Misty engagement session in Holyrood Park

When I got an email from Maygan and Ethan I was super excited to plan their engagement photoshoot. They are a very adventurous couple who love to travel, hike and see as many beautiful places as they can together.

They decided to visit Scotland during graduation vacation to celebrate their accomplishments together. Fresh out of college, Maygan and Ethan booked a Scottish road trip to mark the end of exams – North Coast 500 for hikes, Edinburgh for history and coffee. They reached out hoping for photos that felt like their favourite kind of day: slow wandering and zero posing.

During their engagement session they told me about how they met and about their plans to move to the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina from Boston in October and how excited they were about it. They met in high school when Maygan was 15 and Ethan was 16 and have been inseparable ever since.

Holyrood Park warm-up

We kicked things off in Holyrood Park close to sunset, when a wall of pea-soup mist had swallowed Arthur’s Seat and turned the whole place into a giant cloud you could walk through.

You couldn’t see more than a couple of boot-prints ahead – just damp grass, fog, and the occasional seagull flying over our heads. Maygan and Ethan strolled up grinning – perfect vibe for the first few engagement shots, especially with zero tourists in sight.

Dean Village engagement photography

The bridge crossing the Water of Leith, a small river flowing through Edinburgh, is one of the most atmospheric places for a photograph in Edinburgh. In my opinion it’s a fairy-tale little village that you cannot not fall in love with right away. Dean Village used to be a home to water mills that used energy from rivers and streams to generate electricity. Until this day, remains of them still can be seen here.

Located in the northwest part of Edinburgh and walkable distance from the city centre, beautiful little village is a place a lot of my clients choose for their wedding or engagement photo shoot in Scotland.

Cute and tiny houses with little windows surround the peaceful oasis.  If you follow the Water of Leith you’ll also be able to see St Bernard’s Well, an iconic building designed by Scottish painter Alexander Nasmyth in 1789. It is shaped like a Greco-Roman temple with a statue of the goddess of good health, cleanliness and hygiene in Greek mythology, Hygiea. The waters of the well coming from the natural spring were once believed to possess medicinal healing properties. Also including a cure for aches and pains to blindness.

If fog, cobbles and slow wandering sound like your kind of adventure, let’s plan it. To browse full-day love stories from Edinburgh-based photographer, visit my homepage.

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