoot in Bo'ness involving a very pretty model, Miriam, and a cracking wee car, a Mini Cooper, that belongs to Mark Learmouth. I was joined on the photography side by my good friend Tom Thomson who helped me scout out the location and get the

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Had a fantastic shoot with Justine, who had been given a photoshoot portfolio as an 18th birthday present by her Mum's friend Morag (who also happens to be a colleague of mine). Most of the shoot was in front of the studio lights although we did manage to venture outside briefly; not long enough to get as many shots as I would have liked so we will be doing an extra session in the very near

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...I will sum the bad news up in two words - Technical Gremlins.The Good News! A new website, and quite possibly a new blog, will be making an appearence hopefully as soon as the end of March.The other good news - Sarah & Paul, whose wedding I photographed back in 2006, recently announced the arrival of their daughter Gracie into the world. We are in the process of arranging a date to get some

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Whilst searching in the loft for something else I had a flick through a couple of photo albums (you know, with prints!) and found some pictures of my first car.Bought for the princely sum of £575 four months before my driving test, I thought it was the bees knees. Despite it being brown...Anyhow, it had the 6x10 minilite wheels, Cobra bucket seat, and a Peco exhaust that made it sound so much

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Must not procrastinate, must not procrastinate, mus...oh sorry, err, right we're on. Finally posting some more images, and again it's cars.Back at Knockhill on Sunday 6th Sept for the GT Cup & SMRC support races. The GT Cup bills itself as the British GT alternative for the (wealthy?) "gentleman driver" rather than the professional drivers who frequent Brit GT. The cars are almost as stunning,

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More from the Elvington show, this time two Jaguars - first up is an E-type (yes please) then the bank robbers favourite getaway car, the Mk2.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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A couple of really nice Ford Escort Mk1s from the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Rally at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington.First up is a really clean Mexico.Second is a big-arched Twin Cam; the owner wasn't about to ask if it was a genuine TC or if it has interesting history. Funny to think that the latest Ford Focus RS can trace its history all the way back to the Twin Cam. I know

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Back in June I posted "part 1" of a series of blogs covering the Motor Racing at Knockhill on June 13th. Well finally here is part 2! During the day the British GT Championship & support did their thing, and produced some good racing, although perhaps not quite as exciting as the Stock Cars from the Saturday evening...First up is the race winning Preci-Spark Ascari KZR1 of the Jones brothers.The

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www.not-a-crime.com - this doesn't just apply to photographers, but to anyone with a camera. Have a look at the Flickr group here - www.flickr.com/groups/iamnotaterrorist - and if you agree post a picture!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Three more from the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Rally at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington.First up is a Ford Escort RS1600i, which I belongs to Stuart from the local RS Owners Club.Second is a VW Bay Window camper; the owners told me that the van has never been subject to a restoration, only a respray and mechanicals when needed. The interior was all original as well.Last but not

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We visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington where co-incidentaly (ahem) there was also the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Rally taking place. We've been to the Museum before and its worth a visit if you're in the area, but this was an extra bonus as I missed the rally last year. A lot of nice cars were there, and some strange choices as well - more on that in a future post. To kick off

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Did a very quick lunchtime shoot today of Richie's Mini, in Garelochhead. His pictures of the build process can be seen on www.scottishmini.co.uk, including the very impressive flip-front.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Great fun today at the SECC in Glasgow...DINOSAURS!!! The UK leg of the world tour stopped off in Glasgow and there was no way we could let our very own Dinosaur King miss it. Inspired by the BBC commissioned show of the same name, Walking With Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular brings these awesome creatures to "life". The official website for the show is http://www.dinosaurlive.com, just don't

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Saturday, June 13th saw a double header of racing at Knockhill in Fife. During the day the British GTs & support did their qualifying and first races of the weekend, then in the evening the F1, F2, and Hot Rods appeared for some smashing action...First post of the event covers the F1 and F2 Stock Cars; F1s are easily the loudest racing cars I have ever witnessed. The boy-racer brigade with their

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The wee man had his first school sports day today, thankfully the weather held off from the forecasted rain. Why do I even look at the BBC weather? I digress...so the whole school turned out on the playing fields, in their teams, and went round the various events striving to get as many points as possible. Stewart certainly put in the effort but unfortunately his team didn't win; not that he

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A couple of images of the Royal Navy's Valiant Jetty, as it heads up the Gareloch - at circa 1 knot - to it's new home at HMNB Clyde. OK, so I didn't get the benefit of taking images from the RN helicopter that were sent out to the press, but I did manage to get a few images from the shoreline at Shandon. The jetty was constructed in the dry dock at Inchgreen by Morgan Est, under the managemnt of

