The Western Highlands

Our pas­sion for pho­tograph­ing Scot­land has nev­er waned and after some thought we decid­ed to design an exten­sive work­shop that vis­its some of the very best and most remote places that this amaz­ing coun­try has to offer.

We head as far north as you can towards Cape Wrath and the Kyle of Dur­ness in this glob­al­ly impor­tant Geop­ark. We will be based in Ullapool for three nights dur­ing which time we will vis­it many of the vast and pris­tine coastal bays includ­ing Ceannabeinne, Bal­nakeil and the breath tak­ing Old­shormore and Polin Bay with their amaz­ing geol­o­gy and vast mature dune systems.

On day four we move south to spend two days on one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing of Scotland’s remote penin­su­las accessed via tiny roads that lead from Kylesku west through huge swathes of stunt­ed and gnarled sil­ver birch wood­lands bat­tered by the winds, water­falls that cas­cade down black­ened rocks into small peat-stained rivers that lead to seclud­ed rocky bays and beach­es such as Ned and Clash­nessie. No trip here would be com­plete with­out the oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore the huge out­crops of wave beat­en rock at Culkein Bay and Clachtoll.

On day six we con­tin­ue to head south stop­ping to explore on the side of Loch Lur­gainn which stands at the base of the mighty Cul Mor and the inim­itable, Stac Pol­laidh. We con­tin­ue onwards though Assynt and Inver­pol­ly past the mighty Ben Mor Coigach and stop for lunch in the lit­tle fer­ry town of Ullapool. Our des­ti­na­tion on this day is Gair­loch in West­er Ross which has arguably one of the most diverse land­scapes Scot­land has to offer.

We will be based in Gair­loch for a fur­ther four nights and from here we can ven­ture along Gru­inard Riv­er which cas­cades through ancient trees into Gru­inard Bay. We will walk the white sands of Mel­lon Udrigle Bay and look north across Loch Ewe from the rocks of Rhu­ba nan Sasan, famous as being a bat­tery in the sec­ond world war. We will vis­it the quin­tes­sen­tial­ly Scot­tish fish­ing har­bour of Cove still sup­port­ing a small fish­ing com­mu­ni­ty to this day.

We will spend time inland with­in the grandeur of Loch Maree with its famous Cale­don­ian Pine forests nes­tled beneath the mighty Slioch to the north, and Beinn Eighe to the south. The views from var­i­ous loca­tions of Loch Maree are sec­ond to none, and if time allows, we may trav­el into Glen Torridon.

Paul and Michael will be on hand to offer advice and guide you through the best ways in which to bring your images to life. An inte­gral aspect of this work­shop is to seek out your own indi­vid­u­al­i­ty. It is with­out doubt very pleas­ing to vis­it great loca­tions that you maybe famil­iar with and shoot images that are reward­ing, but the real achieve­ment is to have an image that sums up the essence of the moment you were stood there with you cam­era, an image that says some­thing about you.

Final­ly, we say our farewells after expe­ri­enc­ing some of the finest land­scapes in the world with like-mind­ed peo­ple. This pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop is lim­it­ed to eight pho­tog­ra­phers only so that Paul and Michael­can spend as much time with each of you.