Murals – Selkie’s Photography

So ages ago, OK it was 2 years ago, I went out and found some of the Glasgow murals. I’ll admit that they can be hard to shoot to be honest. One of my lecturers recently pointed out that you are taking a photo of art and it’s not always successful, because art is beautiful in its own right. However it’s always a good day out when I go shooting with the Sunday crowd.

I try to take something a little different but it’s tricky. These murals have probably been snapped by 50% of those walking by and plenty go looking for them and there’s even a guide website now. None of this will stop me going after a full set and they do keep adding to them. The Billy Connolly ones are pretty recent additions to the collection.

These are from the larger mural of Scottish wildlife that I had a previous go at on the Bank Holiday Hunt. This time I was quite taken with the arch in the stonework that underlies the mural and has been worked into the design.

We are well known for covering walls in paint around here. So I took myself out on a wander to find some of them.

Most of these are hanging out the the Merchant City area, indeed many are attached to my alma matter (for all of two years before I left). There’s even a website dedicated to the Glasgow murals.

My personal favourite is this one although I needed to crack out the wide angle lens to get it all in….

Ah now, that doesn’t do it justice. Also I have no idea why you would need to get the tripod out…. It was so sunny I was working in ISO 100 most of today. Here’s a set of photos with each of the major scenes from this end to the other side of the car park.