Home»Blog

holiday location Spanish Beach Resort on a Hot Summer Night Summer nights Edinburgh photographer JG, nights down by the water edge. That time a year when you wish you could just pack the suitcase and jet-off at the drop of a hat. Overseas travel arrangements still seem a bit uncertain due to COVID restrictions on travel abroad. Like many others...

Logo John Gilchrist

Glamping in Scotland, Inverness area Unwind and take-in the best of Scotland! Just had a wonderful experience glamping in Scotland up north in the Inverness area. Glamping pods have really come on since we last went on a short break. Upmarket camping is the way to go, luxury pods in Daviot were a wise choice. The glamorous side of camping out reall...

keynote speaker Fire Managers Seminar in Edinburgh Conference photography in Edinburgh Ref: Re-post, TBT

A92 All lanes of the Tay Road Bridge open to streaming road traffic Vehicle and pedestrian crossing, bridge spans the Firth of Tay, viewed from the Dundee side with road traffic on the right crossing from Newport-on-Tay in Fife

sun down Amazing Sunset on the Fife side Edinburgh photographer JG captures an incredible setting sun Standing at Western Harbour it was a pleasure to watch the sun set, I just had to wait for the appropriate moment. I like how it appears to be rolling down the hill. Image by John Gilchrist

People in public spaces in Edinburgh | Outdoors - photography JG Creative Edinburgh Photography A quirky view looking over Blackford Hill to The City of Edinburgh One from a week or so ago, folks take to the hills to embrace a bit of lockdown exercise and enjoy the evening sun, strolling around the grounds feeling at home and taking in the sweep...

Above Par: The Greatest Shot of them ALL, Golf, creative Edinburgh photography The view looking over Edinburgh golf course Two golfers in Edinburgh enjoy a round of golf on The Braid Hills Golf Course, it's late evening and the last of the evening sun lights up Edinburgh Castle in the background. Ref: Golf, Edinburgh, leisure activities, relaxat...

Lion head Photo art: Lion's Haunch: Nether Hill Edinburgh Creative Edinburgh Photography The view looking from the Pentlands to Arthur’s Seat Low lying fog over Edinburgh, not enough fogginess to hide hills from view, just misty enough to make the landscape interesting. The head of the lion (Nether Hill) sits proudly above the murk, like a pred...

dystopia 1982 movie themed image, Forth Bridge, Blade Runner style Looks a bit like a dystopian scene from the 1982 sci-fi movie featuring Harrison Ford, after posting this image to social media, comments from several sources referred to the iconic movie, so I'll run with that. Note, I didn't see any flying cars or replicants, maybe I should get b...

Photograph: John Gilchrist Falling rain illuminated with LED floodlights Scottish weather It belted down last night, the rain was non-stop; the driving rain came down so hard it set my car alarm into meltdown. Ref: Persistent rain lashes down, photography, raining hard, Image: Local floodlight, white light illuminating rain during recent weath...

The Potter Trail Edinburgh 21-030937, Harry Potter fans might like, it looks like it could be right out of a famous fictional book.

Towering, image by John Gilchrist At night: Iconic Scottish Landmarks Prominent features on the Scottish landscape National symbols in Edinburgh and Fife: Edinburgh Tower, Queensferry Crossing, Forth Road Bridge & Dunfermline Abbey. This is one image, not a composite, no trickery, just captured using a calibrated eye. Ref: The Forth Bridges, Ab...

Harry Potter collection, image by John Gilchrist Fettes College - Private school in Edinburgh | Fine art photography JG Harry Potter fans visiting Edinburgh may find this image of Fettes College of interest, JK Rowling’s imagination is unbridled, was Fettes of influence in the Harry Potter novels, yes/no? Ref: independent boarding and day school...

Image: Aircraft takeoff at night Scheduled Cargo Flight - Aviation Industry Star Air Aircraft: Boeing, B762 departure from Edinburgh to East Midlands Airport. Ref: EDI, EMA, aircraft manoeuvres at night, scheduled departure, runway airside, aviation photography JG, image by John Gilchrist