Inverness Editorial Photographer

Based in the Scottish Highlands, travelling internationally.

Inverness Editorial Photography

From my base in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands I am well placed to photograph stories throughout the Highlands and Islands for a variety of national and international press clients.

Before moving to the Highlands I trained in Glasgow, working alongside a vartiety of Broadsheet press clients in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London including the Sunday Herald. It was during my time in Glasgow that I was shortlisted for the Scottish Press Photography Awards ‘Young Photographer of the Year’ for 3 consecutive years.

Recent commissions include travel pieces for Edelweiss Air and Westjet Airlines, in addition to a documentary feature for Red Bull TV and an editorial assignment for Country Life Magazine.

From the heart of the Highlands I am also frequently involved in telling the stories of Scotland’s favourite export – Whisky.

If you are looking to tell a story please get in touch, I’d be happy to help.

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Editorial Photography Portfolio

a young boy who lives on the streets of lima poses for the camera

<img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lima-streets-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="a young boy who lives on the streets of lima poses for the camera" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lima-streets-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lima-streets-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25745" />

a ugandan boy carries his brother on his shoulders in karamoja

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/boys-in-the-doorway-of-a-home-in-uganda-400x284.jpg" alt="a ugandan boy carries his brother on his shoulders in karamoja" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/boys-in-the-doorway-of-a-home-in-uganda.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/boys-in-the-doorway-of-a-home-in-uganda-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25689" />

david cameron photographed with his cabinet members in edinburgh while he was the prime minister of the united kingdom by inverness editorial photographer roddy mackay

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/david-cameron-prime-minister-400x284.jpg" alt="david cameron photographed with his cabinet members in edinburgh while he was the prime minister of the united kingdom by inverness editorial photographer roddy mackay" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/david-cameron-prime-minister.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/david-cameron-prime-minister-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25738" />

john macdonald of balblair distillery photographed by roddy mackay, an inverness editorial photographer

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-macdonald-balblair-distillery-400x284.jpg" alt="john macdonald of balblair distillery photographed by roddy mackay, an inverness editorial photographer" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-macdonald-balblair-distillery.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/john-macdonald-balblair-distillery-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25744" />

embrace take the audiences applauds during the belladrum tartan heart festival in 2006

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/belladrum-headliner-main-stage-400x284.jpg" alt="embrace take the audiences applauds during the belladrum tartan heart festival in 2006" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/belladrum-headliner-main-stage.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/belladrum-headliner-main-stage-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25736" />

kjeld kristensen, christmas tree farmer leans against a wall.

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/editorial-portrait-in-the-scottish-highlands-400x284.jpg" alt="kjeld kristensen, christmas tree farmer leans against a wall." srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/editorial-portrait-in-the-scottish-highlands.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/editorial-portrait-in-the-scottish-highlands-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25739" />

brodie, a glassblower in tain stands in front of his furnace.

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-highlands-editorial-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="brodie, a glassblower in tain stands in front of his furnace." srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-highlands-editorial-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-highlands-editorial-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25750" />

highland dancers compete in the invercharron highland games

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/invercharron-highland-games-400x284.jpg" alt="highland dancers compete in the invercharron highland games" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/invercharron-highland-games.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/invercharron-highland-games-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25741" />

a portrait of alex salmond as first minister of scotland

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/alex-salmond-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="a portrait of alex salmond as first minister of scotland" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/alex-salmond-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/alex-salmond-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25734" />

farmer grigor townend, photographed by roddy mackay, inverness editorial photographer

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-farmer-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="farmer grigor townend, photographed by roddy mackay, inverness editorial photographer" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-farmer-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-farmer-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25749" />

john macdonald of balblair distillery noses a glass of whisky in a warehouse

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/balblair-whisky-distillery-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="john macdonald of balblair distillery noses a glass of whisky in a warehouse" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/balblair-whisky-distillery-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/balblair-whisky-distillery-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25735" />

the deadline shakes music group, photographed at west brewery in glasgow.

