Slow Travel - Scotland
We’re often told to do, see, and capture as much as we can. A tick list way of travel which is all about squeezing as much into the little time we do have. But what if travel wasn't about seeing more but about feeling more? To feel a place and experience it like a local. To stay in one place and see how the weather and light changes it from day to day. To take part in community life like attending a local highland games show or dance at an evening ceilidh where no-one minds if you don’t know the steps?
That ethos (slowing down and really absorbing a place) shapes the way I work. I don’t photograph Scotland for polished perfection or brochure gloss. I photograph it for its textures and tones, its quiet corners, its warmth. For the stories that don’t shout. The ones you only notice if you linger a while
Because the most meaningful images, like the most memorable journeys, aren’t always the most dramatic. Sometimes they’re just the way the sun hits a cottage window, or a moment of stillness on the ferry deck as the mainland fades from view
I try to give you a sense of what it feels like to stand there, to breathe the air and taste the sea in the air, to feel the ache of the hike in your legs. The landscapes are more than beautiful vistas, they hold memories. Old shieling huts in the hills, paths worn by generations of footsteps, faded signs - they all hint at stories long before our time.
A Note for Travel and Tourism Brands
If you’re a travel company, a tourism board, a travel provider or slow-living retreat rooted in Scotland , this is the story I can help you tell.
I work with businesses who want more than a styled shoot. Who want something honest. Something that draws people in not just with beauty, but with belonging.
My photography captures the soul of Scotland, its rhythm, its textures, its quiet power, in a way that connects with real people, and inspires them to come experience it for themselves.
