ThePhotos.co.uk

About The Photos

The field guide
for serious
photographers.

The Photos is a companion to the book series of the same name — a digital archive of photography locations with everything you need to arrive prepared: exact coordinates, interactive maps, live sun data, shooting conditions, tidal information where needed and honest shooting notes from photographers who've actually been there.

Ten reasons
we're different.

There are lots of great photo guides out there, but we like to think we've done things a little differently. The Photos guides give you everything a location scout would, in a format you can use in the field - in your phone or in your hand. This is a tool for you to use, take with you, and take the guesswork out of taking great images!

Edinburgh: The Photos & Where to Find Them on a wooden table beside a camera, lens and filters
Learn how we read the light

Links to photo location, parking and online component.

Links to live weather, tides and sun and moon direction.

Actual direction the photograph was taken.

Camera bag size - take it with you!

Maps, sun direction, location and shot info for every image.

Free online web component.

Links to equipment used for each image.

Links to photo guides and a shot planner.

Links to photographer websites.

Curated imagery locations for everyone.

Knowing where
to stand is half
the photograph.

Great landscape photography often isn't luck — it's preparation. The Photos gives you everything a location scout would, distilled into a format you can use in the field - in your phone or in your hand!

Find the Spot

GPS coordinates, Ordnance Survey grid references, What3Words codes, and interactive maps with satellite view and parking locations. Get there without guessing.

Read the Light

Live sun azimuth indicators, golden hour and blue hour timing, optimal shooting months, tide data, and weather — every variable that separates a good shot from a great one.

Shoot with Intention

Field notes from photographers who've stood exactly where you're about to stand. Focal lengths, compositional cues, seasonal conditions — the things no map can tell you.

Robin Nisbet — photographer, designer, filmmaker

The Founding Photographer

Robin
Nisbet

Robin Nisbet is a photographer, designer, filmmaker, illustrator and publisher. His landscape work across Scotland forms the foundation of The Photos archive — every location personally scouted, documented, and shot across years of fieldwork.

The detail and care behind each entry — from OS grid references to notes on which tide height reveals the best foreground — reflects Robin's belief that the best photograph is the one you've prepared for.

View Robin's profile & locations

The Platform

Built to grow with
the community.

Curated

Every location has been personally scouted and documented — not scraped, not generated.

Precise

Down to the metre. The exact spot, the time, and the tools to help you make the image.

Growing

The archive will expand as we invite more photographers to contribute their locations, regions, and expertise.

“Photography is something that connects us all.”

The Photos began as a companion to a book series — a way to extend the printed page with interactive maps, live sun data, and location detail that couldn't fit between covers. Today it's something bigger: a platform that will grow as we invite more photographers to contribute their locations, their regions, and their expertise.

Whether you're a weekend walker with a camera or a professional planning a shoot, the goal is the same: show up knowing where to stand, understand the light and the location. The rest is up to you.

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Find your
next location.