Hi there, my name is Justin Laidlaw, and I am a 27-year-old amateur photographer from Edinburgh so thanks for looking at my website. I got my first camera when I was 20 years old, but it has only been in the last couple of 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.  

After many hours of research and debate, I finally bought a camera and had so much fun going around taking photographs of anything I came across that I felt was beautiful. Four years later I have now gone through six cameras and several thousand images to get to where I am today. In terms of photographers, I am still an amateur, but I would call myself an enthusiast. I have several goals for my photography and a few projects I am looking to start working on to continue to improve as a photographer so, if you can, follow me on social media and you can be part of my journey!

Just to let you know that I also make occasional photography contributions to the Beautiful Edinburgh page on Facebook so please check out their page as well if you have the time.

It may be the fact that I have Asperger Syndrome, but I really enjoy explaining things to people so please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Justin