PAISLEY SHOP FRONTS

During my shoot in Paisley, I noticed that many of the empty shops had the windows covered in images of merchandise.  This is Renfrew council's attempt to encourage people to open up their own shop.  The fake shops would trigger the prospective shop keepers imagination.  I see it as the new city centre, where all these fake shops exist in town, while our true shopping experience becomes virtual with amazon or ebay.  I think these shops could have passed as an  environmental art student's final project (maybe).

PAISLEY SCOTLAND

Instead of visiting Glasgow for my shoots, after more than 15 yrs in the area, I decided to take the train to Paisley.  I was amazed at all the old buildings and shops.  I am not being condescending when I say that I had felt that I was transported back to 1985.  I had a great shoot, and only the rain in the latter part of the day ruined my nice experience.  Alan's fish and chip shop had a great early 20th century look but  I didn't take any interior shots this time.

GLASGA II

Day in Glasgow digital with Photoshop to correct way out exposures!  The plan was to do amazing street portraits, but landed up reshooting some of my fav images I had made with my film cameras. Oh well....