Scottish Highlands

For my 30th birthday, in the cold grips of winter, I was treated to a trip up to Ullapool in the remote north-west of Scotland, for two days of photography with Ian Cameron. Full details of our trip are available on my travel blog.

Loch Assynt

At dawn, a balmy -7C, we waited for the sun to come up. The light began to change, the edges of the clouds started to catch the earliest light and turn pink.

Loch Assynt

ƒ/13 · 0.8s · ISO 100 · 17.0mm
Canon EOS 70D · Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Elphin

A snowy hut in the late afternoon sun, sat amidst wintery grasses and a backdrop of snow-peaked Cul Mor. The snow was pristine yet shallow enough to have texture. This quirky old building made an interesting foreground.

Elphin

ƒ/13 · 1/100s · ISO 100 · 25.0mm
Canon EOS 70D · Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Brae of Achnahaird

Sandy dunes, frozen pools and one of Scotland’s most glamorous panoramas.

Brae of Achnahaird

ƒ/11 · 0.3s · ISO 100 · 17.0mm
Canon EOS 70D · Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Frozen Beach

Ice on a beach is a peculiar and rare thing and where the water was shallowest the ice had left interesting mottled patterns and textures in the sand.

Frozen Beach

ƒ/16 · 13s · ISO 100 · 17.0mm
Canon EOS 70D · Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM