About Highland Wildscapes
Explore | Learn | Create
Welcome! Highland Wildscapes is a small adventure and photography business run by me, David Russell. It is my passion to provide people with outdoor experiences that revolve around Exploration, Learning and Creativity.
My number one goal is to provide transformational moments that alter the way you see and interact with our landscape. To that end, I offer adventurous experiences in three broad categories:
- Landscape Photography Workshops
As a landscape photographer with more than 15 years experience I love to teach people the skills they need to capture their own beautiful vision of our wonderful land. - Guided Adventures
Guided journeys with an educational twist, such as themed walks and journeys of discovery. - Outdoor Skills Courses
Equipping you with the skills and confidence to reach your own goals, and independently enjoy all that our wild land has to offer.
I have worked with people from all walks of life in the great outdoors. What is clear is that no matter where we come from and what we have done, there is a universal bond between people and nature. When we are together with the world is when we are most truly human.
Qualifications
- Summer Mountain Leader Award
- Level 2 Kayak and Canoe Coach
- Outdoor First Aid Qualified
- Certified Leave No Trace Trainer
Memberships
My Journey So Far
Fifteen Years
of exploring
Half a Million
Images
7
Pairs of Boots Worn Out
100%
satisfied customers
From the Blog:
My top 12 photography moments from 2022
2022 has been pretty good to me. I've had a lot of fun, a lot of personal and professional growth, and naturally a lot of great encounters with Scotland's wild …
The era of AI Imagery is here. What now?
this isn't real My social feeds are full of one thing right now – photographers talking about AI generated images. And it surely promises to be the biggest disruption to …
A 2 Day Wild-camping Photography Workshop
Recently Allan joined me for a 2 day landscape photography and wild-camping adventure in the Cairngorms. Initially we had hoped to get up onto the Cairngorm plateau, make a high …
Mountains, Trees and Sunshine – Perfect Conditions for Glen Nevis
Last week I had the pleasure to deliver another of my popular half day photography workshops to three keen learners. Dave, Sam and Ben joined me in Glen Nevis for …
5 Challenges and 5 Opportunities of Summer Landscape Photography
Summer is generally regarded as being the most difficult time of year to produce good landscape photographs. But, if you understand the reasons behind this then you can choose your …
Faraway Tree on A Distant Hill: My Glen Eanaich Obsession
The Beginning New Years Day, 2019. Glen Eanaich was its usual self; brooding and dark. The waters of the river were the colour of hammered steel, flowing through a glen …