July
Falkirk and the Kelpies
August
Mavisbank
September
Blackness to Bo’ness
Final details to follow soon
Please email an RSVP to allow for lunch bookings and car pool. Walks start at 11am on the last sunday of the month.
Tag: photowalk
September 2021 and October Meetings
What we’ve been chatting about this month:
NGS The Worlds Edge – on until January 2022
Celebrating 5 years of LoFi participating in Worldwide Cyanotype day! See the instagram gallery for images made by the group.
Cyanotype Toning book – Out on the 30th including work by Brittonie Fletcher .
Summer Sunday at South Queensferry – beautiful weather for our last summer photowalk of the year. Vintage cameras and ice cream!
Our upcoming October meetings :
- 1st – 120 film is 120 years old – online.
- 11th – Winter Exhibition – submission delivery deadline.
- 12th – 2nd Tuesday – online from 6:30pm (BST)
- 27th – Last Wednesday – Printmakers Cafe from 10:30am(BST)
Summer Outings 2020
Summer Outings while we maintain social distance will be difficult but in the spirit of LoFi – pack up a cake and coffee and self-guide yourself safely round our suggested routes.
We will set off from the start at 11am, if you want distant company. Please stay 2m apart, bring a mask and hand sanitiser!
Sunday July 26th – Forthquarter Park and Shore
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Start with a view of the Granton Gas Works off Waterfront Broadway.
Head south to the park entrance.
There is a large Morrisons supermarket if provisions are required.
Forthquarter Park is a newly developed previous industrial site .
Walking west through the park you will see part of the Granton Burn and wildlife at the quarry pond. Granton House stood on this site before it was destroyed by fire in 1954.
Leaving the Park at West Shore road travel north east through the redeveloped land to Caroline Park Avenue and Granton Castle Walled Garden.
North from the garden follow Charles Darwins path by the Firth coast along West Shore Road looking for photographic specimens to collect. The 3 bridges should be visible in the distance.
Continue to the grassy area of Gypsy Brae, the location of Granton Sea Quarry.
At this point you can choose to continue along the Shore to Silverknowes/Cramond or head inland through the tree-d area to West Shore Road and south Marine Drive and the Muirhouse Roundabout where buses to town are available.
Want to know more about the history of Granton and spend more time exploring? Try Curious Edinburgh’s Granton Tour.
Download the route as a PDF –
Please email in photographs from this walk to add to the Summer Sundays gallery.
Sunday August 30th – Ravelstone Woods
Meet at the Queensferry Road entrance at 11am.
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Route
We will circle through the woods back to the start point. Coffee will be available in Craigleith after.
Public transport – LRT buses 13, 38, 41, 42 and 43 stop nearby.
Please email in photographs from this walk to add to the Summer Sundays gallery.
Sunday September 27th – Three Harbours and Porty
Meet at Port Seaton Harbour at 11am.
It is Cyanotype day this weekend so we will make some impromptu sea shore images.
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TBD
Route
We will continue along the coast to Cockenzie and Prestonpans. Cockenzie house cafe is open. For those wanting to make a day of it Art Walk Porty also has events on – including an outdoor screening at 7pm.
Public Transport – LRT 26, 111, 118, X26.
Please email in photographs from this walk to add to the Summer Sundays gallery.
Pinhole Day 28th April 2019
This years pinhole photo walk will take us around historic Musselburgh.
We will meet outside the Brunton auditorium (Ladywell Way, Musselburgh EH21 6AA) at 10:30am and meander through the historic and modern parts, also taking in the river and shore. The LRT buses 26, 30 and 44 stop just outside the Brunton.
We will have a stop for coffee at 11:30am and then go on to lunch about 1:30pm.
Everyone is welcome and we will have plenty of spare cameras and advice for first time pinhole photographers. Please email if you have any questions.
Check out our other pinhole photography posts for inspiration and DIYs.
Dundee and Tentsmuir
Wonderful weather for our final Summer Sunday photography outing of 2018.
We started under the Tay Bridge –
Before crossing to see the new V&A and having our usual modest lunch in Dundee city center!
We rounded off the day by visiting Tentsmuir Forest and Beach for some seawater cyanotypes and exploration.
Our next regular 2nd Tuesday monthly meeting is on the 9th of October, everyone welcome. Bring your Russian Cameras and prints as it it Red October all month.
SS Explorer
Some details from the fascinating tour of the SS Explorer last weekend.
Find out how to join the society and help with their restoration plans at
If you have any photos for postcards etc. please email them in.
Our next photo-walk is on the 30th of September where we will celebrate Cyanotype Day in the Dundee Area.
Tour of SS Explorer – 11:30am 15th September
Tour of SS Explorer
The Last Steam Trawler
Saturday, 15th September.
An opportunity to take a tour of the photographically fascinating SS Explorer – one of the last steam trawlers in the world – a unique survivor of our maritime heritage. The SS Explorer Preservation Society are currently securing her future in the Edinburgh Dock, Leith.
See, read more about her here: http://ssexplorer.org/
RSVP by Wednesday 12th September to info@edinburghlofi.com
The Explorer will need to know how many folks to expect x2 days in advance.
Be Prepared:
Stout footwear with a good grip is absolutely essential!
Visitors must bring photo ID to show at the security gate.
On the Day:
Meet 11:30 sharp nearby port security cabin Bath Rd
Photography on-board is actively encouraged – but be aware that for security reasons Forth Ports forbid photography in the surrounding area, including the approach to the ship.
Tours are FREE – but the SSE Preservation Society are ever appreciative of visitors leaving donations towards their restoration efforts!
Almondell and Calderwood
Hope everyone enjoyed the outing last Sunday – if you have any photos to share please email them in or add to the Flickr pool. If you are on Insagram or Twitter tag them with #edinburghlofi.
Next outing is on the 26th of August to Culross and Limekilns. Email for lunch reservations and car-pool. More information on our route mid month.
Summer Sundays 2018
This summers photowalks will be –
July – Almondell and Calderwood Country Park
August – Culross and Limekilns Fife
September – Cyanotype Day and the Dundee Area
Please see the event listings linked above for full details.
We will car-pool and book a pub lunch on each outing – please email to register interest for these. Everyone welcome.
WPPD 2018 – Pinhole Day Gallery
The results of those from the group who have submitted to pinholeday.org can be found in the Edinburgh LoFi Gallery
Work must be submitted to them by 31st May to be included in the 2018 on-line exhibition. (Select Edinburgh LoFi in the gallery group option.)
Email images in for our website at any time, we all want to see the cameras made and how the images made turned out. DIY instructions, tips and tricks welcome.
