Colin Usher is an Edinburgh & East Lothian based photographer.
Specialising in portraiture, editorial & style.
He has worked with many publications including The Face magazine and The Scotsman as well as theatre companies such as The Traverse Theatre, The Royal Lyceum, Terry Beck Troupe, Philadelphia and Dundee Rep Dance Co.
Much of his work has been used for album covers, promo & press materials as well as appearing in various publications over the years.
After a hiatus where he has been busy working in the digital space, Colin has decided to come back to his creative passion. Currently experimenting with and discovering new lighting techniques, he is constantly evolving and developing his style.
The blog below will become an up to date photographic diary as well as introduce retrospective highlights from Colin’s 27 years in the media.
Commission enquiries via e-mail: colin@colinusher.com or call 07870 590012
A selection of recent work
Hello 2025 and welcome to the new-ish me
So, 2024 came and went, awfully fast if you ask me! I visited Scotland 3 times, lost my dear stepfather to cancer, welcomed over 40 creatives to Studio Faire for their residencies where we saw so much creativity and output... and I started my journey writing and...
2024, Nérac … An Update on Life in SW France
February in Nérac is a lovely time. The sunshine is out as well as the BBQ. STUDIO FAIRE is in the midst of its yearly downtime as we renovate a further bedroom and a bathroom in the guest area. Season 2024 is fully booked and of course we look forward to...
Spending Some Free Time with Sean Dickson of The Soup Dragons
The Name-Drop Diaries #05 1999/2000 with Sean Dickson of The Soup Dragons / The High Fidelity / HiFi Sean Back in 1999, I had founded my design agency based in Leith, Edinburgh. I called it The Federal Bureau of Design and there were usually 3 of us on board. Penny...
Colin Designed Museum of the Highlands Website
Look what we built... https://museumofthehighlands.org/ For around a year now, I have been working on this immense project with Museums and Heritage Highland, who exist to strengthen the heritage sector in the Highlands for the benefit of everyone living in and...
Shooting a Proclaimers video with Matt Lucas
The Name-Drop Diaries #04 Back in April 2012, while working with The Proclaimers on promoting their new album 'Like Comedy', Matt Lucas got in touch to express his interest in maybe directing a pop video for the next single. Obviously we were all very excited at the...
Raising a Barn and Finding Serenity
As a cold and slow January ends, I feel it is time for some change... After working in web design & the digital space for over 28 years, I have decided to focus fully on Studio Faire here in South West France from April 2023. Sitting at a desk in front of an...
About Colin & Julia’s Studio Faire Creative Residency in France
Colin is co-founder of Studio Faire creative residency in Nérac, South West France. Situated in Gascogny.Studio Faire is a contemporary arts space offering residencies for artists, writers, musicians... all creative practitioners. Set up in 2017, the residency has...
Take it to the bridge, the Forth Bridge!
The Name-Drop Diaries #03 This is a big one in the Name-Drop Diaries series. It focusses on T in the Park, the music festival from Scotland that ran from 1994 to 2016. Originally, I attended the festival in my capacity as a photographer until 2001 when I began working...
Simply, Joni Mitchell
The Name-Drop Diaries #02 In December 1990, The List magazine called me and asked me to go to The City Arts Centre in Edinburgh to photograph the launch of a new exhibition, Diary of a Decade, by Joni Mitchell. 'Get a decent shot of Ms Mitchell that we can use for the...
A Dentist, A Designer, A Talking Head and A Fanny
The Name-Drop Diaries #01 I am writing about this wee episode in my life as it popped into my head while renting the Spike Lee Joint of David Byrne's American Utopia. Back in 1999, to celebrate Glasgow's year as European City of Architecture and Design, my great...
Kathleen Jamie’s Site Goes Live
'Just went live with a new website for Scottish poet and non-fiction writer Kathleen Jamie. Working with her own handwriting to create slideshows and share excerpts from her work, I've really enjoyed getting to know her style. The depth of her work is astounding and I...
Highland Threads Goes Live
I have had the pleasure of working with the team at Museums and Heritage Highland on a new website to promote museums in the highlands of Scotland. HIGHLAND THREADS went live today and features pieces from 14 museums. I was tasked with both creating the website and...
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