An amateur's study of Auld Reekie

Soon, I'll be leaving Edinburgh. The city that feels most like my own, the city that taught me how to survive and have fun.

I've done a great deal of fantasizing about photographing and studying exciting foreign places, to cut my photo-teeth on the exotic and unfamiliar.

These fantasies invariably involve an exciting new full-frame camera with a 35MM prime lens. At least, that is the specification my obsessions lead me to.

This is a character flaw of mine. I must constantly remind myself to use what I have to figure out what I really need.

On this overcast Summer's Sunday, weeks away from the Fringe, I decided to use what I have. Which is an iPhone 15 Pro, and a subscription to Halide.

The point of this 'study' was self-fulfilling. It felt important to simply start, to practice, to use what I have available.

So that's what I did. I started, I practised, and these are some of my favourite shots from the walkabout.