Hi there, my name is Justin Laidlaw, and I am a 29-soon to be 30 year-old (dread…) hobbyist photographer from Edinburgh. Thanks for looking at my website - I hope you enjoy it!

I got my first DSLR when I was 20 years old but it has only been in the last few years that I have become seriously obsessed with photography. I now find myself often daydreaming about photography, whether that is about me being out in nature trying to capture a once-in-a-lifetime sunset or taking a portrait of someone and showing them how beautiful they are.

As a young child the outdoors always held a fascination for me - I was naturally drawn to BBC’s wildlife documentaries and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy - between both I started to fall in love with all the different landscapes the world has to offer, and this is what initially inspired me to start taking photographs. I spent a couple of years trying to capture landscape images that emulated the photographers I was inspired by but the photographs were nothing more than just snapshots on an iPhone and I slowly began to realise that, for me, they weren’t quite what I wanted to capture.  

I started a photography page back in July 2016, which was right at the start of my photography obsession - looking back at the images I posted back then hurts my eyes and my soul now but you can see the progression in my photography from my beginner level to the level I am currently at.

I have entered some of my images in various competitions and have been delighted to have received commendations and a category win from the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the year which was been a real boost for me in terms of my confidence as a photographer. These “wins” spur me on to continue to get better at what I love to do but I would be doing it anyway as it truly is a passion for me.

Commended in 2021 & Commended + Category Winner in 2024.

Still a work in progress…

Justin.