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3 more tracks on the Seraphim MySpace page, click the logo to go straight there!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Congratulations to Charlie (pic below) and Keith who have just got engaged, making their Stateside trip even more memorable.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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...this one you can't miss, I have replaced the static header with a slideshow of selected images.If you can't see the slideshow you either need to install the latest Flash Player, or there's a problem with my host service. Please leave a comment if you think its cool or fool!Now to get on with the website updates...Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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And now for something completely different...Miel & Crispola also brought their martial arts gear with them (thats martial, not marital - I don't do that kind of stuff!). Started off with a couple of posed shots, in Miel's case with a slight twist!Then on to some action shots...These were great fun to shoot, although there were quite a few wasted shots trying to get the framing correct. Not as

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Blog entry number 2 from Sunday 22nd March shoot, this time of the lovely Miel. Miel has quite a unique look and hopefully I have succeded in bringing that out in these images.Miel also brought along partner Crispola; I managed to get two shots of them not laughing at each other - heres the best one.I also got some shots of Crispola on his own.I was aiming for a "Lost Boys" look in the last image

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OK, its been a while since I posted some model shots, so here we go...I hosted another Group Shoot for models and photographers on the 22nd March, with participants coming from the wilds of Livingston and Ayrshire. And not forgetting Peter "The Navigator" who came all the way from the Netherlands, and brought us some Stroopwafles to try - very yummy!As usual, being the host means I don't shoot

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My mate Norrie's lad - also Norrie - is the drummer with new Glasgow hard rock band Seraphim. Check out their debut recording "In Honour Of You" on their MySpace page HERE. Shades of Glasgow legends The Almighty in there, I reckon.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Three shots from Chris & Nicki's wedding at the Rosslea Hotel late last year. This was the first time I've shot at this venue, despite it being 5 minutes from home. The weather was kind enough in that it stayed dry, but a bit too cold to hang around outside.Thanks to Chris & Nicki for being good sports on the day, and for their patience after my PC died (the images were safe, I just couldn't get

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Not a lot to report, but I was testing out the kit before next weekends shoot. I decided to build a mini infinity cove and shoot some of the model cars I have.First two are obvious, Volkswagen Beetle and Camper.Alternative post-processing of the Camper.The next three are 1970s Muscle Cars; I love this period of American motor history (right before the 1973 oil crisis) when these insanely powerful

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The new PC arrived and is about 75% configured. I still have one IDE hard drive to transfer across but have ran out of disc space. I forsee some form of NAS appearing in the near future, depending on Mrs M of course...The last of the weddings to be processed has been done, the web galleries will be up at the weekend. My apologies again to my patient customers.Anyway, just to be getting on with,

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It had to happen sooner or later, and finally my PC is going through its death throes. Thankfully all the important data is safely stored on external drives, but I am now limited to what I can do especially with photography. My laptop is OK, but it struggles to run Photoshop at a working pace.So, my credit card will take its first big hit of the year, and a new PC will make an appearance very

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Also known as St Andrew's School from it's final use (so far) as a list D school, Shandon House is now the only remaining building on the 30 acre site by the shores of the Gare Loch. Sold by the Council to the MoD when the school finally closed in the 1980s, the building has remained unused and receives only minimal maintenance to keep it safe. Sadly this has not stopped break-ins, vandalism, and

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Stewart's idea, not mine. Twisted wee devil...My revenge...I hope everyone enjoyed Christmas and New Year celebrations, my best wishes to you for the forthcoming year.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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...to EVERYONE! I hope Santa was good to you, as he seemed to leave rather a lot for Stewart! Top of the list, contrary to our expectations, was the Nintendo Wii. Favourite game so far is 10 Pin Bowling - and ain't too bad at it...That's a pretty good score for anyone, never mind a 5 year old and I reckon his average is about 140. Just for the record my best is 145. Meh.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Fourth and final upload from the St Andrews Day shoot, and to close the series out is Yvonne Mckay. Yvonne has a wide portfolio, including appearences in/on Channel 4, Max Power, Daily Star, and Duncan Evans' "Creative Photoshop Portrait Techniques".Anyway, I only had 5 minutes with Yvonne using one lighting set-up hence the lack of diversity.I have used 3 very different Photoshop techniques for

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The third upload from the St Andrews Day Shoot features Zoe, a young model with a bright future in modelling ahead of her. I had met Zoe previously, but this was the first time I had actually worked with her. And hello to Pam (Zoe's Mum) who was on taxi duties. On to the images...Thanks to Tom for being on tea-tray duties for the third images - el cheapo wind machine if you must know!

