Taking only photographs – leaving only footprints
The Scottish National Gallery is located on The Mound in the centre of Edinburgh. As you can see from the above night photograph this is a neoclassical building and was designed by William Henry Playfair. It was first opened to the public in 1859. When I took this photograph early this year there was a lot of construction work happening on Princes Street, which is why it wasn’t photographed straight on as I couldn’t get to that point in the road.
This skyline of Dean Village is taken from the Edinburgh Residence Hotel just before dawn on a winter’s morning. The tower on the left of the frame is from an old church which is now the home of the Belford Hostel, behind this is the Gallery of Modern Art, hiding behind the trees. On the right, you can see the two towers of the Dean Gallery.
Taken on Princes Street in the early hours of a winter morning. I was looking east across the gardens towards The Scotsman Hotel (in the middle of the frame with the Union Jack flag on the top of the building). In the foreground you can see the National Gallery of Scotland and to the right of the hotel is the Museum on the Mound.
This wide angle photograph taken at dusk shows the main entrance to the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh. Although it might have gone over budget and caused much controversy (as previously discussed) I find it an interesting building to photograph. If you look closely you can see a police officer / security guard in front of the sign, as he kept starring at me as I took photographs from across the street. I approached him before taking this shot just to double check I was fine taking a quick snap.