Earth’s Beauty Tourshas announced a new photographic workshop in the areas of Inverpolly & Assynt,Scotland. The Inverpolly National Nature Reserve is a vast area of heather and grass moorland dotted with lochs and rocky peaks in the north-west of Scotland. The workshop costs £850, including six nights full board accommodation on a non sharing basis and with no single supplement (those willing to share get a £70 discount). The course starts on 6 February 2012.

Earth’s Beauty Tours Press Release

Inverpolly & Assynt Photography course

Earth’s Beauty Tours proudly announce the running of a brand new photographic workshop in the areas of Inverpolly & Assynt at the Scottish Highlands.

If remoteness, tranquility, total isolation and awe inspiring scenery is what you are after then this place comes on top of any other in my list of places in Scotland.

The Inverpolly National Nature Reserve is a vast area of heather and grass moorland dotted with lochs and rocky peaks in the north-west of Scotland.

As well as the moorland there are many bogs and patches of birch woodland on the valley slopes. With no roads and few tracks the area is very much a wilderness and receives relatively few visitors for a British nature reserve.

Inverpolly just north of Ullapool is classic, with it’s iconic mountains like Stac Pollaidh and Suilven will provide a stunning backdrop to your pictures. This area is particularly rich for opportunities, with it’s mountains, lochs, beaches and seascapes, there is something for everyone.

Assynt is situated amongst some of the wildest and most remote scenery in the United Kingdom.  Located in the far north west highlands the area is dominated by spectacular mountain scenery.  Isolated sandstone mountains rise up from an undulating landscape that is itself formed of Lewisian Gneiss, one of the oldest rock types found on our planet.

We will visit some of the most scenic areas there, including Loch Assynt with its own castle that occupies a promontory on the north shore. Ardvreck castle has been the home of the MacLeod and MacKenzie families and has seen many battles. The final battle was lost in 1795 when the castle was struck by lightning and largely destroyed. Loch Assynt is situated in a spectacular setting between the heights of Canisp and Quinag and it drains lochs like Awe and Maol a’ Choire, before it drains itself into the sea at Loch Inver.

We will also visit the west coast of Assynt and some of its beaituful beaches with sparkling blue waters. There is a good mixture of sand and rock formations in some of them and depending on the tide the photographic potential will be high.

A visit to loch Borralan at this time of year is well worth the early rise. The sun rises at the lowest point as seen from the loch and the shallow waters together with the tall reeds will provide us with painterly like material. This is when photographic dreams come true.

And all this will start with a sunrise by loch Droma. The alien shapes of the remnants of old tree stumps can create a spooky environment and yet inspire and challenge your imagination and style. This is one of the best spots to view the An Teallach mountain range with early light on its roof tops.

A short walk uphill will take us by the feet of Quinag where the combination of a fine sunrise and beautifully warm light over spilling on the mountain tops will reward us with scenery that takes the breath away. If this isn’t landscape photography heaven then I have no idea what is.

For more details visit: www.earthsbeautytours.com or call 01292 220313 & 07890 359261

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