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The second upload from the St Andrews Day Shoot features Flame, oddly enough not her real name! She arrived punctually - not easy when you're using the train - and once she had a couple of Jaffa Cakes sorted her make-up she was ready to go. The first shot is a subdued head-shot; well as subdued as her hair colour allows... Then onto some more creative stuff, before I got my favourite shot of the

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A quick plug for my friend Karen, who know has her new website at www.make-upjunkie.com on-line. I have worked with Karen on a few shoots and have no hesitation recommending her to brides, models, stylists, and even photographers!I shot the image on Karen's contact card back in January 2008, see the blog post here.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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I wrote back in October that I would do another - proper - shoot with Charlie. Well, that is yet to happen, but in the meantime here are some shots from the UKPM St Andrews Day Shoot I organised. 6 photographers, 5 models, and 1 Mum (Hi Pam!) turned out and made the day a success - thanks to you all.A lovely lass, full of enthusiasm and works hard during a shoot; her good sense of fun ensures it

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Weddings...I tend not to blog weddings, but here is an exception. Vicki & Jamie held their wedding at The Cruin on the banks of Loch Lomond in August. The weather was great, the guests were good fun, and the bride was stunning. Vicki & Jamie's daughter Olivia was the flower girl, and (as expected) was a little princess!The video is of the wedding album, sadly the quality available on YouTube is

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I'm not going into the "how" or "why", but on Tuesday most of the day was spent on the good ship SD Adamant cruising up and down across the Clyde from Garelochhead to Greenock via Loch Long (and back). The outward journey was just a tad on the cold side, but we all stayed up top to take in the views.After lunch at Inchgreen we headed back across the Clyde to the Gareloch; by now the sun had

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I shot Malissa's first modelling session back in July, and I'm glad to say I was paired up with her for the UK PM Group Shoot.We started off in the studio using (unsurprisingly) studio lights; the lighting was a bit hit and miss as I forgot my meter - thank a deity for LCD screens!Then we moved over to the window for some natural light portraits.Later, after she finished another shoot, I captured

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At some point I will do a proper shoot with Charlie, in the meantime here is a shot from the UK PM get-together. Looks like night-time? The shot was taken outside on a bright sunny afternoon...Thanks to Richard for giving me a couple of minutes during his shoot, and to Charlie for being...well...Charlie!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Sunday 5th October was the UK PM group shoot in Glasgow. It was a great day, and I finally got to match real people with their pseudonyms and avatars, as well as catch up with Tom, Keith and the lovely Charlie. I managed to get two shoots, a studio session with Malissa (who had a hectic morning) and an outside strobist-style shoot with Shona aka Blondey. I also managed to interrupt Richard's

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Kudos to my friend Tom Thomson at Ifotou Scotland, who did an underwater shoot as part of his college course!£1000 worth of camera gear protected from chlorinated water by a glorified poly bag - rather him than me!Check out Tom's own blog entry HERE!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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...Industrial Estate. You're not the only one hoping it was going to be "Chocolate Factory"...anyway, here we have two images of the lovely Charlie taken in an industrial estate in Livingston. I was there "helping" my good friend Tom - Ifotou Scotland - and didn't really have any intention of shooting. But have camera, must use...This first image was taken just as the sun was setting, the sky

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Not me, Stewart! 20th of August was his first day at school, and (amazingly) he liked it so much he decided he wanted to go the next day...just as well! By Friday he was an old hand at it, and was already telling fibs about homework. That and I found out from one of the other parents that during "drawing time" he got fed up and tried to wander off. Sheesh.Oh, and not a tear from Mum as he went

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The Racewall at Cowdenbeath was a fairly miserable place to be on Saturday night for the Hot Rods & Saloons drivers, but as usual they put on some great racing.James Jamieson Jnr won the Hot Rods Scottish Championship, from the back of the pack.The other two Hot Rod races were won by Paul Wightman in his unique, screaming, Kawasaki powered KA.The saloons final was more like banger racing at the

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A couple more shots of Malissa, these are probably (maybe) my favourite images from the shoot."And I'm also trying out posting the images in LARGE size!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Malissa is just starting out on the modeling path, and had emailed me asking to do some shots. Yesterday - Saturday 26th - she arrived in Helensburgh after travelling all the way from Kirkintiloch. A pit stop at Greggs for her lunch, and on to the studio aka our conservatory/Stewart's playroom.Make up on, hair sorted, clothes changed, and off we go...She even nicked one of my shirts for some

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Back from holiday so a bit of catching up to do. This is Zoe, who was one of the girls in the running for the Miss Scotland 2008 competition run by The Sun "newspaper".Zoe's idea for the shoot was of movement......think of Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout and you're not even close! At least 11/2 hours of continual jumps & twirls. No complaints either, just lots of laughing.We did a couple of

