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Yes. The studio is based between Falkirk and Edinburgh, which means most venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Lothians, Fife, Perthshire and the Borders are within a comfortable day's reach. Anything further north — Skye, the West Highlands, the Outer Hebrides — is covered as a full elopement package with travel built in.

A full-day coverage typically delivers 450–650 edited frames. We refuse to dump unprocessed raws into a gallery — every image you receive has been graded, sequenced and approved. Quantity is not the product; the edit is.

A preview set of 30–40 frames is delivered within 72 hours of the wedding. The complete gallery follows within four to six weeks during the season (May–September) and three weeks off-season.

Most couples we work with say exactly this on the first call. Our approach is observational rather than posed — we direct lightly, then disappear. By mid-afternoon you forget the camera is there.

Both. The day is captured digitally on Leica and Hasselblad bodies. The signature portraits — usually 6–10 frames during golden hour — are shot on medium-format film (Portra 400 or Tri-X). Those are the images that go on the wall.

This is Scotland. Weather is a feature, not a fault. Some of the strongest images we've made have been in horizontal rain on the Quiraing or under a Stirlingshire downpour. We bring the kit, the coats and the calm; you bring the willingness to walk outside anyway.

For weddings above 120 guests or two-venue days we include a second photographer at no extra cost. For smaller, single-venue weddings a single shooter is usually the cleaner choice.

Heirloom albums are an optional add-on, hand-bound in Italy in linen or full-grain leather. We design the sequence ourselves — the album is treated as a printed object, not a software export.

Editorial portraiture, founder and team portraits, product and still-life campaigns, hospitality interiors, distilleries, motorsport, and brand-story content. We do not take on event-style corporate photography — see Events below for what we do cover.

Standard commissions include 12 months UK digital usage. Print, OOH, extended territories and buy-outs are quoted per project. Every image we make is licensable through the Licensing page if you'd prefer to start from an existing frame.

Yes. A large portion of commercial briefs arrive without a treatment — we build the moodboard, location-scout, cast, source props and direct on the day. Studios who prefer to bring their own art director get the same execution discipline without the strategic layer.

Yes, with agencies in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and further afield. We're comfortable working to a creative team's deck, attending PPMs, and handling post-production to a brand's house grade.

Shortlist within 48 hours of the shoot, full graded selects within 7–10 working days, retouched hero frames within three weeks. Rushed turnarounds are possible — we'll quote a clear surcharge rather than over-promise.

Regularly — across Glasgow, Edinburgh and the festival circuit. Coverage includes pit work for the first three songs, backstage portraits, crowd reportage and a same-night turnaround for press and socials when needed.

Yes. Same-night and next-morning delivery is standard for festivals and brand activations. A typical workflow is on-site cull, FTP delivery before midnight, and a final graded selection within 48 hours.

Selectively. We're interested in events that want the reportage treatment — speakers, audience, atmosphere, breakouts — rather than rigid step-and-repeat banner shots. If you need traditional event coverage, we'll happily refer you to a colleague who specialises in it.

Backstage, runway and front-row coverage for Scottish Fashion Week shows and independent designer presentations. Pricing scales by show length; a half-day backstage-and-runway package is the most common booking.

Large-scale individual or group portrait sessions delivered on a tight production schedule — schools, sports clubs, dance schools, graduating cohorts, corporate teams. Each subject gets a standardised, repeatable, high-quality frame, and parents or staff order prints through a private gallery.

Yes. The volume operation runs out of Glasgow with mobile rigs that travel across the Central Belt. We've photographed primary schools, secondary cohorts, junior football clubs, ballet schools and graduating university classes.

There is no per-day shoot fee for schools or clubs. Revenue is generated through parent and member orders from a private gallery — the institution receives a transparent revenue share and an admin-light process.

Galleries go live within 5–7 working days of the shoot. Orders ship within 10 days of close.

Yes. A two-station rig can comfortably move 60 subjects per hour with consistent lighting and framing. For larger cohorts we scale to three or four stations.

Start with the Commission form — it takes about three minutes. We respond personally within 48 hours with availability, an honest read on fit, and a proposed next step. If we're not the right studio for the brief, we'll say so and recommend someone better suited.

Yes — every commission above the smallest tier includes a planning call. Larger productions get a full pre-production meeting either in the Edinburgh studio or on Zoom.

A 25% retainer secures the date. The balance is payable seven days before the shoot for weddings, and within 30 days of delivery for commercial work. We work on Stripe and BACS; invoices are issued in GBP.

Yes, on commissioned projects. Travel and accommodation are billed at cost with a single day rate for the travel days.

Standard practice for product launches, founder portraits and pre-release campaigns. Send your template; we'll sign without changes in the vast majority of cases.

Yes. Every edition is capped at 25 prints across all sizes combined. Once an edition closes it does not reopen, and previous purchasers are notified when the run is sold out. The number of frames remaining is shown live on each print page.

Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm — an archival cotton-fibre paper rated for 100+ years under museum conditions. Each print is signed, numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Yes — every image on the site is available for licensing. Use the Licensing page to request a quote; pricing is calculated transparently based on use case, duration and territory.

