Author: Shona Grant

I grew up on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides and I find that this has influenced many aspects of my life including the subjects that I photograph. My background is in art and I have worked as an illustrator for many years.

Box Making

I sometimes make a presentation box to contain one of my artists’ books so I thought I’d share a method … More

Marking where to cut

I thought this post might be useful to those just starting out making artists’ books or handmade photobooks. When I … More

Making book covers

Following on from my previous post that shows how to make a concertina photo book, I thought it might be … More

Woodland Shapes

There’s something magical and captivating about trees and woodland. Each of us are so familiar with trees, whether it’s through children’s book illustrations and … More

Artists’ books.

What do you do with your digital photographs? I’ve been wondering what to do with mine. Up until May this … More

Photo projects

I find that photo projects have helped develop my photography hugely. It often gives me a direction and reason to … More

To crop or not to crop..

It’s just dawned on me fairly recently that I should experiment more with cropping a larger image. I know it’s probably … More

Also ran…..

About 5 years ago I entered International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) and immediately regretted it. I’d recently bought my first … More