Remember when every Geocities website had a links page? Well, I thought it'd be nice to share links to some of the people, things, companies, etc. that have helped or inspired me, or that I've found useful over the years. It's not an exhaustive list, but I will update it when I think of more things to add.
Galleries and Book Shops
Agitate (Edinburgh; selling a great range of photographic books and running workshops, events and exhibitions)
Beyond Words (Scotland/online; a great online book shop specialising in photo books!)
Kettle's Yard (Cambridge; a beautiful historic curator's house and contemporary art gallery; one of my favourites)
The Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh)
Stills (Edinburgh; exhibitions, events, workshops, production facilities, photo book library)
Tatha Gallery (Newport on Tay)
Studios and Arts Organisations
Edinburgh Printmakers (where I make my Toyobo prints)
Out of the Blue (who run a community arts centre in Leith with studios, pop-up markets and a café, plus more besides)
Society of Scottish Artists (supporting artists in Scotland and beyond with a range of opportunities and exhibitions)
Publications and Publishers
Another Place Press (Scotland; publishing affordable photo books by contemporary photographers exploring 'place')
Studies in Photography (Scotland; a journal and members organisation for historical and contemporary photography)
Photo Equipment, Accessories, Consumables, etc.
Analogue Wonderland (where I buy film)
Cameratiks (based in Edinburgh; my local-ish traditional camera shop; long live the traditional camera shop)
Essential Photo & Video (for PixaPro equipment; re-badged Godox)
Ffordes Photographic (for buying and selling used analogue equipment)
Firstcall Photographic (good for analogue photographic supplies)
Hdew Cameras (if you want to save money and buy an imported camera...)
MPB (used digital equipment; another way to save money and help the environment)
MrCad (another great place to buy used analogue equipment)
Process Supplies (analogue photography supplies)
Wex Photo Video (everyone knows Wex)
Art Suppliers
Detail Framing & Gallery (excellent Edinburgh picture framers with a gallery space)
Eco Craft (selling various more environmentally-friendly craft materials and packaging)
Intaglio Printmaker (where I buy printmaking supplies and ink)
Printing Companies
Loxley Colour (Glasgow; used for giclée and C-type printing; fast and reliable)
Metro Imaging (London; used for giclée and C-type printing, also offering digital B&W silver gelatin prints!)
Metro Imaging (London; used for giclée and C-type printing, also offering digital B&W silver gelatin prints!)
Mixam (affordable printing for flyers, stationery, zines, etc.)
Prodigi (print-on-demand company used for greeting cards; the only one I've been able to find)
Print Love (printed The Limes for me when they were called Colour Options; good prices and they did a great job)
theprintspace (London; used for giclée and C-type printing, and drop-shipping)
Print.Work (Leeds; affordable, sustainable printing for things like flyers and cards)
Print.Work (Leeds; affordable, sustainable printing for things like flyers and cards)
Software
Adobe Photography Plan (for Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Bridge and Adobe Portfolio)
Capture One (desktop and mobile; my preference for digital raw processing)
FreeAgent (brilliant accounting software I'd recommend to anyone working as a sole trader in the UK)
Negative Lab Pro (Lightroom plugin for converting film negatives digitised with a digital camera)
Negative Lab Pro (Lightroom plugin for converting film negatives digitised with a digital camera)
SumUp (and the Air card reader for use at art/craft fairs; they also offer a free online store!)
TapForms (Mac OS / iOS database app; I use it for cataloguing prints and tracking my equipment inventory)
YouTube Channels
Kyle McDougall (a great YouTube channel about Kyle's photographic process)
Nathan Cool (an architectural and 'real estate' photographer who is very generous with his knowledge)
Thomas Heaton (sharing the highs and lows of landscape photography around the UK)
Visual Education (Karl Taylor's channel; lots of helpful tips on lighting and studio work)