Worldwide. UK prints ship within 10 working days. International orders ship within 14 working days, with full tracking and import duties pre-cleared where possible.

We're biased, but Ross Nixon Photography is one of the few editorial-grade wedding photographers in Edinburgh who shoots film and digital together, owns the full print pipeline, and personally answers every enquiry. The honest test is the portfolio — view the wedding work on /work and the venue-specific notes on /locations/edinburgh and decide for yourself.

Yes. Glasgow is forty minutes from the studio and Ross shoots there most weekends — Òran Mór, Cottiers, House for an Art Lover, Mar Hall, SWG3 and the Merchant City independents. See /locations/glasgow for venue notes and travel arrangements.

Yes — the studio is in Falkirk and the entire FK1–FK6 area is covered with no travel fee. Ross is the local photographer for businesses, families and weddings in Camelon, Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Denny, Bonnybridge, Polmont, Grangemouth and Bo'ness.

Yes. Linlithgow is twelve minutes from the studio. We've shot weddings at Linlithgow Palace, Champany Inn, the Burgh Halls and Houstoun House. No travel fee inside EH49.

Yes — Dunblane Cathedral, Cromlix and the Dunblane Hydro are all on the regular working circuit. Reduced travel rate, included on full-day bookings.

Yes. Dunfermline Abbey, Pittencrieff Park, Keavil House and the growing food and brand scene across KY11 and KY12 are all within thirty minutes of the studio.

All of EH (Edinburgh and the Lothians), FK (Falkirk and Stirling), G (Glasgow), KY11/KY12 (West Fife) and G67/G68 (Cumbernauld). Anywhere else in Scotland is available on a travel quote — there's a working photographer at the centre of the Central Belt for a reason.

No travel fee inside FK1–FK6, EH49, EH51, EH54 and EH48. Reduced rate for the rest of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Fife. Travel is included on full-day commercial bookings and most weddings.

Yes — it's most of the commercial work. The brief is always the same: build a permanent image library that makes a local business look national. Founder portrait, team, premises, product, social-ready crops. Delivered in a single half-day or full-day shoot.

A menu library (10–20 hero plates shot in your own kitchen during a closed morning) starts at £1,400. A full restaurant story — room, team, pass, plates — starts at £2,400. Launch coverage with 72-hour PR-ready delivery starts at £3,200. Full breakdown on /food-photography.

Yes. Review-ready food and interior coverage delivered inside 72 hours is one of the most common briefs. The images are licensed for editorial and PR use across Scottish press, social and your own channels.

Every commercial brief is delivered with native social crops — 1:1, 4:5, 9:16 — alongside the standard 3:2. The same shoot supplies a year's worth of LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok stills without a separate content day.

Yes. Ross is available for commissioned photography across Europe, Asia and North America. Overseas work falls into three categories: factory and manufacturing documentation, brand-led location storytelling, and private travel documentary commissions. Every overseas project is quoted as a flat fee including travel, accommodation and the full edit.

Yes — this is one of the most requested international briefs. Ross documents the full production journey: raw materials, hand-work and craft, quality control, and dispatch. The images are delivered as an editorial library for brand storytelling, ESG reporting, investor decks and campaign use. Previous factory commissions include leather ateliers in Portugal, textile workshops in Morocco, and automotive parts manufacturing in the Far East.

It starts with a written brief: the destination, the story, and the frames required. Pre-production includes remote scouting, fixer coordination, and permit research. On location, Ross works 3–5 days with his own kit — no rental dependencies. A shortlist arrives within 48 hours of return; full graded selects within 10 working days. The whole process is designed so the client receives a complete image library without managing logistics.

All travel and accommodation are billed at cost and arranged by the studio. For factory commissions, we coordinate directly with your overseas team. For location work, we source a trusted local fixer in every city. Ross travels with his own camera bodies, lenses, lighting and laptop — nothing is improvised on arrival. A day of acclimatisation is built into every schedule.

Yes — with a strict ethical protocol. Every subject gives informed consent, written where required. Every local collaborator is paid at local professional rates. Every subject knows exactly where their image will appear and for how long. The approach is observational and contextual: the environment is part of the portrait, not a backdrop. This is editorial reportage, not tourism.

Europe (Portugal, Italy, France, Scandinavia), North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia), Asia (Japan, Vietnam, India), and North America (New York, California, Canada) are all within recent working range. New destinations are welcomed — the studio has experience navigating unfamiliar permits, customs, and local production requirements.

Selectively. European elopements and small destination weddings are covered as a bespoke package with travel included. The typical booking is a two-day coverage: one day for location scouting and relationship-building, one day for the ceremony and hero frames. Full details on request.

International commissions are quoted as a flat project fee: photographer day rate, travel and accommodation at cost, local support, and the full graded edit. There are no hidden post-production charges. A typical 3-day factory documentation in Europe starts at £8,500 including travel. A 5-day travel documentary starts at £12,500. Every quote is final before any travel is booked.