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First to arrive for this shoot was Julie, an actress who has worked in film, TV, & theatre. Julie was one of the winners of the Scottish Internet Television "Find Me A Presenter" contest. You can see her very briefly in the launch night video on sit1.www.sit1.tv is the brainchild of former "Apprentice" candidate Sharon McAllister; I wonder if Sir Alan will be making a guest

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Stewart and his friends at nursery graduated today; next stop is SCHOOL!!! That's the fastest 5 years of my life, it doesn't seem any time at all since his first day.All the girls at the nursery have been great, and of course Stewart has his favourites - Debbie, Laura, Amy, and "Zan".Thanks to Karen for taking the picture.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Big laughs on Sunday watching my good friend (and Best Man) Neil just making it out of the 1/4 scale bus at Lathalmond. It was actually even funnier watching him getting in, but I was too busy laughing to take a picture. BTW, Neil must be about 6'5", if not more, and perhaps not quite the athletic build he once was.Sorry mate, couldn't resist this one!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Lathalmond Bus Museum was the unlikely venue for Stewart's first attempt at falconry; got to be honest I was very surprised - and not just a bit proud! - at the wee fella's enthusiasm to take the bird. OK, so it was only a baby, but that beak still looked like it could do damage.Amongst the cars on display were a couple of pony cars, or Ford Mustangs as they are better known. An original

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Jamie, Vicki & Olivia were the first of two families in for the evening session. Olivia is great fun and loves to pose. Vicki's sister Katie also came along and I got some nice shots of the two girls.I'll be shooting Jamie & Vicki's wedding in August, and if this mini-session is anything to go by we should end up with a really nice set of pictures.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Kirsty... Sunday's "go for it" award was easily taken by the Pixie, the early session was great, one of the best I've shot yet. You would think that Kirsty is a model - she has the looks, the expressions, the moves, the confidence. Even as an amateur model I'm 110% sure she'd be in high demand.This is the only image I'm going to post from the earlier session, unless she gives me permission

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Multi-tasking!! Emily was, at various points, a model, a photographer, and an assistant. She was a great help to me during the afternoon sessions, and in the evening she got to ham it up in front of the lens - especially the shots she did with Kirsty...OMG!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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The Manic Sunday all-dayer turned out to be, well.......manic. Three models, two families, one make-up artist, and some superb assistants helped make the day a memorable one.This first post features models Beth and Hazel. Beth I have shot a couple of times previously, and as before it was a good giggle. Hazel is an experienced model and was really easy to work with; I hope to work with her again

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Studio Matheson aka our conservatory was cleared of Stewart's toys (how many Power Rangers does a 5yo need?) and the studio lights & background set up ready for the arrival of supermodel Kirsty. Although this was essentially a warm up for next Sundays shoot, we still got some great images...Seriously, this girl should be on an agency's books. Gorgeous, and so easy to

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It doesn't seem so long ago that my Dad, Sandra & I travelled North to Glenelg to scatter my Mum's ashes. On Monday Sandra, Stewart, and I made the same journey to scatter my Dad's ashes. Thankfully the weather was nice and the wee fella was on great form so the task was made bearable.GlenelgThe Five SistersWe stopped at the viewpoint at the top of the pass from the A87 to Glenelg & I took a

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Scottish Motorsport suffered another tragic loss on Sunday March 30th when David Leslie lost his life in a plane crash in Kent. A successful racer David campaigned in everything from karts to Le Mans prototypes, but is best remembered for his time in BTCC racing for Mazda, Honda, Proton, Nissan (2nd overall) and most memorably for the Ecurie Ecosse team in a Vauxhall Cavalier with its distinctive

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I'm still alive! At last I've ticked off another "must do before I die" things - in this case swimming with sharks! Sadly it wasn't in the ocean, but Deep Sea World at North Queensferry is good enough for me. I was a bit suspicious at first; was this a great present (from Sandra) or the last thing I did before I die...Turned out to be the former, and I'll post a video at some point of my aquatic

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Number 1 (and so far only) son will be 5 on the 27th, a day of no little significance for me as it was also my Mum's birthday. We had a party for him on Sunday at Gogglebox (in Helensburgh) with his friends from the nursery which was great fun, although John Wiggins and myself were daft enough to take the little horrors on in the ball pool. The bruises are turning some interesting colours.I

