The INSP connects and supports over 100 street paper projects in some 40 countries worldwide, and supports new projects in the developing world, to create employment for homeless people.

Ramsay filmed the INSP Civic Reception 2010, held at the Glasgow City Chambers. The video was edited and encoded for the web, then uploaded to YouTube for the public to view online. See the video below:

Ramsay has volunteered his design services to this great cause from as far back as 2007, designing items such as business cards, email newsletter templates and even logo design for Street News Service, the news agency of the INSP.

The original business cards for the INSP were designed in 2008, but Ramsay recently updated the design and information to include new members of staff, job titles and contact details as you can see below.

INSP Updated Business Card

The team have a number of ‘Chairpeople’ from across the world and were holding a board meeting in their Glasgow office, providing Ramsay with the perfect opportunity to take updated staff photographs, a few of which you can see below.

After working with Ramsay on the various design tasks he carried out with the INSP, Maree Aldam (Network Services Manager) wrote:

I have worked with Ramsay several times, whilst working for 2 different NGOs. He has volunteered his design and photography skills on a number of occasions, in support of our charitable work. He produces work of an incredibly high standard and has managed to fit in voluntary work around a very busy schedule, for which we are very grateful.

Ramsay continues to lend his services to the INSP, in the hope of helping homeless people across the world gain employment and shelter.

Robert Burns Gifts' new logo

The new Robert Burns Gifts website is an e-commerce outlet for Robert Burns related products and memorabilia. The project involved:

• Brand and Logo Design
• E-commerce Website Design and Build
• Product Photography
• Social Media Set-up and Integration
• Printed Material Design

Visit the site at: www.robertburnsgifts.com

Coat o' Airms

It seems Bagging Scotland is really gathering momentum now, and with their uber-fancy Coat o’ Airms, it looks ever-more-likely that the projected launch at the end of March will go ahead.

We recently managed to add a staggering 6 items to our ‘Bag’ in one very eventful day, including 3 Malt Whisky Distilleries and 3 Castles.

The day started out (fairly) early at Glengoyne Distillery near Killearn, then followed a relatively short journey to Fintry where Culcreuch Castle was duly added to the ‘Bag’.

Sandwiches and snacks were had, then it was straight back into the temporary Baggin’ Waggon (the ‘real’ Baggin Waggon is on its way!) to travel north towards Callander, where a trip along a sneaky back-road to Doune saved some precious Bagging time in the busy daytime traffic (who would have thought eh, traffic in the highlands in FEBRUARY!) where the team also added Doune Castle and Deanston Distillery to their Bag.

Then it was further north again towards Crieff, where the Famous Grouse Experience was added to the Bag, before also adding Stirling Castle on the return journey to Glasgow.

The day was documented by 6 fabulous photos, providing real Bagging evidence:

Bagging Scotland is now on Flickr – you should join in the fun and post photos of you ‘bagging’ (photo of your face in front of the building, sign or distinctive landscape) your favourite Castles, Islands, Munros or Whisky Distilleries.

A section of the Graffiti

This is the latest in a getting-longer list of Graffiti by Sam Bates in the Glasgow City Council area, with projects also found in areas such as; under the Kingston Bridge and in the Merchant City.

Ramsay discovered the new spray-art during a late-afternoon stroll through Kelvingrove Park, and was so impressed, he returned the next day to capture all 90 metres of it with his camera.

He then ‘photoshopped’ all the images together for everyone to enjoy, as you can see below.

To Sam Bates (and anyone else interested) – I have a high-resolution version of this stitched-together photograph/image, if you are interested get in touch with me – Ramsay

Let’s hope it a sign of things to come from Glasgow City Council, with more stunning street-art brightening up our sometimes gloomy surroundings.

PS: Sorry Sam, I couldn’t find a link to you anywhere on the web, otherwise I would’ve linked your name. Perhaps you’d like a website or something digital to keep a record of all your work?!

Catherine is a professional photographer based in Central Scotland.

Ramsay was also resposible for the design, manufacture and installation of the stainless steel sign in the new Gallery.

As well as being one of the UK’s leading Livestock Photographers, Catherine specialises in a wide variety of fields, including; Weddings, Portraiture and Fashion Photography.

She prides herself in producing unique, stylish portraits that are filled with energy and fun.

Catherine also provides images vital for the marketing of your business, capturing every detail with imagination and creativity.

The branding exercise was based on a previous concept; Catherine’s silhouette is used as the secondary brand imagery. This was decided as the best solution to represent Catherine’s rather diverse range of photographic disciplines she works in.

The MacGregor Photography Website

The new logo was designed using a smooth serif typeface for the ‘MacGregor’ part, and a wide-tracked sans-serif typeface for the ‘photography’ part. The ‘O’ in MacGregor has been stylised with the iconic shapes of aperture blades in a camera.

The general brand look is black and white, with the use of images with thin white borders and drop shadows to represent printed photographs.

After some considerable rush due to the opening of the new Gallery at Knockraich Farm in Fintry, the new website is available at: www.macgregorphotography.com

The new website makes use of other web-based services such as Flickr, Twitter and OnlinePhotoProof to allow Catherine a degree of control over the content that is displayed on the site.

Lymekilns Cheesemonger

The Lymekilns Cheesemonger project was carried out by Ramsay, in association with CullenSkink, and consisted of;

• Logo & Brand Design
• Website Design
• Copywriting
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Product Photography

Lymekilns Cheesemonger website