The Adventures of "Mister Photo" !!!
Every piper picks up more than a few pics of himself in his career. At times it is amazing how many snap happy maniacs come along. I like to collect these photos from weddings or events I am at, so here are some of the better ones.... Enjoy! (Photos will open in a new window)
A drummer friend gave me the nickname "Mr. Photo" back in 1994, for somehow I kept turning up in photos of all these different newspapers from all over Europe. I just couldn't understand why they wanted a photo of me. There were 5 other pipers they could get photos of, after all.
Well, over the years I must say I think I have had more than an unfair share of newspaper exposure. What on Earth possesses them to take my picture? What is it? The Luck of the Irish? Good karma? I honestly still don't know. Some of the highlights below include me speaking with HRH Prince Edward, a fashion shoot for the Montreal Gazette and "poster boy" honours for the 2001 Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Yes indeed, the "paparazzi" just won't leave poor Jeff alone.
Gallery 1
A Quick Rundown of the photos above (from left to right, top to bottom)
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1)Black Watch Pipe Band, Saint Patrick's Day 2002 2)Canada Remembers Pipes and Drums in Rouen, France. 1994 3)Pipe Sergeant McCarthy in a wave of over 300 pipes and drums at the Edinburgh Tattoo, August 2000. 4)Pipe Sergeant McCarthy converses with His Royal Highness Prince Edward, August 2000. 5)Publicity for McCord Museum, 2002. 6)Speaking with an old friend, Saint Patrick's Day, 2002. 7)Gazette Photo Shoot, "Trends" Summer 2001. 8)Lone piper in wheat field, Beny-sur-Mer, France, 1994. 9)Black Watch Mini-Band at the Citadel, Halifax, 2002. 10)Playing for Vets in Hong Kong, December, 2000. |
11)Edinburgh Tattoo
Poster, 2001
12)Pipies and Drummies at Edinburgh Castle, 2000. 13)With Major Gavin Stoddardt MBE BEM, Director of Army Bagpipe Music. 14)With a good friend from the Cape Town Highlanders, at the Edinburgh Tattoo, August 2002. 15)Playing at the Montreal International Celtic Festival. 16)78th Fraser Highlanders at the Fort, Saint Helen's Island, Summer 1990. 17)Playing for Golden Agers at Wales Home, Richmond Quebec. 18)Playing for dancers at Quechee Vermont, August 2001. 19)Playing at McGill University, Spring 2002 20)Playing at the Royal Montreal Curling Club, Levee Day 2003. |
(Gallery 2 coming soon!)
Here is a
small collection of some stuff of me on YouTube... I have embedded the most
commonly visited ones, but there are a few more on there. "The Sleeping
Tune" video gives you an idea as to what my bagpipe usually sounds like but
we are all entitled to a bad day every now and again! I always strive to have
the best possible bagpipe sound , so I hope you enjoy this tune as much as I do.
It was played at my wedding by a fiddler.
(The YouTube pages will open in a new window...)
2)Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2007
3)Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2007: Celtic Nation
