Scotland Photography with Colin Homes

I had an absolutely wonderful trip to Scotland at the end of March. I took lots of photos, and am (finally!) posting a few of them here. More to come as I work through them.

The trip was a workshop with one of my absolute favorite photographers, Colin Homes, of Edinburgh. (He has another Website here.) And it was just me, and Colin. What a treat!  It was actually a road trip, of sorts too, as we covered quite a bit of amazing ground in the Scottish Highlands. A short summary:

• Sunday, March 23: Arrived in the morning; picked up by Colin at the Edinburgh Airport, and a drive to Glencoe for sunset photos.
• Monday, March 24: Exploring and photographing Glencoe in the morning, and off to the Isle of Skye. Sunset photos at Elgol.
• Tuesday, March 25: Sunrise photos at Sligachan, Isle of Skye. Then the Quiraing (which was one of my favorite spots on Skye when Elizabeth and I were there in September of 2013). Then to Neist Point for sunset.
• Wednesday, March 26: Sunrise at a peaceful and beautiful shoreline spot on Skye. Then off for the Glen Torridon area, with a drive up to the top of Applecross Pass (dramatic!) along the way. And a beautiful waterfall along the way. Once in Glen Torridon, I took Colin on a short hike to a wonderful waterfall I had found on my earlier trip with Elizabeth. Sunset at Inveralligin, and then on to a B&B in Shieldaig.
• Thursday, March 27: Sunrise at Shieldaig. (The Glen Torridon area is just spectacular!) Then on to Ullapool, and Lochinver, by way of Loch Assynt. Sunset at a beautiful beach near Lochinver.
• Friday, March 28: The long drive back to Edinburgh, with another stop at Loch Assynt for sunrise photos — including the one above. And a good dinner — and then to my hotel — in Edinburgh.
• Saturday, March 29: Met Colin for breakfast, and then off to the Edinburgh airport.

Colin was an amazing and thoughtful workshop leader!  He knew and took me to all sorts of wonderful locations. I had been to many of the general areas we visited previously (with Elizabeth), but not to the special locations he knew, and not for what turned out to be a week of amazing sunrise and sunset light and colors. I also got quite a bit of valuable photography guidance, which I am now looking forward to putting to more good use! And, he was good, fun company.

The photo above is from Loch Assynt, Friday morning.

Sunset near Glencoe, Sunday evening:

Sunrise at Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Tuesday morning:

And a lovely sunset near Lochinver on Thursday:

I’ll be posting more photos as I have time to process them a bit.  Please stay tuned!

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