Lydia Richardson - Edinburgh Photography
Edinburgh Wedding & Portrait Photographer

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Silhouettes on Film - 24.3.22

One of my favourite things about Edinburgh is the architecture and the many towers, steeples, and interesting builds across the skyline. Here’s some silhouettes of the city captured on film.

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Edinburgh - 29.9.21

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here.. A lot has changed! For example, I moved to Scotland to study Photography at the University of Edinburgh. I am in love with this beautiful city. Being surrounded by historical architecture, castle views, and gardens certainly makes life as a photographer easy. Here’s some of my favourite photos from the past few weeks exploring my new home.

Locations: Princes Street Gardens, Circus Lane, Dean Village, Portobello Beach, Calton Hill.. etc.

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Projector Photoshoots - 16.2.21

This past week, I have (in two photoshoots) experimented with using projectors as a light source to create interesting colours and patterns on top of the model. I think this is a really cool photoshoot idea! Here’s some of the images I got.

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Roadtrip Film - 15.2.21

Over the winter holidays, my family and I did a quarantine roadtrip from Philadelphia, PA to Vero Beach, FL. We also stopped overnight in Virginia Beach, Sea Island, and some hotel in North Carolina next to a Harris Teeters. Along the way, I shot colour film to document the journey. Two 18-hour drives and a 2 week quarantine in a rental house later, here’s the pictures I ended up with!

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Car Shoots - 19.1.21

My friend Alex loves and races cars. We have done many shoots together, but I think these two might have become my new favourites. We did a photoshoot with her race car and with her everyday car. I can’t decide which I like better! Here’s the photos.

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Snow Photoshoot - 19.1.21

Philadelphia got quite a bit of snow while I was home for winter break! So, of course, my friend Kristina and I did a photoshoot. I loved how these turned out, so here are some of my favourites. Also, shoutout to the group of sledders who came up to ask me for a photo too.

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Boston Colour Film - 19.1.21

The past few months, I have spent nearly every day taking photos around Boston on my film camera. The city provides so many opportunities for interesting photos, whether on the bus downtown or around my college campus. Here are my film highlights from the fall semester!

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Roadtrip to Maine - 8.11.20

This past weekend a group of friends and I rented some cars and went to York and Ogunquit, Maine, to get some food and take some photos. Nubble Lighthouse is absolutely gorgeous! All of the leaves along the way were also bright and colourful. Here’s some of my favourite pictures from the short trip!

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Self Portraits - 14.8.20

Throughout quarantine, I was determined to keep up with my portrait photography even though I wasn’t able to see friends and have them model for me. I started setting up my tripod and taking pictures of myself, and was able to create some images I’m proud of. No model? No problem, I can now have a whole photoshoot with myself! Here are some of my favourites of the self portraits I took during the many months of quarantine.

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