Irene Forte Spa, Edinburgh

The Balmoral Hotel is Edinburgh's iconic city-centre hotel, originally called the North British Hotel when it opened in 1902. The hotel took 6 years to construct, and was part of the British Railway Hotels group before Gleneagles Hotel purchased it in 1983. Gleneagles sold the hotel to Forte Hotels in 1997. The exterior of the hotel offers a few photoshoot opportunities, but arguably the best is crossing Leith Street, this gives us the chance to create a documentary style shot of you in amongst tourists crossing the road on their way to Calton Hill.​​​​​​​

Calton Hill

Calton Hill overlooks the whole of Edinburgh with views directly down Prince's Street, across to Arthur's Seat and Holyrood, and across to Leith and the Firth of Forth. Calton Hill is the location of several monuments and buildings: the National Monument, the Nelson Monument, the Dougray Stewart Monument the old Royal High School the Robert Burns Monument the Political Martyrs Monument, and the City Observatory. Calton Hill offers a myriad of possibilities for shoots, including tight head shots and creative poses around the landmarks and with iconic Edinburgh Skyline backgrounds.