The first session of the Seasonal Mindful Photography series felt like the epitome of an autumnal day. A warm colour palette mixed with darker greens and browns, and the sun still gently warming us as we walked. It is a time of real transformation, of rapidly shifting balances. Decay became the strongest thread in my own photo-walk. I found myself completely absorbed by the ongoing processes of decomposition and transformation — looking closely at what was fading, changing an

Fully booked Mindful Photography session last week at Sketchy Beats , with a lovely group of people keen to explore the power of looking with intention. Sometimes looking asks a little more of us than simply glancing at things. It asks us to slow down and really look. I love our photo walks along the Water of Leith. It is so ordinary, so familiar. It would be easy to think, I walk along here every day, I’ve seen it millions of times—there’s nothing left to notice. And yet, th

My anchor word for our last Mindful Photography session was Stillness. It was a fairly windy day, and not much seemed still in the woods. A question popped into my mind: What remains still when everything around it is moving? That question guided my gaze throughout the session, leading me to explore the relationship between stillness and movement within a frame. Arthur's Seat was certainly not going anywhere, while the yellow buttercups dancing in the foreground were. The tru