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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Brigid Collins Artist Site Goes Live
I've spent a few months working with the artist Brigid Collins on her new site. This has been a very welcome activity in these strange pandemic...
The Future’s So Bright, I’m Off To Buy Shades
... we hope! Happy New Year to you and best of fortune and health for the coming year. Although it was a very strange 2020, myself & Julia had a...
Continual Learning During Second Lockdown
Learning to play the banjo has been a real eye opener during this second lockdown. As a life-long drummer, I never grasped the form of scales and...
Launched a site to share inspirational tales
WAVEBACK Project I’ve been toying with this concept for a few years now, trying to decide how to share some important moments in my life to try and...
It’s the end of lockdown as we know it!
You can take our lives but you'll never take our freedom! Well, actually, a forced lockdown here in France was almost total revocation of our...
And, we (were) off to a great start for the new season
We've just begun our third year here at Studio Faire in Nérac, South West France. The 4 month break over the winter gave us time to reset, renovate,...
Inspired by my photography students, a lesson in job satisfaction
The first Saturday of 2020 saw me welcoming Stephanie and her two daughters ; Clementine & Isla here at Studio Faire for a day of photography...
Bonne Année et Bonne Santé 2020
Wishing you all a prosperous and safe new year. We've had a great year here in Nérac. Studio Faire creative retreat goes from strength to strength....
Building Chateaux In The Air
'Building castles in the air' : It's hardly been a daydream this past year or so. I've been incredibly busy (and lucky) shooting some pretty damn...
Bonne Année et Bonne Santé 2019
Welcome to the New Year here in Nérac, South West FranceWe're having just a slight breather before we embark on a very busy year ahead. ...
2018 : Summer Update
What a summer it's been, already! There's few more months of sun and laughter to come. Studio Faire has flourished massively in this, our first year...
Our Photography School Is Now Launched in Nérac
We've launched the Studio Faire Photography School, here in Nérac. I'm running courses on getting to know your camera and having the...
I’m now teaching, portraiture & technique
I'm starting to teach, here at Studio Faire in Nérac. My course is called "Mastering Portraiture with Colin Usher, An inspiring...
Flying cameras in Nérac
I recently acquired a camera drone. Not just any camera drone, I have the DJI SPARK! Having longed to purchase a product from DJI over...
Showing (off) in Agen
Stills, on a wall, in a gallery.... in FRANCE! So happy to announce that I have my first ever exhibition hanging in France. My show: CHUTES! is...
Settling in to life in Nérac
We've been 'townies' for 6 weeks now! I must admit, living in the town is a welcome change to rural life. Back in Scotland, we lived in a small...
New Studio & Home in Nérac, South West France
Last week, on the 30th March, 2017, we completed and signed for our new house & studios.
This is Steve, Steve the Gardener in France
Two weeks into our new life here in South West France, there was a Fête des fraises in our village of Francescas. We plucked up the courage and...
Yes! Accountants do smile
This is how a bunch of accountants should look! A lovely bunch they are too…
New pals in South West France
This summer, Elloise Bennett got in touch regarding shooting her chambres d’hôtes in Nérac for publicity purposes.
I snapped a lost Raphael from 16th Century
Recently I was commissioned by investigative journalist Kate Mead to go shoot a very rare painting near Bordeaux that had been discovered by Stephen Hibberts.
Our global house-warming day
We have lived in the Lot-et-Garonne in South West France for over 4 months now.
Now Available En France!
We have lived in the Lot-et-Garonne in South West France for over a month now.
WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT HERE!
Taking it to the bridge with Lindsey Lavender
Lindsey Lavender is a fantastic painter. Her work ‘examines the urban environment seeking simple, overlooked observations with a fascination for the mundane but necessary’.
Rachel McCrum, the poet. A study.
I spent a great few hours in my wee studio in Barrel Cottage photographing Rachel McCrum, the poet.
Rachel won our Studio Faire competition for a FREE photo shoot. We’re pretty glad she won.
A return to form…
I recently had the privilege of spending a few hours shooting students at Performing Arts Studio Scotland (PASS) at Edinburgh College.
The cook, the chief, his wife and some others…
This weekend saw me hanging out with the lovely team at Haddington’s Waterside Bistro.
Ceramic Dog Jewellery! What else? My shoot with ‘And Mary’.
I had the pleasure this past week of shooting some rather fabulous jewellery in East Lothian.
My first fashion shoot in 20 years!
In July 2015, I decided to get back into my original passion… photography, I started experimenting with flash kits, locations, portraiture and corporate mug shots.
You Need Hahns : My shoot with Angela from Canada
Angela Hahn, clinical massage therapist and acupuncturist, recently moved back to Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada to set up her very own practice.
Say CHEESE! Shooting Ailsa Proverbs of The Big Cheese Making Kit
Ailsa Proverbs invited me to work with her on an editorial piece with her in her kitchen to help promote her products at The Big Cheese Making Kit.
And breath… My shoot with a pilates instructor
Janine Ferguson, pilates instructor from Inspire Pilates, spent a few hours with me shooting for her website and promotional materials.
Shooting Tech Innovators QikServe at Codebase
I spend a good bit of my time working with mobile technology innovators, QikServe.
Hello Mr Mackenzie : My Shoot with Martin Metcalfe
Recently, I was invited to shoot old pal Martin Metcalfe to promote his upcoming gigs with his band Metcalfe & the Fornicators.
This is Stacey… Rock & Roll Yogini
There’s this amazing woman called Stacey Chavis who has the Edinburgh Yoga Room.
Braw Beard Oils Promo
I shot a promo with Braw Beard Oils in Glasgow’s Griphouse Gym. Griphouse is the home of WolverDean Reilly and is Scotland’s premiere mixed martial...
Promo Video for The Proclaimers
Very happy to have been commissioned to shoot the latest promo video for The Proclaimers new track ‘You Built Me Up’ from their 10th studio album...
Blueflint : This is a Story
A rather splendid Sunday morning in March was spent with Edinburgh's Blueflint in a wee bar off Leith Walk called The Strathmore on Iona Street. The...
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