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INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES / James McKinlay Former student looking to snap up college photographers A FORMER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE WANTS TO OFFER HIS EXPERTISE TO AYRSHIRE COLLEGE STUDENTS AFTER BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS. James McKinlay, 34 from Largs, has started running workshops for locals in Largs, and has extended an invitation to current college students to drop into his studio in order to gain experience. 12 The rising snapper was inspired to become a professional photographer after living in New Zealand and Australia for more than six years and noticing he always had a camera in his hand. James was working as a chef before his adventures on the other side of the world, and when he returned to Scotland in 2010, enrolled on the College’s photography course at the Kilwinning campus and has never looked back. THE STUDENT VOICE: AUTUMN 2015