Long before I got in to photography I used to write for magazines and web sites, mostly about the computer games business. I've been getting back in to writing this year, firstly with my music reviews for the Press & Journal, but nowadays more towards the news side of things.

After writing nothing about computer games in around 10 years, over the last month I've covered the same story for three publications — the Press & Journal, the Daily Mail, and the computer magazine PC Format — doing photographs and words tailored to each publication's style and readership.

The story was about HexWar, a small games company in Fortrose, north of Inverness, that is punching above its weight with Field of Glory, a large-scale project that has only been possible due to the industrious help of the developers' friends, family members, and local school children.

This was the photo used in the Press & Journal:

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You can read the P&J article here. All I know about the Daily Mail article is that it was going in the paper sometime over Christmas, but I never saw it so I don't know if it has been in yet. And the PC Format article, which is longer and more in-depth, will be in next month's issue. I'll post more about that once the magazine is out.

Here are another few photos that I did for the various publications:

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The pictures with the dark backgrounds and the spotlight effect were done with an off-camera flash held slightly up and to the side of the camera, pointed straight at the subjects to minimise spill. Fast shutter speed to get rid of the ambient light.