Scotland is photography paradise. I say that with absolutely no exaggeration either. There’s just something about this country that oozes “photography”.
As such, it makes for a pretty awesome place to lead a photography workshop. And with the variety of really cool locations – especially landscape and travel related – it’s a fun place for a photo scouting adventure.
In the spring on 2028, I’ll be leading a photography scouting trip to Scotland. We’ll focus mostly on the beautiful Scotland 500 route, but dabble off of it a little bit as well.
Costs / Info
- Dates: June 10-18, 2028
- Start / End City: Edinburgh or Inverness, Scotland
- Days: 9
- Maximum Group Size: 10
- Trip Style: Scouting
- Fitness Level: Medium. Potentially some walking/hiking to locations.
- Price: €5,200 (€900 deposit)
- Optional Single Supplement: €1,500
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** THIS TRIP TO SCOTLAND IS SOLD OUT **
If you wish to join the waiting list for this trip, please send me an email to brendanvanson at gmail dot com.
What’s Included
- Transport within Tour Dates
- Accommodation within Tour Dates
- Breakfast and Dinners on Tour Dates
- Local Entrance Fees / Permits
- Photography Instruction by Brendan van Son
What’s Not Included
- Transport to/from Edinburgh or Inverness
- Visas for the UK (if needed)
- Lunch and Snacks.
The Workshop Itinerary
Since this is a scouting trip with the goal of exploring the entire Scotland 500 – a massively scenic loop of northern Scotland. We will have a moderately set itinerary, but hold the flexibility to make changes depending on the conditions.
Day 1– Arrival. The tour officially starts in Inverness in the afternoon. You can start the trip there, or you can catch a ride with me from Edinburgh.
Day 2 – After spending the night in Inverness, we’ll head towards Wick.
Day 3 – We’ll head towards Tongue and see Duncansby Stacks and more.
Day 4 – We’re heading towards Durness and exploring the wild northern coastline/
Day 5 – Today we’ll explore the Assynt region and Lochinver
Day 6 – Castles and mountains are on the itinerary in the Ullapool area.
Day 7 – We’ll continue south through the valley of Wester Ross.
Day 8 – We’re going to push south to Gairloch.
Day 9 – Return to Inverness, Tour ends. If you’d like, you can hop a ride with me back to Edinburgh.
Book Here:
To reserve your space on this trip, please pay the deposit below. Before booking, please read the terms and conditions of payment here. If the tour is sold out, or you have any questions, please send me an email to inquire (brendanvanson at gmail dot com).
** THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT **
If you wish to join the waiting list for this trip, please shoot me an email to the above address.
Meet The Workshop Instructors
Brendan has been a professional travel photographer for over a decade. Over those years, he’s visited well over 100 countries and worked for some of the world’s most renowned companies and publications.
His journeys around the world are documented on his travel photography YouTube Channel.
FAQs For the Scotland Photography Workshop
This is a scouting trip. This is as close as it gets to being on a travel photography assignment with me as possible. We will explore a lot. This style of trip is for people that want to see everything. We do photograph good light at sunrise, and sunset, but we also focus a lot on exploring location in the daytime.
Find out the difference in my trips here.
This is a bit of a tricky trip as it’ll be peak summer sun. So we’ll have a strange itinerary.
10am: Breakfast
10-12pm: Check out of the hotel, and explore
2-5pm: Location Scouting, Lunch.
5-7pm: Check into hotel and down time.
7-830pm: Dinner
8:30-1030pm: Sunset photography.
1100pm-3am: Sleeping/nap
3am-5am: Optional Sunrise
5am-10am: Bonus Sleep.
Obviously, most participants won’t be able to do everything (without exhausting themselves) so almost everything is optional. We’ll also do a lot of photography in the middle of the day, and we will not be chasing every sunrise.
Honestly, no two days will be the same. So it’s kind of hard to predict. However, I will say that we will be putting some time into making photos! Some days can be long, but there is usually downtime in the middle of the day to relax and catch up on sleep – or photo editing.
Yes. The deposit is refundable up to 90 days before the tour’s start date. I do charge a 10% fee. You also have the option to move your deposit onto another trip or to keep on file as credit without a fee.
If you’re booking solo, you’ll be paired up with a roommate of the same gender as the pricing is based on double occupancy. However, if you’d like your own private single accommodation you can pay the single supplement.
We send a request for final payments about 150 days before the tour’s start date. Final payments are due 90 days before the tour’s start date.
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At the moment we have trips to places like New Zealand and Australia – among many other amazing photography destinations. We’d love for you to join us out in the world.