Uist - Outer Hebrides
If you’re looking for photographic inspiration, look no further than the Outer Hebrides.
Outer Hebrides Photography Workshops & Tours
small group landscape & seascape workshops
Discover the remote Outer Hebrides
If you are looking for a “get away from it all” experience, then join me on my Outer Hebrides photography workshops. The islands that make up Uist are the place to be.
Uist has miles and miles of empty beaches to the west, quiet roads and an eastern wilderness of hills and moorland, combined with a lively warm community.
Wide open skies create a feeling of space. The warm welcome by friendly islanders will relax, rejuvenate and feed your soul.
Locations & Subjects you can Photograph
Uist
Nestled between Lewis and Harris to the north and Barra and Varersay to the south, Uist is easily accessed by ferries from the mainland and from the other islands. Uist is the collective name commonly used for the islands that make up Uist (or The Uists). These are Berneray, North Uist, Grimsay, Benbecula, South Uist & Eriskay.
Despite all being linked by causeway each has their own story and character. Also included in this trip & sitting at the southern end of the island chain of the Outer Hebrides, is Barra and Vatersay. These 2 islands offer an exciting mix of contrasting island experiences with something on offer for everyone.
Eriskay
We will visit Eriskay, home to about 150 people, many of whom still work their crofts and fish the seas around the coast. Eriskay is famous for the unique Eriskay pony, the original horsepower of the Hebrides, of which there are only about 400 in the world.
The stunning scenery of Eriskay was where Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in 1745 to begin his ill-fated military campaign to restore the Stuart dynasty to the British throne. We will stand on the beach named after him – a lonely stretch of white shell-sand offers a beautiful photograph.
Barra & Vatersay
The workshop is designed to provide a balance of visiting a variety of locations which will include seeing the vast empty white sandy beaches of Berneray in the north to the most southerly inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides of Vatersay with its breathtaking island beauty.
Included in this tour is the ferry ride across to Barra & Vatersay. Perched on the western edge of Europe, these beautiful & remote islands offer a remarkably diverse landscape that belies their tiny size. Barra’s western coastline is renowned for it’s white-sand beaches, turquoise waters which have earned the island the tongue in cheek moniker “Barrabados”
Berneray
For pure sensory pleasure, we will visit Berneray’s amazing beaches – which offer seascapes so stunning they were once mistaken for exotic Thai resorts by the country’s own tourism bosses! Choose between the exciting Beasdaire on the east coast and the three mile stretch of machair bordered wonderful white sand that is the West Beach which was voted in 2021 as no. 3 in Lonely Planet’s Top 20 Best Beaches in Europe! A photographer’s paradise.
The Outer Hebrides is a magical place and a place which offers the photographer so much creative opportunities. And once visited, these Western Isles will stay with you for the rest of your life.
