Alba Maximus

Many of you will be wondering where the name Alba Maximus came from and why that name?

Alba is Scottish Galic for Scotland and Maximus is Latin for Greatest.

Well, a few years ago in the mid to late 1980s there was no such thing as the internet, there was however a thing called a bulletin board system or BBS, this was basically a phone system using old style modems that connected to each other. I advise you to go look this stuff up it is interesting history, it took a week of two to send and receive a message to the likes of Australia, my state-of-the-art modem in 1991 was a 28.8k. The BBS I used was called Alba Maximus and was run from a private house in Neilston, Scotland by a guy called Donald. In the years I used this system I never personally ever met Donald or got the chance to really know him and this adoption of his BBS name is a wee tribute to him and his contribution to computer history.

Back to the point, I’m going to tell this in the third person as it makes life easier.

Paul was born in 1965 and raised in the southwest of Glasgow, Scotland on a street by the name of Lyoncross Rd, he became a Carpenter & Joiner and won national awards in his line of work, he worked in various rolls in the construction industry and for local authorities but mostly working in a self-employed manner mainly to suit his passions and hobbies one of which was photography. His passion for photography leads him to seeking a professional qualification and in 2007 he attended Reid Kerr Collage in Paisley where over three years of study he obtained a Higher National Diploma in photography, videography, and image editing.

During his time at Reid Kerr Paul started photographing for the Hair and Beauty department on a voluntary basis two to three afternoons per week and due to his enjoyment of working with young minds he continued to do so until 2014 until other working matters moved him away, whilst doing so he also taught photography on a voluntary basis for Apex Scotland and Momentum Scotland.

Paul does not rely solely on photography for his income and as such he unlike many other photographers does not specialise in any area of photography but prefers to keep his mind open and works mostly on an ad-hoc basis taking on projects and commissions that stimulates his mind and challenges his professional abilities.

Currently Paul is working on several projects that include 360 imaging documenting local monuments and derelict buildings also the current and history of Scotland’s waterways.

If you wish to commission Paul for a project or contact him for other reasons, please get in touch.