By Bill
The Bass Rock, or simply “The Bass,” is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, approximately one mile off North Berwick. It is 107 meters (351 ft) at its highest point. The island plays host to more than 150,000 Gannets and is the largest single [...]
By Melanie
On the rocks, Melanie at Rhue Lighthouse.
Photo by Dougie Salteri
Mellon Udrigle is a small crofting community that sits at the end of a single-track road, North of the village of Laide in Wester Ross, North West Scotland.
( Mellon fom the Gaelic for ‘little hill’ and udrigle being derived from Norse and meaning ‘gully’ [...]
by Claire
Every trip, no matter how poor the weather, has its moments that will be recorded in the brain even if not caught on camera. Bringing home memories and stories to retell is a good second best to having a memory card full of images. This trip failed to produce the light that I had [...]
By Melanie
Rain and Scotland go together, it’s the package you sign up for if you decide to go. As I sit here I can close my eyes and imagine the rain falling outside, in my mind I can see the unique blue light that radiates from the water in the North West Highlands and I [...]
By Dougie Salteri
Link to his website: www.douglassalteri.co.uk
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You need to have a philosophical attitude towards the weather if you shoot landscapes in Scotland, especially in the regions of the country to the West with it’s Lochs and mountains and all of the things we love to look at [...]
The PTR Team has just returned from a two-week seminar in Scotland on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and the Isle of Mull. In a challenging period, the team encountered constant rain, gale force winds, and freezing temperatures.
In the days ahead the team will discuss the seminar in great detail, including thoughts about how to deal with [...]
By Melanie
A PTR Review of Wildshots (now Northshots), Autumn Gold
Dedicated, organised, group photographic holiday.
By Bill, Claire, and Melanie
One of the most photographed places in Scotland is located at Elgol on the Isle of Skye. Earlier this year, the PTR Team (Bill, Claire, and Melanie) got together and spent a week photographing different locations, one of them was Elgol.
This article is about how individual photographers interpret the same place [...]
By Melanie
Though from the name they appear two separate islands Lewis and Harris are in fact one landmass with an artificial separation created in the past by a division in the Clan MacLeod. Lewis makes up the northern two-thirds of the island with Harris to the south.
The Misty Isle – Eilean a’ Cheo (South Skye)
By Melanie
Why Go?
Of the Hebridean Islands, Skye is perhaps the most accessible. Here you will find wild and rugged landscapes, with a wide range of places to stay, plenty for your family to do and easy visiting to some of the highlights of the mainland.
by Melanie
Scotland
Western Scottish Highlands
28 miles of the A82, beginning opposite Ben Dorian north of Tyndrum and ending at Ballachuilish. (Detours not included)
Why Go?
Some may tell you this alternative name for Glencoe is derived from the Massacre of February 13, 1692. For the landscape photographer it is a place that will have you weeping either with [...]
By David Stevenson Website
The trip started as a birthday present to me from me. I happened to be in the Scottish Seabird Centre and was asking about possible photography opportunities of Puffins and was told about their photography trips to the Bass Rock for the gannets. I signed up there and then (after [...]
By Claire and Melanie
Located in the far NW of Scotland this wild and remote area is dominated by the remarkable mountains of Quinag, Canisp, Suilven, Cul Mòr, Stac Pollaidh and Ben More Assynt. These reddish brown sandstone mountains rise up from an undulating landscape formed of Lewisian Gneiss, one of the oldest rock types found [...]