News images - hoping to improve

News images are not something I do alot of. The local paper tends to use me for sports images because they know I will come back with a half decent image. So when I do get the chance its good to be able to to something different. Now this is where the problem kicks in - for some reason I always have a sense of nerves when it comes to producing news images. I know I can take a reasonable image but never seem to be able to convince myself of that fact when I am actually setting the shot up and taking the image. Hopefully that will improve with experience.

Anyway here are images I took last week. The first few are from local fetes, a sixtieth wedding anniversary, a charity golf tournament, a fashion show and lastly a meet the St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes session.

Some football images from last 7 days

Perth Races

Sunday was the second of three meetings to be held in July. I have been doing pretty well with coverage for the Evening Telegraph with two pages dedicated to my images so far. Lets hope I can make it a hatrick at the end of the month. As a side note I also blew the shutter on my 20D so need to buy/repair camera so every image used in the paper helps.

Thursday 3rd July edition (images from Wednesday 2nd July)

Monday 14th July edition ( images from Sunday 13th)

Some other images taken..

Action from the Pony racing as George Innes-Ker bring home Clonross Star to win the first race on Sunday 13th July.

Kids at beach

Not long back from a short break down in Southport. Here are a couple of pics of the kids on the beach.

Who's in charge?

Its been a while since last post so here are a couple of frames from this week at Perth races. Will post more later.

Jason Maguire is thrown from his mount Notre Cyborg in the fourth race at Perth Races on Wednesday 2nd July 2008.

Blair lift title

Blairgowrie Junior won the North Division title after an emphatic 6-1 win over Downfield at Davie Park on Wednesday. Here are some images from the game.

Darren Neave stoops to head home Blairgowrie third goal in their 6-1 win over Downfield at Davie Park on Wednesday 7th May 2008.

Jamie Duncan run to the bench after scoring Blairgowrie's second in their 6-1 win over Downfield which saw them lift the North Division league title. 7th May 2008

Ryan Menzies celebrates scoring his second of the night in Blairgowrie's 6-1 defeat of Downfield at Davie Park on Wednesday 7th May 2008.

Perthshire Cup final

Some images from last night's Perthshire Cup final. I caught the last 15mins of normal time and the game then went into extra time. The final was contested by Letham and Roselea who are the top two teams in the Perthshire Amateur leagues. There was a lot of hostility between the two teams (think Celtic and Rangers without the money) and the game was eventually won 3-2 by Letham. Off to Blairgowrie tonight to photograph them winning the league title (hopefully)

Letham Amateurs who won the Perthshire Cup after a 3-2 win over Roselea at Tulloch Park on Tuesday.

Gavin Thomson celebrates scoring Letham's third which won them the Perthshire Cup beating rivals Roselea at Tulloch Park on Tuesday

Goalmouth action from the Perthshire Cup final as Letham beat Roselea 3-2 to lift the trophy.

Roselea celebrate equalising in the Perthshire Cup final against Letham played at Tulloch Park on Tuesday.

Somehow Roselea manage to score direct from a corner kick despite a crowded 6 yard box.