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More from the shootAdamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Emily & Sarah braved the elements on Saturday to model for Karen Make-up Junkie & myself. We were wanting a Goth Rock kind of feel to the shoot, and I think it worked out well.The girls didn't complain too much despite the wind chill, whilst the rest of us were well wrapped up.As usual Karen did a great job getting the make-up & hair sorted, as well providing assistant duties to the ever grateful

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It's not often you can do an outside shoot in the pouring rain without getting wet, so a belated "thanks" to the local Co-op store for having a covered car-park. Both Karen (Make-up Junkie, see previous posts) and myself were wanting to do a more fashion based shoot, and Beth...well, she just likes to pose!So, despite being at a store the only shopping that was done was the Photoshopping on my

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Jet, a long-suffering colleague, posed for a quick portrait session during lunchtime. It took twice as long to find a suitable backdrop than it did to take the shots. So five minutes from start to finish, and it's done.The red highlights through her hair add a nice splash of colour to the low-key style.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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I finally got round to updating my profile picture...I'll resist putting a bigger version in this entry :-)Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Okay, okay...it's been a while.So Mono goes to Renault - no shock there.Mono "insists" that Renault ditch Kovalienen - no shock there, Kovi can peddle.Piquet Jr gets promoted at Renault - Mono better hope he ain't as fast as his Dad was!Justice - Kovi gets the McLaren seat.Roll on 2008 - less politics, more racing please!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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It's been a while since my last post, time flies and all that. Except in Mono land where life seems to be at a leisurely pace.Anyway a couple of things to write about.The first is my good friend Karen Wiggins, a talented make-up artist who I have worked with a few times, has finally dragged herself onto the Net - her website is at Make-up Junkie. Karen did the make-up on the Scarlet shoot, see

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Unsurprisingly Mono has left McLaren and now the drivers market goes into overdrive. The question is who has the money, the car, and the ego-massagers to suit him? The smart money is currently on a seat at Ferrari for 2009 (much to Massa's dismay I'll bet), so a single year at a 2nd tier team looks on the cards. If nothing else that should show us just how good he is...my money is on a return to

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Two shots of the giggler from Sunday. A wee bit of 'shoppping on the second image, but as with Kirsty, no cosmetic surgery was required.Feel free to leave a comment!Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Two more shots of Kirsty from Thursday evening's shoot at Scarlet, with some 'shop work to create a different look.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Sara and Ross from Saturday.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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These are from the marathon session on Sunday...LianneMartineSharonVickiAdamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Three of the girls from Thursday nights shoot at Scarlet.KirstyBethDanielleHair by Emma & Paul @ ScarletMake-up by Karen Wiggins @ Make-up Junkie & ScarletAdamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Straight off - dunces hat to Lewis for that stupid move on Alonso, gearbox "issues" aside - and possibly even with them - he would have been World Champion. Instead that accolade goes to the Iceman who proves that it ain't over til it's over - well done to Kimi (although he really needs a personality implant).Another dunces hat to whoever came up with the bizarre pit stop strategy for Lewis, that

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Lewis, Lewis, Lewis...Good drive from Kimi, but Vettel shows why the big players in the paddock have his number.Nice to see Jenson & DC in points finishes as well, and not too shabby from Liuzzi either.Dunces hat - the McLaren pit wall. Lewis should have been in 5 laps earlier, and they knew it. Uncle Ron looked rather less than impressed...Bye bye to Alex Wurz, about time too really. Looks like

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Friday 5th October was national Jeans For Genes day. Jeans for Genes raises funds for research into serious genetic disorders affecting thousands of children such as cystic fibrosis, haemophilia and sickle cell. Funds also provide laboratory equipment and facilities, as well as valuable advice and support for families. Four of the hundreds of participants across the Glasgow area were chosen to be

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It would appear that some attempts to use my website enquiry and/or email link have not worked. Thankfully the problem was easily rectified and all is working now.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Hello & welcome if you've just clicked through from my webpage.This blog will be updated more frequently than the webpage, and will show more images from any photoshoots I do.I also have pages on myspace, facebook & youtube - see if you can collect the set!CheersAdamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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A couple of shots from the recent photoshoot with my niece Emily, with Karen Wiggins doing a great job on the make-up. The only problems on this shoot were having Karen's son & my son playing where I had the lights set up - not good for the nerves!

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Lewis Hamilton clips Mono's (water) wings with a superb drive to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji.Good drives also from Kovalainen and Sutil.Dunces cap to Wurz, rookie error from one of the elders on the grid.Funny moment - full marks to Mono.BBC Sport ReportAdamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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Just back - literally - from a seminar hosted by Mark Cleghorn, one of the country's top wedding photographers. Definately got some great ideas and inspiration which I hope to use for future clients.Adamwww.mathesonphoto.com

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