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My Photography 1. Subjects |
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Introduction Documentary Photography Themes 1. Scottish Railway Stations 2. Edinburgh at Work 3. Edinburgh Shops 4. Edinburgh Bus Termini
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Introduction Everybody will have their own interests and favourite subjects for photography: - Landscapes - Portraits - Sport - Nature - etc. From my own point of view, I prefer: - Documentary I like to work in themes, as this helps me to gradually learn more a subject, and takes me to places that I might not otherwise get to. I keep starting new themes, but still continue some of the old ones. I have been working on some for over 20 years. I try to take photos that I think might be interesting to look back on in the future - but who knows? I've learnt to take photos when I think of an idea or see an opportunity. I may be able to get a better image later, but quite often I find that things have changed and it has become no longer possible to capture the original image that I saw. Here are just a few photos on each of four of the themes. |
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Theme 1. Scottish Railway Stations
Scotland has a wide variety of stations, urban
and rural. Many of the stations are now unmanned. Some of the lines in the more remote areas have been threatened with closure in the past, but they still survive with just a few trains running per day. Here are a few photos from my 'Scottish Railway Stations' project. |
Upper Tyndrum
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 9 Sep 1999
Edinburgh Waverley
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 9 Aug 2003
Glasgow Central
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 28 May 2005
Pitlochry
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 26 Jun 1999
Crianlarich
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken Photograph taken: 30 Dec 2000
Upper Tyndrum
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken Photograph taken: 30 Dec 2000
Kyle of Lochalsh
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 26 Jun 2005
Helmsdale
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 5 Sep 1999
Duncraig
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken: 26 Jun 1999
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2. Edinburgh at Work Since 1990, I've visited and photographed over 200 companies in Edinburgh. Many of these companies have, unfortunately, already gone out of business. Others have moved premises or changed in other ways, so most of the photos in this project could not be repeated today. Here is a very small collection of the photos from the 'Edinburgh at Work' project. |
Baker & Claremont - Linotype Equipment
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken September 7, 1992
Burton's - Rich Tea Biscuits
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 25 May 1992
David Lindsay - Stonemason
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 26 June 1995
© Peter Stubbs www.edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken August 19, 1996
© Copyright: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken January 20, 1992
Laing's Foundry
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 31 August 2006
Standard Life Offices - Milk Deliveries
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 7 April 1993
Royal Bank of Scotland - Burning Banknotes
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 3 July 1991
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Theme 3. Edinburgh Shops I keep returning to a few of the Edinburgh streets lined with shops, to see how they have changes since my previous visit - Prince Street, Dalry Road, Raeburn Place, Leith Walk, Victoria Street, Cockburn Street, etc. Some of the shops have changed hands five or six times, since I first visited them in the early-1990s, with each new owner giving the shop a 'new look'. So far, I have added only a very small proportion of my 'Edinburgh Shops' photos to the EdinPhoto web site. Here are a few of them. |
7-9 West Crosscauseway
© Copyright: peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken February 9, 1991
103 Leith Walk
© Copyright peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken November 1995
283 Leith Walk
© peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photograph taken December 1992
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Theme 4. Edinburgh Bus Termini Most of the Lothian Buses termini are situated around the edge of the city. Several of the bus services have been extended to new termini, over the years, as the city has expanded. There have also been other changes, as Lothian Buses have introduced 'Route Branding' with buses for several of the routes having their own liveries. If Edinburgh ever gets trams, there will no doubt be more changes in the bus termini. I thought it might be interesting to photograph all the bus termini now, then see how they change in the future. I have now photographed them all and added many of the photos to the EdinPhoto web site. Here are a few of the photos. |
Clermiston terminus - Drum Brae Drive
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken June 12, 2010
Leith Links - Pirniefield
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken June 10, 2008
Ocean Terminal terminus - Western Harbour, Leith Docks
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken April 7, 2009
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken July 22, 2010
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken April 16, 2007 at 2.49pm
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken December 22, 2009