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-deadline-shakes-400x284.jpg" alt="the deadline shakes music group, photographed at west brewery in glasgow." srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-deadline-shakes.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-deadline-shakes-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25754" />

6 nuns laugh at the photographer at a bus stop in glasgow

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a-glasgow-story-editorial-portrait-of-nuns-400x284.jpg" alt="6 nuns laugh at the photographer at a bus stop in glasgow" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a-glasgow-story-editorial-portrait-of-nuns.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/a-glasgow-story-editorial-portrait-of-nuns-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25733" />

a filipino man who is blind in one eye poses for the camera

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-a-filipino-man-with-cateracts-400x284.jpg" alt="a filipino man who is blind in one eye poses for the camera" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-a-filipino-man-with-cateracts.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-a-filipino-man-with-cateracts-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25747" />

a young girl sits on a pew in a blue church

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/peruvian-girl-travel-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="a young girl sits on a pew in a blue church" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/peruvian-girl-travel-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/peruvian-girl-travel-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25746" />

jack mcconnell being interviewed during his time as first minister of scotland

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jack-mcconnell-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="jack mcconnell being interviewed during his time as first minister of scotland" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jack-mcconnell-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jack-mcconnell-first-minister-of-scotland-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25742" />

artist calum matheson sits in his studio in glasgow

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/calum-matheson-artist-400x284.jpg" alt="artist calum matheson sits in his studio in glasgow" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/calum-matheson-artist.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/calum-matheson-artist-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25737" />

gordon brown, photographed during his time as prime minister of the united kingdom

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gordon-brown-prime-minister-400x284.jpg" alt="gordon brown, photographed during his time as prime minister of the united kingdom" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gordon-brown-prime-minister.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gordon-brown-prime-minister-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25740" />

a sheep eats food on a hill in raasay overlooking the isle of skye.

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-cuilin-on-skye-from-rassay-400x284.jpg" alt="a sheep eats food on a hill in raasay overlooking the isle of skye." srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-cuilin-on-skye-from-rassay.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-cuilin-on-skye-from-rassay-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25753" />

a vietnames farmer leaning on a ladder in front of his crops of corn.

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vietnamese-farmer-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="a vietnames farmer leaning on a ladder in front of his crops of corn." srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vietnamese-farmer-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vietnamese-farmer-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25755" />

simon thompson of dornoch distilleryphotographed by inverness editorial photographer roddy mackay

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/simon-thompson-dornoch-distillery-400x284.jpg" alt="simon thompson of dornoch distilleryphotographed by inverness editorial photographer roddy mackay" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/simon-thompson-dornoch-distillery.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/simon-thompson-dornoch-distillery-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25752" />

tom, the lead tailor at campbells of beauly tweed shop cuts a length of cloth

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-tweed-editorial-portrait-400x284.jpg" alt="tom, the lead tailor at campbells of beauly tweed shop cuts a length of cloth" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-tweed-editorial-portrait.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/scottish-tweed-editorial-portrait-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25751" />

joe gibbs of belladrum festival sits on a couch outdoors at the music festival

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/joe-gibbs-belladrum-tartan-heart-festival-400x284.jpg" alt="joe gibbs of belladrum festival sits on a couch outdoors at the music festival" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/joe-gibbs-belladrum-tartan-heart-festival.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/joe-gibbs-belladrum-tartan-heart-festival-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25743" />

a ugandan lady sits on the bed of her home in kampala

<img decoding="async" width="400" height="284" src="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-ugandan-lady-insider-her-home-400x284.jpg" alt="a ugandan lady sits on the bed of her home in kampala" srcset="https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-ugandan-lady-insider-her-home.jpg 479w, https://roddymackay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/portrait-of-ugandan-lady-insider-her-home-400x284.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw" class="wp-image-25748" />

View my other portfolio pages

I love to shoot a variety of projects – you can view a range of my travel, portraiture, commercial, and wedding photography below.

rollover images on the inverness editorial photographer page

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