West Phillips

Scotland: Paul, part 4

Added 2021-06-07 12:47:23 +0000 UTC

Nearly 3 years ago I spent a week in incredible Scotland. I was living in London at the time, so it was an easy escape and opportunity to check it out. My ancestors were from Scotland, which was the main draw for me, actually.

I explored Edinburgh and some other nearby towns and took heaps of landscape, city and castle photos, but obviously I also needed to find some local guys to photograph, which I'm happy to say I did. I found two - Paul and one other. Paul is originally from Singapore, but has been living in Scotland for several years. He's a 30-something and was working in Edinburgh. We met on Grindr (surprise, surprise) and chatted a bit. We made a plan and later that week he took the day off work and picked me up to spend the day in and around Edinburgh. We started out taking some photos by the water in Queensferry and then moved on. This series is from an ancient castle outside the city. First, we got some exterior shots and then decided to move inside. It's open to the public, but it's a large structure and there luckily weren't that many people around, so it was easy to find privacy 😏

Scotland, Sept 2018